• The Lord Praised for Rescuing David.

  • 1 “I love You, Lord, my strength.”
  • 2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my savior, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
  • 3 I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies.
  • 4 The ropes of death encompassed me, And the torrents of destruction terrified me.
  • 5 The ropes of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.
  • 6 In my distress I called upon the Lord, And cried to my God for help; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.
  • 7 Then the earth shook and quaked; And the foundations of the mountains were trembling And were shaken, because He was angry.
  • 8 Smoke went up out of His nostrils, And fire from His mouth was devouring; Coals burned from it.
  • 9 He also bowed the heavens down low, and came down With thick darkness under His feet.
  • 10 He rode on a cherub and flew; And He sped on the wings of the wind.
  • 11 He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds.
  • 12 From the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds, Hailstones and coals of fire.
  • 13 The Lord also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.
  • 14 He sent out His arrows, and scattered them, And lightning flashes in abundance, and routed them.
  • 15 Then the channels of water appeared, And the foundations of the world were exposed By Your rebuke, Lord, At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
  • 16 He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.
  • 17 He saved me from my strong enemy, And from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
  • 18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster, But the Lord was my support.
  • 19 He also brought me out into an open place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me.
  • 20 The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has repaid me.
  • 21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, And have not acted wickedly against my God.
  • 22 For all His judgments were before me, And I did not put away His statutes from me.
  • 23 I was also blameless with Him, And I kept myself from my wrongdoing.
  • 24 Therefore the Lord has repaid me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.
  • 25 With the faithful You show Yourself faithful; With the blameless You prove Yourself blameless;
  • 26 With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.
  • 27 For You save an afflicted people, But You humiliate haughty eyes.
  • 28 For You light my lamp; The Lord my God illumines my darkness.
  • 29 For by You I can run at a troop of warriors; And by my God I can leap over a wall.
  • 30 As for God, His way is blameless; The word of the Lord is refined; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
  • 31 For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God,
  • 32 The God who encircles me with strength, And makes my way blameless?
  • 33 He makes my feet like deer’s feet, And sets me up on my high places.
  • 34 He trains my hands for battle, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
  • 35 You have also given me the shield of Your salvation, And Your right hand upholds me; And Your gentleness makes me great.
  • 36 You enlarge my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.
  • 37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them, And I did not turn back until they were consumed.
  • 38 I shattered them, so that they were not able to rise; They fell under my feet.
  • 39 For You have encircled me with strength for battle; You have forced those who rose up against me to bow down under me.
  • 40 You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, And I destroyed those who hated me.
  • 41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save, They cried to the Lord, but He did not answer them.
  • 42 Then I beat them fine like the dust before the wind; I emptied them out like the mud of the streets.
  • 43 You have rescued me from the contentions of the people; You have placed me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me.
  • 44 As soon as they hear, they obey me; Foreigners pretend to obey me.
  • 45 Foreigners lose heart, And come trembling out of their fortresses.
  • 46 The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God of my salvation,
  • 47 The God who executes vengeance for me, And subdues peoples under me.
  • 48 He rescues me from my enemies; You indeed lift me above those who rise up against me; You rescue me from a violent man.
  • 49 Therefore I will give thanks to You among the nations, Lord, And I will sing praises to Your name.
  • 50 He gives great salvation to His king, And shows faithfulness to His anointed, To David and his descendants forever.