2 Samuel 22

1 David spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul, 2 and he said:

"Yahweh is my rock,

my fortress,

and my deliverer, even mine;

3 God is my rock in whom I take refuge;

my shield, and the horn of my salvation,

my high tower, and my refuge.

My savior, you save me from violence.

4 I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised;

So shall I be saved from my enemies.

5 For the waves of death surrounded me.

The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

6 The cords of Sheol*22:6 Sheol is the place of the dead. were around me.

The snares of death caught me.

7 In my distress, I called on Yahweh.

Yes, I called to my God.

He heard my voice out of his temple.

My cry came into his ears.

8 Then the earth shook and trembled.

The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken,

because he was angry.

9 Smoke went up out of his nostrils.

Consuming fire came out of his mouth.

Coals were kindled by it.

10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down.

Thick darkness was under his feet.

11 He rode on a cherub, and flew.

Yes, he was seen on the wings of the wind.

12 He made darkness a shelter around himself,

gathering of waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

13 At the brightness before him,

coals of fire were kindled.

14 Yahweh thundered from heaven.

The Most High uttered his voice.

15 He sent out arrows and scattered them,

lightning and confused them.

16 Then the channels of the sea appeared.

The foundations of the world were laid bare by Yahweh’s rebuke,

at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

17 He sent from on high and he took me.

He drew me out of many waters.

18 He delivered me from my strong enemy,

from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

19 They came on me in the day of my calamity,

but Yahweh was my support.

20 He also brought me out into a large place.

He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

21 Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness.

He rewarded me according to the cleanness of my hands.

22 For I have kept Yahweh’s ways,

and have not wickedly departed from my God.

23 For all his ordinances were before me.

As for his statutes, I didn’t depart from them.

24 I was also perfect toward him.

I kept myself from my iniquity.

25 Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness,

According to my cleanness in his eyesight.

26 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful.

With the perfect man you will show yourself perfect.

27 With the pure you will show yourself pure.

With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

28 You will save the afflicted people,

but your eyes are on the arrogant, that you may bring them down.

29 For you are my lamp, Yahweh.

Yahweh will light up my darkness.

30 For by you, I run against a troop.

By my God, I leap over a wall.

31 As for God, his way is perfect.

Yahweh’s word is tested.

He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

32 For who is God, besides Yahweh?

Who is a rock, besides our God?

33 God is my strong fortress.

He makes my way perfect.

34 He makes his feet like hinds’ feet,

and sets me on my high places.

35 He teaches my hands to war,

so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.

36 You have also given me the shield of your salvation.

Your gentleness has made me great.

37 You have enlarged my steps under me.

My feet have not slipped.

38 I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them.

I didn’t turn again until they were consumed.

39 I have consumed them,

and struck them through,

so that they can’t arise.

Yes, they have fallen under my feet.

40 For you have armed me with strength for the battle.

You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

41 You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me,

that I might cut off those who hate me.

42 They looked, but there was no one to save;

even to Yahweh, but he didn’t answer them.

43 Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth.

I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad.

44 You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people.

You have kept me to be the head of the nations.

A people whom I have not known will serve me.

45 The foreigners will submit themselves to me.

As soon as they hear of me, they will obey me.

46 The foreigners will fade away,

and will come trembling out of their close places.

47 Yahweh lives!

Blessed be my rock!

Exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,

48 even the God who executes vengeance for me,

who brings down peoples under me,

49 who brings me away from my enemies.

Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me.

You deliver me from the violent man.

50 Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations,

and will sing praises to your name.

51 He gives great deliverance to his king,

and shows loving kindness to his anointed,

to David and to his offspring, forever more."

