• God the Sovereign Savior

  • 1 I will love You, O Lord, my strength.
  • 2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
  • 3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.
  • 4 The pangs of death surrounded me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
  • 5 The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.
  • 6 In my distress I called upon the Lord, And cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry came before Him, even to His ears.
  • 7 Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations of the hills also quaked and were shaken, Because He was angry.
  • 8 Smoke went up from His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it.
  • 9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down With darkness under His feet.
  • 10 And He rode upon a cherub, and flew; He flew upon the wings of the wind.
  • 11 He made darkness His secret place; His canopy around Him was dark waters And thick clouds of the skies.
  • 12 From the brightness before Him, His thick clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire.
  • 13 The Lord thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.
  • 14 He sent out His arrows and scattered the foe, Lightnings in abundance, and He vanquished them.
  • 15 Then 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.
  • 16 He sent from above, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.
  • 17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me, For they were too strong for me.
  • 18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the Lord was my support.
  • 19 He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.
  • 20 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
  • 21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, And have not wickedly departed from 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 before Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity.
  • 24 Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.
  • 25 With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful; With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;
  • 26 With the pure You will show Yourself pure; And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.
  • 27 For You will save the humble people, But will bring down haughty looks.
  • 28 For You will light my lamp; The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
  • 29 For by You I can run against a troop, By my God I can leap over a wall.
  • 30 As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the Lord is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.
  • 31 For who is God, except the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God?
  • 32 It is God who arms me with strength, And makes my way perfect.
  • 33 He makes my feet like the feet of deer, And sets me on my high places.
  • 34 He teaches my hands to make war, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
  • 35 You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; Your right hand has held me up, Your gentleness has made me great.
  • 36 You enlarged my path under me, So my feet did not slip.
  • 37 I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them; Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.
  • 38 I have wounded them, So that they could not rise; They have fallen under my feet.
  • 39 For You have armed me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
  • 40 You have also given me the necks of my enemies, So that I destroyed those who hated me.
  • 41 They cried out, but there was none to save; Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.
  • 42 Then I beat them as fine as the dust before the wind; I cast them out like dirt in the streets.
  • 43 You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; You have made me the head of the nations; A people I have not known shall serve me.
  • 44 As soon as they hear of me they obey me; The foreigners submit to me.
  • 45 The foreigners fade away, And come frightened from their hideouts.
  • 46 The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let the God of my salvation be exalted.
  • 47 It is God who avenges me, And subdues the peoples under me;
  • 48 He delivers me from my enemies. You also lift me up above those who rise against me; You have delivered me from the violent man.
  • 49 Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the Gentiles, And sing praises to Your name.
  • 50 Great deliverance He gives to His king, And shows mercy to His anointed, To David and his descendants forevermore.