2 Kingdoms 22

Old Testament · Brenton Septuagint with Greek parallel

2 Kingdoms 22

1And David spoke to the Lord the words of this song, in the day in which the Lord rescued him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.Καὶ ἐλάλησε Δαυὶδ τῷ Κυρίῳ τοὺς λόγους τῆς ᾠδῆς ταύτης, ἐν ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἐξείλετο αὐτὸν Κύριος ἐκ χειρὸς πάντων τῶν ἐχθρῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκ χειρὸς Σαούλ.

2And the song was thus: O Lord, my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer,Καὶ εἶπεν ᾠδή· Κύριε πέτρα μου, καὶ ὀχύρωμά μου, καὶ ἐξαιρούμενός με ἐμοί,

3my God; he shall be to me my guard, I will trust in him: he is my protector, and the horn of my salvation, my helper, and my sure refuge; you shall save me from the unjust man.ὁ Θεός μου, φύλαξ μου ἔσται μοι, πεποιθὼς ἔσομαι ἐπʼ αὐτῷ· ὑπερασπιστής μου, καὶ κέρας σωτηρίας μου, ἀντιλήπτωρ μου, καὶ καταφυγή μου σωτηρίας μου, ἐξ ἀδίκου σώσεις με.

4I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised, and I shall be saved from my enemies.Αἰνετὸν ἐπικαλέσομαι Κύριον, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἐχθρῶν μου σωθήσομαι.

5For the troubles of death compassed me, the floods of iniquity amazed me:Ὅτι περιέσχον με συντριμμοὶ θανάτου, χείμαῤῥοι ἀνομίας ἐθάμβησάν με.

6the pangs of death surrounded me, the agonies of death prevented me.Ὠδῖνες θανάτου ἐκύκλωσάν με, προέφθασάν με σκληρότητες θανάτου.

7When I am afflicted I will call upon the Lord, and will cry to my God, and he shall hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry shall come into his ears.Ἐν τῷ θλίβεσθαί με ἐπικαλέσομαι τὸν Κύριον, καὶ πρὸς τὸν Θεόν μου βοήσομαι, καὶ ἐπακούσεται ἐκ ναοῦ αὐτοῦ φωνῆς μου, καὶ ἡ κραυγή μου ἐν τοῖς ὠσὶν αὐτοῦ.

8And the earth was troubled and quaked, and the foundations of heaven were confounded and torn asunder, because the Lord was angry with them.Καὶ ἐταράχθη καὶ ἐσείσθη ἡ γῆ, καὶ τὰ θεμέλια τοῦ οὐρανοῦ συνεταράχθησαν καὶ ἐσπαράχθησαν, ὃτι ἐθυμώθη Κύριος αὐτοῖς.

9There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire out of his mouth devours: coals were kindled at it.Ἀνέβη καπνὸς ἐν τῇ ὀργῇ αὐτοῦ, καὶ πῦρ ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ κατέδεται· ἄνθρακες ἐξεκαύθησαν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ.

10And he bowed the heavens, and came down, and there was darkness under his feet.Καὶ ἔκλινεν οὐρανοὺς καὶ κατέβη, καὶ γνόφος ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ.

11And he rode upon the cherubs and did fly, and was seen upon the wings of the wind.Καὶ ἐπεκάθισεν ἐπὶ τῷ χερουβὶν καὶ ἐπετάσθη, καὶ ὤφθη ἐπὶ πτερύγων ἀνέμου.

12And he made darkness his hiding-place; his tabernacle round about him was the darkness of waters, he condensed it with the clouds of the air.Καὶ ἔθετο σκότος ἀποκρυφὴν αὐτοῦ· κύκλῳ αὐτοῦ ἡ σκηνὴ αὐτοῦ σκότος ὑδάτων, ἐπάχυνεν ἐν νεφέλαις ἀέρος.

13At the brightness before him coals of fire were kindled.Ἀπὸ τοῦ φέγγους ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ἐξεκαύθησαν ἄνθρακες πυρός.

14The Lord thundered out of heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.Ἐβρόντησεν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ Κύριος, καὶ ὁ ὕψιστος ἔδωκε φωνὴν αὐτοῦ.

15And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them, and he flashed lightning, and dismayed them.Καὶ ἀπέστειλε βέλη, καὶ ἐσκόρπισεν αὐτούς· καὶ ἢστραψεν ἀστραπὴν, καὶ ἐξέστησεν αὐτούς.

16And the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were revealed, at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his anger.Καὶ ὤφθησαν ἀφέσεις θαλάσσης, καὶ ἀπεκαλύφθη θεμέλια τῆς οἰκουμένης ἐν τῇ ἐπιτιμήσει Κυρίου, ἀπὸ πνοῆς πνεύματος θυμοῦ αὐτοῦ.