Tā Rāwiri Waiata Whakawhetai

1 I kōrerotia e Rāwiri ki a Ihowā ngā kupu o tēnei waiata i te rā i whakaorangia ai ia e Ihowā i te ringa o ōna hoariri katoa, i te ringa anō o Haora. 2 I mea ia:

"Ko Ihowā tōku teko, tōku pourewa,

ko tōku kaiwhakaora hoki ia, āe rā, ko tōku;

3 ko te Atua tōku kāmaka,

ka whakawhirinaki ahau ki a ia;

ko tōku whakangungu rākau, ko te haona o tōku whakaoranga,

ko tōku pā tiketike, ko tōku rerenga atu;

e tōku kaiwhakaora, whakaorangia ana ahau e koe i te tutū.

4 Ka karanga ahau ki a Ihowā e tika nei kia whakamoemititia;

ā, ka whakaorangia ahau i ōku hoariri.

5 "I karapotia ahau e ngā ngaru o te mate,

i whakawehia ahau e ngā waipuke o te kino.

6 I rōritia ahau e ngā taura a te rēinga;

pōtaea ana ahau e ngā māhanga a te mate.

7 I karanga ahau ki a Ihowā i tōku pāweratanga,

āe rā, i karanga ahau ki tōku Atua.

Ā, i whakarongo ia ki tōku reo i roto i tōna temepara,

i tae hoki tāku hāmama ki ōna taringa.

8 "Nā, ka ngāueue te whenua, ka rū;

wiri ana ngā pūtake o ngā rangi,

ngāueue ana, nō te mea e riri ana ia.

9 I kake he paowa i ōna pongaponga,

ā, ka kai te kāpura o roto o tōna māngai;

ngiha ana ngā waro.

10 I whakapīngoretia e ia ngā rangi, ā, ka heke iho;

ā, i raro te pōuri kerekere i ōna waewae.

11 Nā, ka eke ia ki te kerupa, ā, rere ana;

inā, i kitea ia i runga i ngā parirau o te hau.

12 I meinga anō e ia te pōuri hei tēneti ā tawhio noa,

ngā wai pōuri, ngā kapua mātotoru o te rangi.

13 Ngiha ana ngā waro

i te wherikotanga o tōna aroaro.

14 Papā ana te whatitiri a Ihowā ngā rangi;

puaki ana te reo o te Runga Rawa.

15 Kōkiritia mai ana e ia ngā pere, ā, marara ana rātou;

he uira, ā, ka whati rātou.

16 Nā, ka kitea ngā takere o te moana,

ka takoto kau ngā pūtake o te ao

i te whakatūpehupehunga a Ihowā,

i te whengunga o te manawa o ōna pongaponga.

17 "I tono karere mai ia i runga, ka mau ki ahau;

kūmea ake ahau e ia i roto i ngā wai maha.

18 Nāna ahau i whakaora i tōku hoariri kaha,

i te hunga e kino ana ki ahau;

he kaha rawa hoki rātou i ahau.

19 Huakina tatatia ana ahau e rātou i te rā o tōku matenga;

ko Ihowā ia tōku whakawhirinakitanga.

20 Ā, whakaputaina ana ahau e ia ki te wāhi whānui;

i whakaorangia ahau e ia, nō te mea i whakaahuareka ia ki ahau.

21 "Rite tonu ki tāku mahi tika tā Ihowā utu ki ahau;

rite tonu ki te mā o ōku ringa tāna i whakahoki mai ai ki ahau.

22 I pupuri hoki ahau i ngā ara a Ihowā;

ā, kīhai i hē, i whakarere i tōku Atua.

23 Kei mua tonu hoki i ahau āna whakaritenga katoa;

ā, ko āna tikanga, kīhai ērā i matara atu i ahau.

24 I tū tika anō ahau ki tōna aroaro;

i tiaki anō i ahau kei kino.

25 Nō reira i hōmai ai e Ihowā he utu ki ahau, rite tonu ki tōku tika;

rite tonu ki tōku mā ki tāna titiro.

26 "He tangata atawhai, ka atawhai anō koe;

he tangata tika, ka tika anō koe.

27 He tangata mā, ka mā anō koe;

he tangata whakakeke, he whakakeke hoki tāu mahi.

