• David’s Song of Deliverance

  • 1 And David spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
  • 2 He said, “Yahweh is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
  • 3 My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge; My savior, You save me from violence.
  • 4 “I call upon Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies.
  • 5 “For the waves of death encompassed me; The torrents of vileness terrorized me;
  • 6 The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.
  • 7 “In my distress I called upon Yahweh, And I called to my God; And out of His temple He heard my voice, And my cry for help came into His ears.
  • 8 “Then the earth shook and quaked; The foundations of heaven were trembling And were shaken, because He was angry.
  • 9 “Smoke went up out of His nostrils, And fire from His mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it.
  • 10 “He bowed the heavens and came down With thick darkness under His feet.
  • 11 “He rode on a cherub and flew; And He appeared upon the wings of the wind.
  • 12 “And He made darkness canopies around Him, A mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
  • 13 “From the brightness before Him Coals of fire were kindled.
  • 14 “Yahweh thundered from heaven, And the Most High gave forth His voice.
  • 15 “And He sent out arrows, and scattered them, Lightning, and threw them into confusion.
  • 16 “Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare By the rebuke of Yahweh, At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
  • 17 “He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.
  • 18 “He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
  • 19 “They confronted me in the day of my disaster, But Yahweh was my support.
  • 20 “He brought me forth also into a broad place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me.
  • 21 “Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
  • 22 “For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
  • 23 “For all His judgments were before me, And as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.
  • 24 “I was also blameless toward Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity.
  • 25 “Therefore Yahweh has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness before His eyes.
  • 26 “With the kind You show Yourself kind, With the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
  • 27 With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.
  • 28 “And You save an afflicted people; But Your eyes are on the haughty whom You bring down.
  • 29 “For You are my lamp, O Yahweh; And Yahweh illumines my darkness.
  • 30 “For by You I can run upon a troop; By my God I can leap over a wall.
  • 31 “As for God, His way is blameless; The word of Yahweh is tried; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
  • 32 “For who is God, but Yahweh? And who is a rock, but our God?
  • 33 “God is my strong fortress; And He sets the blameless in His way.
  • 34 “He makes my feet like hinds’ feet, And sets me on my high places.
  • 35 “He trains my hands for battle, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
  • 36 “You have also given me the shield of Your salvation, And Your answer to me makes me great.
  • 37 “You enlarge my steps under me, And my ankles have not given way.
  • 38 “I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, And I did not turn back until they were consumed.
  • 39 “And I have consumed them and crushed them, so that they did not rise; And they fell under my feet.
  • 40 “For You have girded me with strength for battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
  • 41 “You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, And I destroyed those who hated me.
  • 42 “They looked, but there was none to save; Even to Yahweh, but He did not answer them.
  • 43 “Then I beat them fine as the dust of the earth; I pulverized and stamped them as the mire of the streets.
  • 44 “You have also delivered me from the contentions of my people; You have kept me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me.
  • 45 “Foreigners cower before me; As soon as they hear, they obey me.
  • 46 “Foreigners fade away, And come trembling out of their fortresses.
  • 47 “Yahweh lives, and blessed be my rock; And let God, the rock of my salvation, be lifted high,
  • 48 The God who executes vengeance for me, And brings down peoples under me,
  • 49 Who also brings me out from my enemies; You even lift me above those who rise up against me; You rescue me from the violent man.
  • 50 “Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Yahweh, among the nations, And I will sing praises to Your name.
  • 51 “He gives great salvation to His king, And shows lovingkindness to His anointed, To David and his seed forever.”