2 Samuel 22:22

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For I have kept the ways of the Lordand have not turned from my God to wickedness.

Hebrew Names Version
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, And have not wickedly departed from my God.

King James Version
For I have kept the ways of the Lord , and have not wickedly departed from my God.

Lexham English Bible
For I have kept the ways of Yahweh; I have not acted wickedly against my God.

English Standard Version
For I have kept the ways of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God.

New Century Version
I have followed the ways of the Lord ; I have not done evil by turning from my God.

New English Translation
For I have obeyed the Lord 's commands; I have not rebelled against my God.

Amplified Bible
"For I have kept the ways of the LORD, And have not acted wickedly against my God.

New American Standard Bible
"For I have kept the ways of the LORD, And have not acted wickedly against my God.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For I kept the wayes of the Lorde, and did not wickedly against my God.

Legacy Standard Bible
For I have kept the ways of Yahweh,And have not wickedly departed from my God.

Contemporary English Version
I do what you want and never turn to do evil.

Complete Jewish Bible
"For I have kept the ways of Adonai , I have not done evil by leaving my God;

Darby Translation
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord did this because I have obeyed him. I have not turned against my God.

George Lamsa Translation
For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not rebelled against my God.

Good News Translation
I have obeyed the law of the Lord ; I have not turned away from my God.

Literal Translation
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not acted wickedly against my God.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For I haue kepte ye waye of the LORDE, & haue not bene vngodly agaynst my God.

American Standard Version
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.

Bible in Basic English
For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For I haue kept the wayes of ye Lord: and did not wickedly agaynst my God.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

King James Version (1611)
For I haue kept the wayes of the Lord, and haue not wickedly departed from my God.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Because, I kept the ways of the Lord, and did not wickedly depart from my God.

English Revised Version
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

Berean Standard Bible
For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For Y kepte the weies of the Lord; and Y dide not wickidli fro my God.

Young's Literal Translation
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God.

Update Bible Version
For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, And have not wickedly departed from my God.

Webster's Bible Translation
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

World English Bible
For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, And have not wickedly departed from my God.

New King James Version
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, And have not wickedly departed from my God.

New Living Translation
For I have kept the ways of the Lord ; I have not turned from my God to follow evil.

New Life Bible
For I have kept the ways of the Lord. I have not acted in sin against my God.

New Revised Standard
For I have kept the ways of the Lord , and have not wickedly departed from my God.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For I had kept the ways of Yahweh, - and not broken away from my God;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Because I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

Revised Standard Version
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For I have kept the ways of the LORD, And have not acted wickedly against my God.

Contextual Overview

² God is bedrock under my feet, the castle in which I live, my rescuing knight. My God—the high crag where I run for dear life, hiding behind the boulders, safe in the granite hideout; My mountaintop refuge, he saves me from ruthless men. ⁴ I sing to God the Praise-Lofty, and find myself safe and saved. ⁵The waves of death crashed over me, devil waters rushed over me. Hell's ropes cinched me tight; death traps barred every exit. ⁷ A hostile world! I called to God , to my God I cried out. From his palace he heard me call; my cry brought me right into his presence— a private audience! ⁸Earth wobbled and lurched; the very heavens shook like leaves, Quaked like aspen leaves because of his rage. His nostrils flared, billowing smoke; his mouth spit fire. Tongues of fire darted in and out; he lowered the sky. He stepped down; under his feet an abyss opened up. He rode a winged creature, swift on wind-wings. He wrapped himself in a trenchcoat of black rain-cloud darkness. But his cloud-brightness burst through, a grand comet of fireworks. Then God thundered out of heaven; the High God gave a great shout. God shot his arrows—pandemonium! He hurled his lightnings—a rout! The secret sources of ocean were exposed, the hidden depths of earth lay uncovered The moment God roared in protest, let loose his hurricane anger. ¹⁷But me he caught—reached all the way from sky to sea; he pulled me out Of that ocean of hate, that enemy chaos, the void in which I was drowning. They hit me when I was down, but God stuck by me. He stood me up on a wide-open field; I stood there saved—surprised to be loved! ²¹ God made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before him. When I cleaned up my act, he gave me a fresh start. Indeed, I've kept alert to God 's ways; I haven't taken God for granted. Every day I review the ways he works, I try not to miss a trick. I feel put back together, and I'm watching my step. God rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes. ²⁶You stick by people who stick with you, you're straight with people who're straight with you, You're good to good people, you shrewdly work around the bad ones. You take the side of the down-and-out, but the stuck-up you take down a peg. ²⁹Suddenly, God , your light floods my path, God drives out the darkness. I smash the bands of marauders, I vault the high fences. What a God! His road stretches straight and smooth. Every God -direction is road-tested. Everyone who runs toward him Makes it. ³²Is there any god like God ? Are we not at bedrock? Is not this the God who armed me well, then aimed me in the right direction? Now I run like a deer; I'm king of the mountain. He shows me how to fight; I can bend a bronze bow! You protect me with salvation-armor; you touch me and I feel ten feet tall. You cleared the ground under me so my footing was firm. When I chased my enemies I caught them; I didn't let go till they were dead men. I nailed them; they were down for good; then I walked all over them. You armed me well for this fight; you smashed the upstarts. You made my enemies turn tail, and I wiped out the haters. They cried "uncle" but Uncle didn't come; They yelled for God and got no for an answer. I ground them to dust; they gusted in the wind. I threw them out, like garbage in the gutter. You rescued me from a squabbling people; you made me a leader of nations. People I'd never heard of served me; the moment they got wind of me they submitted. They gave up; they came trembling from their hideouts.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I have kept: Numbers 16:15, 1 Samuel 12:3, Job 23:10-12, 2 Corinthians 1:12

the ways: Genesis 18:19, Psalms 119:1, Psalms 128:1, Proverbs 8:32

have not: Psalms 36:3, Psalms 125:5, Zephaniah 1:6, John 15:10, Hebrews 10:38, Hebrews 10:39

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God. :-.