2 Samuel 22:4

THE MESSAGE

I sing to God the Praise-Lofty, and find myself safe and saved.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,and I was saved from my enemies.

Hebrew Names Version
I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from my enemies.

King James Version
I will call on the Lord , who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

Lexham English Bible
I call upon Yahweh who is praiseworthy, and I am saved from those who hate me.

English Standard Version
I call upon the Lord , who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.

New Century Version
I will call to the Lord , who is worthy of praise, and I will be saved from my enemies.

New English Translation
I called to the Lord , who is worthy of praise, and I was delivered from my enemies.

Amplified Bible
"I call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies.

New American Standard Bible
"I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies.

Geneva Bible (1587)
I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praysed: so shall I be safe from mine enemies.

Legacy Standard Bible
I call upon Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised,And I am saved from my enemies.

Contemporary English Version
I praise you, our Lord ! I prayed to you, and you rescued me from my enemies.

Complete Jewish Bible
I call on Adonai , who is worthy of praise; and I am saved from my enemies.

Darby Translation
I will call upon Jehovah, who is to be praised; So shall I be saved from mine enemies.

Easy-to-Read Version
I called to the Lord for help, and he saved me from my enemies. He is worthy of my praise!

George Lamsa Translation
I will call upon the LORD, and I shall be saved from my enemies.

Good News Translation
I call to the Lord , and he saves me from my enemies. Praise the Lord !

Literal Translation
I call on Jehovah, the One to be praised; and I shall be saved from my enemies.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I wil call vpon the LORDE with prayse, so shal I be delyuered fro myne enemies.

American Standard Version
I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies.

Bible in Basic English
I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I will call on the Lorde which is prayse worthy: and so shall I be saued from myne enemies.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Praised, I cry, is the LORD, and I am saved from mine enemies.

King James Version (1611)
I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saued from mine enemies.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised, and I shall be saved from my enemies.

English Revised Version
I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

Berean Standard Bible
I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y schal inwardly clepe the Lord worthi to be preisid; and Y schal be saaf fro myn enemyes.

Young's Literal Translation
The Praised One, I call Jehovah: And from mine enemies I am saved.

Update Bible Version
I will call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised: So I shall be saved from my enemies.

Webster's Bible Translation
I will call on the LORD, [who is] worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies.

World English Bible
I will call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from my enemies.

New King James Version
I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.

New Living Translation
I called on the Lord , who is worthy of praise, and he saved me from my enemies.

New Life Bible
I call upon the Lord, Who should be praised. I am saved from those who hate me.

New Revised Standard
I call upon the Lord , who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
As one worthy to be praised, called I on Yahweh, - And, from my foes, was I saved.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I will call on the Lord who is worthy to be praised: and I shall be saved from my enemies.

Revised Standard Version
I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies.

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 will: Psalms 116:2, Psalms 116:4, Psalms 116:13, Psalms 116:17

worthy: Nehemiah 9:5, Psalms 18:3, Psalms 66:2, Psalms 106:2, Psalms 148:1-4, Revelation 4:11, Revelation 5:12

so: Psalms 34:6, Psalms 50:15, Psalms 55:16, Psalms 56:9, Psalms 57:1-3, Romans 10:13

Cross-References

Exodus 5:3
They said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness so we can worship our God lest he strike us with either disease or death."

Exodus 15:22
Moses led Israel from the Red Sea on to the Wilderness of Shur. They traveled for three days through the wilderness without finding any water. They got to Marah, but they couldn't drink the water at Marah; it was bitter. That's why they called the place Marah (Bitter). And the people complained to Moses, "So what are we supposed to drink?"

Numbers 10:33
And so off they marched. From the Mountain of God they marched three days with the Chest of the Covenant of God in the lead to scout out a campsite. The Cloud of God was above them by day when they marched from the camp. With the Chest leading the way, Moses would say, Get up, God ! Put down your enemies! Chase those who hate you to the hills! And when the Chest was set down, he would say, Rest with us, God , Stay with the many, Many thousands of Israel.

Numbers 31:19
"Now here's what you are to do: Pitch tents outside the camp. All who have killed anyone or touched a corpse must stay outside the camp for seven days. Purify yourselves and your captives on the third and seventh days. Purify every piece of clothing and every utensil—everything made of leather, goat hair, or wood."

1 Samuel 26:13
Then David went across to the opposite hill and stood far away on the top of the mountain. With this safe distance between them, he shouted across to the army and Abner son of Ner, "Hey, Abner! How long do I have to wait for you to wake up and answer me?" Abner said, "Who's calling?"

Esther 5:1
Three days later Esther dressed in her royal robes and took up a position in the inner court of the palace in front of the king's throne room. The king was on his throne facing the entrance. When he noticed Queen Esther standing in the court, he was pleased to see her; the king extended the gold scepter in his hand. Esther approached and touched the tip of the scepter. The king asked, "And what's your desire, Queen Esther? What do you want? Ask and it's yours—even if it's half my kingdom!"

Luke 13:32
Jesus said, "Tell that fox that I've no time for him right now. Today and tomorrow I'm busy clearing out the demons and healing the sick; the third day I'm wrapping things up. Besides, it's not proper for a prophet to come to a bad end outside Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killer of prophets, abuser of the messengers of God! How often I've longed to gather your children, gather your children like a hen, Her brood safe under her wings— but you refused and turned away! And now it's too late: You won't see me again until the day you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of God.'"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I will call on the Lord, [who is] worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. :-.