[1] “I love You, O LORD, my strength.”
[2] The 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.
[3] I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies.
[4] The cords of death encompassed me, And the torrents of ungodliness terrified me.
[5] The cords 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 out of 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 devoured; Coals were kindled by it.
[9] He bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His feet.
[10] He rode upon a cherub and flew; And He sped upon the wings of the wind.
[11] He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
[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 laid bare At Your rebuke, O 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 delivered 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 calamity, But the LORD was my stay.
[19] He brought me forth also into a broad 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 recompensed me.
[21] For I have kept the ways of the LORD, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
[22] For all His ordinances 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 iniquity.
[24] Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.
[25] With the kind You show Yourself kind; With the blameless You show 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 haughty eyes You abase.
[28] For You light my lamp; The LORD my God illumines my darkness.
[29] For by You I can run upon a troop; And by my God I can leap over a wall.
[30] As for God, His way is blameless; The word of the LORD is tried; 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 girds me with strength And makes my way blameless?
[33] He makes my feet like hinds' feet, And sets me upon 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 girded me with strength for battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against 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 none to save, Even to the LORD, but He did not answer them.
[42] Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind; I emptied them out as the mire of the streets.
[43] You have delivered 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 submit to me.
[45] Foreigners fade away, 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 delivers me from my enemies; Surely You lift me above those who rise up against me; You rescue me from the violent man.
[49] Therefore I will give thanks to You among the nations, O LORD, And I will sing praises to Your name.
[50] He gives great deliverance to His king, And shows lovingkindness to His anointed, To David and his descendants forever.