17He sent from above and took me; he drew me out of many waters.Ἀπέστειλεν ἐξ ὕξ ὕψους καὶ ἔλαβέ με, εἵλκυσέ με ἐξ ὑδάτων πολλῶν.

18He delivered me from my strong enemies, from them that hated me, for they were stronger than I.Ἐῤῥύσατό με ἐξ ἐχθρῶν μου ἰσχύος, ἐκ τῶν μισούντων με, ὅτι ἐκραταιώθησαν ὑπὲρ ἐμέ.

19The days of my affliction prevented me; but the Lord was my stay.Προέφθασάν με ἡμέραι θλίψεώς μου· καὶ ἐγένετο Κύριος ἐπιστήριγμά μου;

20And he brought me into a wide place, and rescued me, because he delighted in me.καὶ ἐξήγαγέ με εἰς πλατυσμὸν, καὶ ἐξείλετό με, ὅτι ηὐδόκησες ἐν ἐμοί.

21And the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.Καὶ ἀνταπέδωκέ μοι Κύριος κατὰ τὴν δικαιοσύνην μου, καὶ κατὰ τὴν καθαριότητα τῶν χειρῶν μου ἀνταπέδωκέ μοι.

22Because, I kept the ways of the Lord, and did not wickedly depart from my God.Ὅτι ἐφύλαξα ὁδοὺς Κυρίου, καὶ οὐκ ἠσέβησα ἀπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ μου.

23For all his judgments and his ordinances were before me: I departed not from them.Ὅτι πάντα τὰ κρίματα αὐτοῦ κατεναντίον μου καὶ τὰ δικαιώματα αὐτοῦ, οὐκ ἀπέστην ἀπʼ αὐτῶν.

24And I shall be blameless * before him, and will keep myself from my iniquity.Καὶ ἔσομαι ἄμωμος αὐτῷ, καὶ προφυλάξομαι ἀπὸ τῆς ἀνομίας μου.

25And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands in his eye-sight.Καὶ ἀποδώσει μοι Κύριος κατὰ τὴν δικαιοσύνην μου, καὶ κατὰ τὴν καθαριότητα τῶν χειρῶν μου ἐνώπιον τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦ.

26With the holy you will be holy, and with the perfect man you will be perfect,Μετὰ ὁσίου ὁσιωθήσῃ, καὶ μετὰ ἀνδρὸς τελείου τελειωθήσῃ·

27and with the † excellent you will be excellent, and with the froward you will be froward.Καὶ μετὰ ἐκλεκτοῦ ἐκλεκτὸς ἔσῃ, καὶ μετὰ στρεβλοῦ στρεβλωθήσῃ.

28And you will save the poor people, and will bring down the eyes ‡ of the haughty.Καὶ τὸν λαὸν τὸν πτωχὸν σώσεις, καὶ ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐπὶ μετεώρων ταπεινώσεις.

29For you, Lord, are my lamp, and the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness.Ὅτι σὺ ὁ λύχνος μου Κύριε, καὶ Κύριος ἐκλάμψει μοι τὸ σκότος μου.

30For by you shall I run § as a girded man, and by my God shall I leap over a wall.Ὅτι ἐν σοὶ δραμοῦμαι μονόζωνος, καὶ ἐν τῷ Θεῷ μου ὑπερβήσομαι τεῖχος.

31As for the Mighty One, his way is blameless: the word of the Lord is strong and tried in the fire: he is a protector to all that put their trust in him.Ὁ ἰσχυρὸς ἄμωμος ἡ ὁδὸς αὐτοῦ· τὸ ῥῆμα Κυρίου κραταιὸν πεπυρωμένον· ὑπερασπιστής ἐστι πᾶσι τοῖς πεποιθόσιν ἐπʼ αὐτόν.

32Who is strong, but the Lord? and who will be a Creator except our God?Τίς ἰσχυρὸς πλὴν Κυρίου; καὶ τίς κτίστης ἔσται πλὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν;

33It is the Mighty One who strengthens me with might, and has prepared my way without fault.Ὁ ἰσχυρὸς ὁ κραταιῶν με δυνάμει, καὶ ἐξετίναξεν ἄμωμον τὴν ὁδόν μου.

34** He makes my feet like hart's feet, and sets me upon the high places.Τιθεὶς τοὺς πόδας μου ὡς ἐλάφων, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ὕψη ἱστῶν με.

35He teaches my hands to war, and has broken a brazen bow by my arm.Διδάσκων χεῖράς μου εἰς πόλεμον, καὶ κατάξας τόξον χαλκοῦν ἐν βραχίονί μου.

36And you have given me the shield of my salvation, and your propitious dealing has increased me,Καὶ ἔδωκάς μοι ὑπερασπισμὸν σωτηρίας μου, καὶ ἡ ὑπακοή σου ἐπλήθυνέ με εἰς πλατυσμὸν εἰς τὰ διαβήματά μου ὑποκάτω μου,

37so as to make room under me for my going, and my legs did not totter.καὶ οὐκ ἐσαλεύθησαν τὰ σκέλη μου.

