2 Samuel 22:3-7 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

3. You are the rockwhere I am safe.You are my shield,my powerful weapon,and my place of shelter.You rescue me and keep mefrom being hurt.

4. I praise you, our Lord!I prayed to you,and you rescued mefrom my enemies.

5. Death, like ocean waves,surrounded me,and I was almost swallowedby its flooding waters.

6. Ropes from the worldof the deadhad coiled around me,and death had set a trapin my path.

7. I was in terrible troublewhen I called out to you,but from your templeyou heard meand answered my prayer.

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