[DailyReading] A Rock and fortress

[Daily Bible Readings - English (en)]

Lesson: The Rock Jesus Christ
Reading: A Rock and fortress  2015-02-14
Reference: 2 Sam. 22:1-20 
II Samuel 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:
II Samuel 22:2: And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
II Samuel 22:3: 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.
II Samuel 22:4: I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
II Samuel 22:5: When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
II Samuel 22:6: The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
II Samuel 22:7: 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.
II Samuel 22:8: Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
II Samuel 22:9: There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
II Samuel 22:10: He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
II Samuel 22:11: And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
II Samuel 22:12: And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
II Samuel 22:13: Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
II Samuel 22:14: The Lord thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
II Samuel 22:15: And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
II Samuel 22:16: 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.
II Samuel 22:17: He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
II Samuel 22:18: He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
II Samuel 22:19: They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
II Samuel 22:20: He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
(KJV)