1 Falou Davi ao Senhor as palavras deste cântico, no dia em que o Senhor o livrou das mãos de todos os seus inimigos e das mãos de Saul. 2 E disse:
O Senhor é a minha rocha,
a minha cidadela, o meu libertador;
3 o meu Deus, o meu rochedo em que me refugio;
o meu escudo, a força da minha salvação,
o meu baluarte e o meu refúgio.
Ó Deus, da violência tu me salvas.
4 Invoco o Senhor, digno de ser louvado,
e serei salvo dos meus inimigos.
5 Porque ondas de morte me cercaram,
torrentes de impiedade me impuseram terror;
6 cadeias infernais me cingiram,
e tramas de morte me surpreenderam.
7 Na minha angústia, invoquei o Senhor,
clamei a meu Deus;
ele, do seu templo, ouviu a minha voz,
e o meu clamor chegou aos seus ouvidos.
8 Então, a terra se abalou e tremeu,
vacilaram também os fundamentos dos céus
e se estremeceram, porque ele se indignou.
9 Das suas narinas, subiu fumaça,
e, da sua boca, fogo devorador;
dele saíram carvões, em chama.
10 Baixou ele os céus, e desceu,
e teve sob os pés densa escuridão.
11 Cavalgava um querubim e voou;
e foi visto sobre as asas do vento.
12 Por pavilhão pôs, ao redor de si,
trevas, ajuntamento de águas, nuvens dos céus.
13 Do resplendor que diante dele havia,
brasas de fogo se acenderam.
14 Trovejou o Senhor desde os céus;
o Altíssimo levantou a sua voz.
15 Despediu setas, e espalhou os meus inimigos,
e raios, e os desbaratou.
16 Então, se viu o leito das águas,
e se descobriram os fundamentos do mundo,
pela repreensão do Senhor,
pelo iroso resfolgar das suas narinas.
17 Do alto, me estendeu ele a mão e me tomou;
tirou-me das muitas águas.
18 Livrou-me do forte inimigo,
dos que me aborreciam,
porque eram mais poderosos do que eu.
19 Assaltaram-me no dia da minha calamidade,
mas o Senhor me serviu de amparo.
20 Trouxe-me para um lugar espaçoso;
livrou-me, porque ele se agradou de mim.
21 Retribuiu-me o Senhor segundo a minha justiça,
recompensou-me conforme a pureza das minhas mãos.
22 Pois tenho guardado os caminhos do Senhor
e não me apartei perversamente do meu Deus.
23 Porque todos os seus juízos me estão presentes,
e dos seus estatutos não me desviei.
24 Também fui inculpável para com ele
e me guardei da iniquidade.
25 Daí, retribuir-me o Senhor segundo a minha justiça,
segundo a minha pureza diante dos seus olhos.
26 Para com o benigno, benigno te mostras;
com o íntegro, também íntegro.
27 Com o puro, puro te mostras;
com o perverso, inflexível.
28 Tu salvas o povo humilde,
mas, com um lance de vista, abates os altivos.
29 Tu, Senhor, és a minha lâmpada;
o Senhor derrama luz nas minhas trevas.
30 Pois contigo desbarato exércitos,
com o meu Deus, salto muralhas.
31 O caminho de Deus é perfeito;
a palavra do Senhor é provada;
ele é escudo para todos os que nele se refugiam.
32 Pois quem é Deus, senão o Senhor?
E quem é rochedo, senão o nosso Deus?
33 Deus é a minha fortaleza e a minha força
e ele perfeitamente desembaraça o meu caminho.
34 Ele deu a meus pés a ligeireza das corças
e me firmou nas minhas alturas.
35 Ele adestrou as minhas mãos para o combate,
de sorte que os meus braços vergaram um arco de bronze.
36 Também me deste o escudo do teu salvamento,
e a tua clemência me engrandeceu.
37 Alongaste sob meus passos o caminho,
e os meus pés não vacilaram.
38 Persegui os meus inimigos, e os derrotei,
e só voltei depois de haver dado cabo deles.
39 Acabei com eles, esmagando-os a tal ponto, que não puderam levantar-se;
caíram sob meus pés.
40 Pois de força me cingiste para o combate
e me submeteste os que se levantaram contra mim.
