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David sings to praise God[a]

22 David wrote this song when the Lord saved him from the power of his enemies when Saul was king.

This is what he sang:

‘The Lord keeps me safe.
    He is my great rock and my strong place.
My God is my high rock.
    I run to him to hide and be safe.
He keeps me safe like a soldier's shield.
He is the strong place where I can hide safely.
God, you have saved me from men who want to attack me.
I praise the Lord because he deserves it!
When I called to him for help,
    he saved me from my enemies.
Death was near enough to catch me!
    Danger was like a river that wanted to drown me.
Death was tying me up with ropes,
    to pull me into the deep hole of the grave.
In my trouble I prayed to the Lord.
    I called to my God to help me.
He heard my voice from his home in heaven.
My prayer reached his ears.

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Footnotes

  1. 22:1 See Psalms 18.