[1] I love You, O LORD, my strength.
[2] The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, 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 cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
[5] The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
[6] In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
[7] Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
[8] Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
[9] He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
[10] He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
[11] He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.
[12] From the brightness of His presence His clouds advanced— hailstones and coals of fire.
[13] The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.
[14] He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
[15] The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
[16] He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
[17] He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
[18] They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
[19] He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
[20] The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
[21] For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
[22] For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
[23] And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
[24] So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.
[25] To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
[26] to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
[27] For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
[28] For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
[29] For in You I can charge an army, and with my God I can scale a wall.
[30] As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
[31] For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
[32] It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.
[33] He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
[34] He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
[35] You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.
[36] You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
[37] I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
[38] I crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
[39] You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
[40] You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.
[41] They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.
[42] I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.
[43] You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
[44] When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.
[45] Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
[46] The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted—
[47] the God who avenges me and subdues nations beneath me,
[48] who delivers me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
[49] Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.
[50] Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.