¹I love You, O Lord , my strength.[#2Sa 22]

²The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;

my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;

my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

³I will call upon the Lord , who is worthy to be praised,[#Ps 48:1]

so shall I be saved from my enemies.

⁴The cords of death encompassed me;[#Ps 116:3]

the torrents of destruction assailed me.

⁵The cords of Sheol surrounded me;

the snares of death confronted me.

⁶In my distress I called upon the Lord ,[#Ps 50:15]

and cried for help to my God;

He heard my voice from His temple,

and my cry to Him reached His ears.

⁷Then the earth shook and trembled;[#Jdg 5:4; Ac 4:31]

the foundations of the hills also quaked,

because He was angry.

⁸Smoke went up from His nostrils,

and devouring fire from His mouth;

coals were kindled by it.

⁹He bowed the heavens and came down;

darkness was under His feet.

¹⁰He rode on a cherub and flew;[#Ps 99:1]

He flew swiftly on the wings of the wind.

¹¹He made darkness His secret place;[#Dt 4:11; Ps 97:2]

His pavilion surrounding Him

was dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

¹²Out of the brightness before Him, His thick clouds passed

with hailstones and coals of fire.

¹³The Lord thundered in the heavens,[#1Sa 7:10; Ps 104:7]

and the Most High uttered His voice,

hailstones and coals of fire.

¹⁴He sent out His arrows and scattered the enemy;

He shot out lightnings and vanquished them.

¹⁵Then the channels of the sea were seen,

the foundations of the world were uncovered

at Your rebuke, O Lord ,

at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

¹⁶He sent from above, He took me;

He drew me out of many waters.

¹⁷He delivered me from my strong enemy,

and from those who hated me,

for they were too strong for me.

¹⁸They confronted me in the day of my calamity,

but the Lord was my support.

¹⁹He also brought me forth into a broad place;[#Ps 31:8; 118:5]

He delivered me because He delighted in me.

²⁰The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;

according to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.

²¹For I have kept the ways of the Lord ,

and have not wickedly departed from my God.

²²For all His decrees were before me,[#Ps 119:30]

and I did not put away His statutes from me.

²³I was also upright before Him,

and I kept myself from my iniquity.

²⁴Therefore the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,

according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

²⁵With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful;[#Mt 5:7]

with the blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;

²⁶with the pure You will show Yourself pure;

and with the crooked You will show Yourself shrewd.

²⁷For You will save the humble people,

but will bring down haughty eyes.

²⁸For You will light my lamp;[#Ps 132:17]

the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

²⁹For by You I can outrun a troop,

and by my God I can leap over a wall.

³⁰As for God, His way is perfect;[#Dt 32:4]

the word of the Lord is proven;

He is a shield

to all who take refuge in Him.

³¹For who is God, but the Lord ?[#Ps 86:8]

And who is a rock, except our God?

³²It is God who girds me with strength,[#Isa 45:5]

and makes my way perfect.

³³He makes my feet like the feet of deer,

and sets me on my high places.

³⁴He trains my hands for war,[#Ps 144:1]

so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

³⁵You have given me the shield of Your salvation,

and Your right hand has held me up,

and Your gentleness has made me great.

³⁶You widened my path for my steps under me,

so my feet did not slip.

³⁷I pursued my enemies and overtook them;

I did not return until they were consumed.

³⁸I wounded them, and they were not able to rise;

they fell under my feet.

³⁹For You girded me with strength for the battle;[#Ps 18:32]

You subdued under me those who rose up against me.

⁴⁰You gave me the necks of my enemies,[#Ps 21:12]

that I might destroy those who hate me.

⁴¹They cried for help, but there was no one to save them;

they cried to the Lord , but He did not answer them.

⁴²Then I beat them fine, like dust before the wind;[#2Ki 13:7]

I cast them out like dirt in the streets.

⁴³You have delivered me from strife with the people,

and You have made me the head of the nations;

a people whom I have not known serve me.

⁴⁴As soon as they hear of me, they obey me;

the foreigners submit to me.

⁴⁵The foreigners lose heart,

and come trembling from their strongholds.

⁴⁶The Lord lives! Blessed be my rock!

Let the God of my salvation be exalted.

⁴⁷It is God who avenges me

and subdues the peoples under me;

⁴⁸He delivers me from my enemies.

You exalt me above those who rise up against me;

You have delivered me from the violent man.

⁴⁹Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Lord , among the nations,

and sing praises to Your name.

⁵⁰Great deliverance He gives to His king,

and shows lovingkindness to His anointed,

to David and to his descendants forevermore.