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2 Samuel 22:13-32 Common English Bible (CEB)

13. Coals of fire blazed out of the brightness before him.

14. The Lord thundered from heaven;the Most High made his voice heard.

15. God shot arrows, scattering the enemy;he sent the lightning and whipped them into confusion.

16. The seabeds were exposed;the earth’s foundations were laid bare at the Lord’s rebuke,at the angry blast of air coming from his nostrils.

17. From on high God reached down and grabbed me;he took me out of deep waters.

18. God saved me from my powerful enemy,saved me from my foes, who were too much for me.

19. They came at me on the very day of my distress,but the Lord was my support.

20. He brought me out to wide-open spaces;he pulled me out, because he is pleased with me.

21. The Lord rewarded me for my righteousness;he restored me because my hands are clean,

22. because I have kept the Lord’s ways.I haven’t acted wickedly against my God.

23. All his rules are right in front of me;I haven’t turned away from any of his laws.

24. I have lived with integrity before him;I’ve kept myself from wrongdoing.

25. And so the Lord restored me for my righteousness,because I am clean in his eyes.

26. You deal faithfully with the faithful;you show integrity toward the one who has integrity.

27. You are pure toward the pure,but toward the crooked, you are tricky.

28. You are the one who saves people who suffer,but your eyes are against the proud.You bring them down!

29. You are my lamp, Lord;the Lord illumines my darkness.

30. With you I can charge into battle;with my God I can leap over a wall.

31. God! His way is perfect;the Lord’s word is tried and true.He is a shield for all who take refuge in him.

32. Now really, who is divine except the Lord?And who is a rock except our God?

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