38I will pursue my enemies, and will utterly destroy them; and I will not turn again till I have consumed them.Διώξω ἐχθρούς μου, καὶ ἀφανιῶ αὐτοὺς, καὶ οὐκ ἀναστρέψω ἕως ἂν συντελέσω αὐτούς.

39And †† I will crush them, and they shall not rise; and they shall fall under my feet.Καὶ θλάσω αὐτοὺς καὶ οὐκ ἀναστήσονται, καὶ πεσοῦνται ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας μου.

40And you shall strengthen me with power for the war; you shall cause them that rise up against me to bow down under me.Καὶ ἐνισχύσεις με δυνάμει εἰς πόλεμον, κάμψεις τοὺς ἐπιστανομένους μοι ὑποκάτω μου.

41And you have caused ‡‡ my enemies to flee before me, even them that hated me, and you have slain them.Καὶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς μου ἔδωκάς μοι νῶτον, τοὺς μισοῦντάς με, καὶ ἐθανάτωσας αὐτούς.

42They shall cry, and there §§ shall be no helper; to the Lord, but he hearkens not to them.Βοήσονται, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι βοηθὸς, πρὸς Κύριον, καὶ οὐκ ἐπήκουσεν αὐτῶν.

43And I ground them as the dust of the earth, I beat them small as the mire of the streets.Καὶ ἐλέανα αὐτοὺς ὡς χοῦν γῆς, ὡς πηλὸν ἐξόδων ἐλέπτυνα αὐτούς.

44And you shall deliver me from the striving of the *** peoples, you shall keep me to be the head of the Gentiles: a people which I knew not served me.Καὶ ῥύσῃ με ἐκ μάχης λαῶν, φυλάξεις με εἰς κεφαλὴν ἐθνῶν· λαὸς ὃν οὐκ ἔγνω ἐδούλευσάν μοι.

45The strange children feigned obedience to me; they listened to me ††† as soon as they heard.Υἱοὶ ἀλλότριοι ἐψεύσαντό μοι, εἰς ἀκοὴν ὠτίου ἤκουσάν μου.

46The strange children shall be cast away, and shall be overthrown out of their hiding places.Υἱοὶ ἀλλότριοι ἀποῤῥιφήσονται, καὶ σφαλοῦσιν ἐκ τῶν συγκλεισμῶν αὐτῶν.

47The Lord lives, and blessed be my guardian, and my God, ‡‡‡ my strong keeper, shall be exalted.Ζῇ Κύριος, καὶ εὐλογητὸς ὁ φύλαξ μου, καὶ ὑψωθήσεται ὁ Θεός μου ὁ φύλαξ τῆς σωτηρίας μου.

48The Lord who avenges me is strong, chastening the nations under me,Ἰσχυρὸς Κύριος ὁ διδοὺς ἐκδικήσεις ἐμοὶ, παιδεύων λαοὺς ὑποκάτω μου,

49and bringing me out from my enemies: and you shall set me on high from among those that rise up against me: you shall deliver me from §§§ the violent man.καὶ ἐξάγων με ἐξ ἐχθρῶν μου· καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἐπεγειρομένων μοι ὑψώσεις με, ἐξ ἀνδρὸς ἀδικημάτων ῥύσῃ με.

50Therefore will I confess to you, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.Διὰ τοῦτο ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι Κύριε ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, καὶ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου ψαλῶ.

51He magnifies the * salvation of his king, and works mercy for his anointed, even for David and for his seed for ever.Μεγαλύνων τὰς σωτηρίας βασιλέως αὐτοῦ, καὶ ποιῶν ἔλεος τῷ χριστῷ αὐτοῦ τῷ Δαυὶδ, καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ ἕως αἰῶνος. Καὶ οὗτοι οἱ λόγοι Δαυὶδ οἱ ἔσχατοι·

Translator's Notes

These notes come from the printed edition of Sir Lancelot Brenton's classic English translation of the Septuagint (LXX), and record where the Greek differs from the English rendering or admits more than one reading.

• v. 24*Gr. to him.
• v. 27†Or, upon the haughty.
• v. 28‡Or, upon the haughty.
• v. 30§i.e. a strong man or warrior.
• v. 34**Gr. making.
• v. 39††Alex. and Heb. consume.
• v. 41‡‡Gr. as for my enemies, you have given me the back.
• v. 42§§Gr. is.
• v. 44***A.V. 'my people.'
• v. 45†††Gr. at the hearing of the ear.
• v. 47‡‡‡Gr. the keeper of my salvation.
• v. 49§§§Gr. a man of wrongs.
• v. 51*Gr. salvations.