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1 David
spoke to the
LORD the words
of this song
in the day
that the LORD
delivered him out
of the hand
of all his enemies,
and out of
the hand of
Saul,
2 and
he said:
“The LORD is
my rock,
my fortress,
and my deliverer,
even mine;
3 God
is my rock
in whom I take
refuge;
my shield, and
the horn of
my salvation,
my high tower,
and my refuge.
My savior, you
save me from
violence.
4 I
call on the
LORD, who is worthy
to be praised;
So shall I
be saved from
my enemies.
5 For
the waves of
death surrounded me.
The floods of
ungodliness made me
afraid.
6 The
cords of Sheol
were around me.
The snares of
death caught me.
7 In
my distress, I
called on the
LORD.
Yes, I called to
my God.
He heard my
voice out of his
temple.
My cry came into
his ears.
8 Then
the earth shook
and trembled.
The foundations
of heaven quaked
and were shaken,
because he was
angry.
9 Smoke
went up out
of his nostrils.
Consuming fire came
out of his
mouth.
Coals were
kindled by it.
10 He
bowed the heavens
also, and came
down.
Thick darkness
was under his
feet.
11 He
rode on a
cherub, and flew.
Yes, he was
seen on the
wings of the
wind.
12 He
made darkness a
shelter around
himself,
gathering of waters,
and thick clouds
of the skies.
13 At the
brightness before
him,
coals of fire
were kindled.
14 The
LORD thundered
from heaven.
The Most High
uttered his voice.
15 He
sent out arrows
and scattered them,
lightning and
confused them.
16 Then
the channels of
the sea appeared.
The foundations
of the world
were laid bare
by the LORD’s
rebuke,
at the blast
of the breath
of his nostrils.
17 He
sent from on
high and 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
came on me
in the day
of my calamity,
but the LORD
was my support.
20 He
also brought me
out into a
large place.
He delivered me,
because he
delighted in me.
21 The
LORD rewarded me
according to my
righteousness.
He rewarded me
according to the
cleanness of my
hands.
22 For
I have kept
the LORD’s ways,
and have not
wickedly departed
from my God.
23 For
all his ordinances
were before me.
As for his
statutes, I didn’t
depart from them.
24 I
was also perfect toward
him.
I kept myself
from my iniquity.
25 Therefore
the LORD has
rewarded me according
to my
righteousness,
According to my
cleanness in his
eyesight.
26 With
the merciful you
will show yourself
merciful.
With the perfect
man you will
show yourself
perfect.
27 With
the pure you will
show yourself pure.
With the crooked
you will show
yourself shrewd.
28 You
will save the
afflicted people,
but your eyes
are on
the arrogant, that
you may bring
them down.
29 For
you are my
lamp, LORD.
The LORD will
light up my
darkness.
30 For
by you, I
run against a
troop.
By my God, I
leap over a
wall.
31 As
for God, his
way is perfect.
The LORD’s word
is tested.
He is a
shield to all
those who take
refuge in him.
32 For
who is God,
besides the LORD?
Who is a
rock, besides our
God?
33 God is
my strong fortress.
He makes my way
perfect.
34 He
makes his feet
like hinds’ feet,
and sets me
on my high
places.
35 He
teaches my hands
to war,
so that my
arms bend a
bow of bronze.
36 You
have also given me
the shield of
your salvation.
Your gentleness
has made me
great.
37 You
have enlarged my
steps under me.
My feet have
not slipped.
38 I
have pursued
my enemies and
destroyed them.
I didn’t turn
again until they
were consumed.
39 I
have consumed them,
and struck them
through,
so that they
can’t arise.
Yes, they have
fallen under my
feet.
40 For
you have armed
me with strength
for the battle.
You have subdued
under me those who
rose up against
me.
41 You
have also made my
enemies turn their
backs to me,
that I might cut
off those who
hate me.
42 They
looked, but there
was no one
to save;
even to the
LORD, but he didn’t
answer them.
43 Then I beat
them as small
as the dust
of the earth.
I crushed them as
the mire of
the streets, and
spread them abroad.
44 You
also have
delivered me from
the strivings of
my people.
You have kept
me to be
the head of
the nations.
A people whom
I have not
known will serve
me.
45 The
foreigners will
submit themselves
to me.
As soon as they
hear of me,
they will obey
me.
46 The
foreigners will
fade away,
and will come
trembling out of their close
places.
47 The
LORD lives!
Blessed be my
rock!
Exalted be God,
the rock of
my salvation,
48 even the
God who executes
vengeance for me,
who brings down
peoples under me,
49 who brings
me away from
my enemies.
Yes, you lift me
up above those who
rise up against
me.
You deliver me
from the
violent man.
50 Therefore
I will give
thanks to you,
LORD, among the
nations,
and will sing
praises to your
name.
51 He
gives great
deliverance to his
king,
and shows loving
kindness to his
anointed,
to David and
to his offspring,
forever more.”