28 E whakaorangia hoki e koe te iwi e tūkinotia ana;

kei runga ia ōu kanohi i te hunga whakakake,

kia whakahokia iho rātou e koe ki raro.

29 Ko koe hoki tōku rama, e Ihowā;

mā Ihowā e whakamārama tōku pōuri.

30 Nāu hoki ahau i rere ai ki runga ki te rōpū;

nā tōku Atua ka peke ahau i te taiepa.

31 "Tēnā ko te Atua, tika tonu tōna ara;

he parakore te kupu a Ihowā;

he whakangungu rākau ia

ki te hunga katoa e whakawhirinaki ana ki a ia.

32 Ko wai oti te Atua, ki te kāhore a Ihowā?

Ko wai hoki te kāmaka, ki te kāhore tō tātou Atua?

33 Ko te Atua tōku pā kaha;

ko ia hei ārahi i te hunga tika i tōna ara.

34 Ko ia nei hei mea i ōku waewae kia rite ki ō te hāta;

māna hoki ahau e whakatū ki runga ki ōku wāhi tiketike.

35 Ko ia hei whakaako i ōku ringa ki te whawhai;

hei mea i ōku ringa kia whakapiko i te kōpere parāhi.

36 Kua hōmai hoki e koe ki ahau te whakangungu rākau o tāu whakaoranga;

whakanuia ana ahau e tōu whakaaro māhaki.

37 I whakanuia e koe ōku takahanga i raro i ahau,

tē paheke ōku waewae.

38 "Kua arumia e ahau ōku hoariri, ā, hunā iho rātou e ahau;

kīhai anō ahau i tahuri, ā, mōtī noa rātou.

39 Mōtī iho rātou i ahau, mongamonga noa, tē āhei te whakatika;

inā, hinga ana rātou ki raro i ōku waewae.

40 Nāu hoki ahau i whītiki ki te kaha mō te whawhai;

piko ana i a koe ki raro i ahau te hunga i whakatika mai ki ahau.

41 Kua meinga hoki e koe kia hurihia mai e ōku hoariri ō rātou tuarā ki ahau,

kia hunā e ahau te hunga e kino ana ki ahau.

42 I tirotiro rātou, heoi kāhore he kaiwhakaora;

ki a Ihowā rawa, heoi kīhai ia i whakahoki kupu ki a rātou.

43 Nā, tukia ana rātou e ahau, ā, rite noa ki te puehu o te whenua;

mōhungahunga noa rātou i ahau, me te mea he paru nō ngā huarahi;

ā, tītaritaria ana rātou e ahau.

44 "Nāu hoki ahau i ora ai i ngā ngangautanga a tōku iwi;

nāu ahau i tiaki hei upoko mō ngā tauiwi;

hei apa mōku te iwi kāhore nei i mātauria e ahau.

45 Ka tuku mai ngā tāngata iwi kē ki raro i ahau;

kia rongo kau te taringa, kakama tonu mai rātou ki ahau.

46 Ka memeha haere ngā tāngata iwi kē;

ka puta wehi mai hoki i roto i ō rātou kuhunga.

47 "E ora ana a Ihowā, kia whakapaingia tōku kāmaka;

kia whakanuia te Atua o te kāmaka o tōku whakaoranga.

48 Arā te Atua e rapu nei i te utu mōku,

e pēhi nei i te iwi ki raro i ahau,

49 e whakaputa nei i ahau i roto i ōku hoariri.

Āe rā, e mea ana koe i ahau kia teitei ake i te hunga e whakatika mai ana ki ahau,

whakaorangia ana ahau e koe i te tangata tutū.

50 Mō konei ka whakawhetai ahau ki a koe, e Ihowā,

i roto i ngā tauiwi, ka hīmene ki tōu ingoa.

51 He pourewa whakaora ia ki tāna kīngi;

e whakaputa aroha ana ki tāna tangata i whakawahi ai,

ki a Rāwiri rātou ko ōna uri ake ake."