1 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

<>vv. 1,3-6, <>vv. 1,7-9, <>there was a famine, <>three years, <>inquired of the LORD, <>the LORD answered, <>house

2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)

<>children … children … children, <>Israel … Israel … Israel, <>sworn, <>zeal, <>Judah

3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD?

<>vv. 1,3-6, <>vv. 3-6, <>make the atonement, <>the inheritance of the LORD

4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.

<>vv. 1,3-6, <>vv. 3-6, <>We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house

5 And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,

<>vv. 1,3-6, <>vv. 3-6, <>answered, <>coasts

6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them.

<>vv. 1,3-6, <>vv. 3-6, <>sons, <>whom the LORD did choose

7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD'S oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

<>vv. 1,7-9, <>because of the LORD'S oath, <>the LORD'S oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan

8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:

<>vv. 1,7-9, <>bare

9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.

<>vv. 1,7-9, <>into the hands, <>hanged them in the hill before the LORD … in the beginning of barley harvest, <>death, <>harvest … harvest

10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

<>the beginning of harvest, <>water dropped … out of heaven, <>suffered

11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.

<>concubine

12 And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:

13 And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

<>gathered the bones

14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.

<>buried, <>the country, <>Benjamin, <>performed all that the king commanded, <>the king commanded

15 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.

<>vv. 15-22, <>yet war again, <>his servants, <>waxed faint, <>waxed

16 And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.

<>vv. 15-22, <>giant, <>girded

17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.

<>vv. 15-22, <>succoured, <>quench not the light, <>the light

18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.

<>vv. 15-22

19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Beth-lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

<>vv. 15-22, <>Gittite

20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.

<>vv. 15-22, <>a man of great stature, <>stature, <>was born

21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.

<>vv. 15-22

22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

<>vv. 15-22

1 And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:

<>spake unto the LORD the words of this song, <>the words, <>the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies

2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

<>The LORD is my rock, <>my deliverer

3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.

<>God of my rock, <>God … in him will I trust, <>God … is … my shield, <>God … is … my high tower, <>God … my refuge, <>God … my saviour, <>in him will I trust, <>shield, <>horn, <>salvation, <>tower, <>refuge

4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

<>I will call on the LORD, <>I will call on the LORD … so shall I be saved

5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

<>When the waves of death compassed me, <>death, <>compassed, <>ungodly

6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

<>v. 6, <>The sorrows of hell, <>the snares of death, <>prevented

7 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.

<>vv. 7-9, <>In my distress I called upon the LORD, <>distress, <>I called upon the LORD, <>hear my voice, <>my cry did enter into his ears

8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.

<>vv. 7-9, <>the earth shook and trembled, <>trembled, <>foundations, <>was wroth

9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

<>vv. 7-9, <>fire out of his mouth devoured

10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.

<>He … came down, <>darkness was under his feet

11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

<>darkness … round about him … and thick clouds

13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.

<>the brightness before him

14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.

<>v. 14, <>the most High

15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.

<>he sent out arrows, <>he … scattered them, <>discomfited

16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

<>discovered

17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;

<>He sent from above, <>he drew me out of many waters, <>many waters

18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.

19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.

<>the LORD was my stay

20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

<>He brought me forth also into a large place, <>he delighted in me, <>delighted

21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

<>my righteousness, <>according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me

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

<>I have kept the ways of the LORD, <>kept, <>the ways of the LORD, <>wickedly departed

23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.

<>his judgments … his statutes

24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.

<>I was also upright before him, <>upright, <>kept myself from … mine

25 Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.

<>my cleanness in his eye sight

26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

<>With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful

27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

<>With the pure thou wilt shew thyself, <>froward

28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

<>the afflicted people thou wilt save, <>afflicted, <>thine eyes are upon the haughty, <>the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down, <>haughty

29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.

<>v. 29, <>lamp

30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.

31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.

<>vv. 31,33, <>God, his way, <>the word of the LORD is tried, <>he is a buckler to all them that trust in him

32 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?

<>who is God, save the LORD?

33 God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.

<>vv. 31,33, <>God is my strength

34 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places.

<>v. 34, <>my

35 He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

<>He teacheth my hands to war, <>a bow of steel is broken by mine arms, <>a bow of steel is broken

36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.

<>gentleness

37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.

38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.

<>I … turned not again until I had consumed them.

39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.

<>wounded them, that they could not arise, <>they are fallen under my feet

40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.

<>girded, <>them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me, <>subdued

41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.

<>vv. 41-42

42 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

<>vv. 41-42, <>They looked … unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.

<>Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, <>spread them abroad

44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.

<>strivings, <>thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen, <>serve me

45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.

<>Strangers shall submit themselves unto me, <>Strangers

46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.

<>they shall be afraid out of their close places, <>close

47 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.

<>The LORD liveth, <>my rock

48 It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,

<>It is God that avengeth me

49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

<>thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me

50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.

51 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.

<>He is the tower, <>mercy to his anointed, <>anointed