41 Também puseste em fuga os meus inimigos,
e os que me odiaram, eu os exterminei.
42 Olharam, mas ninguém lhes acudiu,
sim, para o Senhor, mas ele não respondeu.
43 Então, os moí como o pó da terra;
esmaguei-os e, como a lama das ruas, os amassei.
44 Das contendas do meu povo me livraste
e me fizeste cabeça das nações;
povo que não conheci me serviu.
45 Os estrangeiros se me sujeitaram;
ouvindo a minha voz, me obedeceram.
46 Sumiram-se os estrangeiros
e das suas fortificações saíram espavoridos.
47 Vive o Senhor, e bendita seja a minha Rocha!
Exaltado seja o meu Deus, a Rocha da minha salvação!
48 O Deus que por mim tomou vingança
e me submeteu povos;
49 o Deus que me tirou dentre os meus inimigos;
sim, tu que me exaltaste acima dos meus adversários
e me livraste do homem violento.
50 Celebrar-te-ei, pois, entre as nações, ó Senhor,
e cantarei louvores ao teu nome.
51 É ele quem dá grandes vitórias ao seu rei
e usa de benignidade para com o seu ungido,
com Davi e sua posteridade, para sempre.
1 And David spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: 2 and he said,
Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;
3 God, my rock, in him will I take refuge;
My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge;
My saviour, thou savest me from violence.
4 I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised:
So shall I be saved from mine enemies.
5 For the waves of death compassed me;
The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:
6 The cords of Sheol were round about me;
The snares of death came upon me.
7 In my distress I called upon Jehovah;
Yea, I called unto my God:
And he heard my voice out of his temple,
And my cry came into his ears.
8 Then the earth shook and trembled,
The foundations of heaven quaked
And were shaken, because he was wroth.
9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils,
And fire out of his mouth devoured:
Coals were kindled by it.
10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down;
And thick darkness was under his feet.
11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly;
Yea, he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him,
Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
13 At the brightness before him
Coals of fire were kindled.
14 Jehovah thundered from heaven,
And the Most High uttered his voice.
15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them;
Lightning, and discomfited them.
16 Then the channels of the sea appeared,
The foundations of the world were laid bare,
By the rebuke of Jehovah,
At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
17 He sent from on high, he took me;
He drew me out of many waters;
18 He delivered me from my strong enemy,
From them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
19 They came upon me in the day of my calamity;
But Jehovah was my stay.
20 He brought me forth also into a large place;
He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
21 Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
22 For I have kept the ways of Jehovah,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For all his ordinances were before me;
And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
24 I was also perfect toward him;
And I kept myself from mine iniquity.
25 Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to my cleanness in his eyesight.
26 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful;
With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;
27 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure;
And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.
28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save;
But thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
29 For thou art my lamp, O Jehovah;
And Jehovah will lighten my darkness.
30 For by thee I run upon a troop;
By my God do I leap over a wall.
31 As for God, his way is perfect:
The word of Jehovah is tried;
He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.
32 For who is God, save Jehovah?
And who is a rock, save our God?
33 God is my strong fortress;
And he guideth the perfect in his way.
34 He maketh his feet like hinds’ feet,
And setteth me upon my high places.
35 He teacheth my hands to war,
So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation;
And thy gentleness hath made me great.
37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me;
And my feet have not slipped.
38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them;
Neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
39 And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, so that they cannot arise:
Yea, they are fallen under my feet.
40 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle;
Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
41 Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me,
That I might cut off them that hate me.
42 They looked, but there was none to save;
Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.
43 Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth,
I did crush them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad.
44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people;
Thou hast kept me to be the head of the nations:
A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
45 The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me:
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me.
46 The foreigners shall fade away,
And shall come trembling out of their close places.
47 Jehovah liveth; And blessed be my rock;
And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
48 Even the God that executeth vengeance for me,
And that bringeth down peoples under me,
49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies:
Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me;
Thou deliverest me from the violent man.
50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations,
And will sing praises unto thy name.
51 Great deliverance giveth he to his king,
And showeth lovingkindness to his anointed,
To David and to his seed, for evermore.
1 David sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
2 He said: "The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
3 my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield "and the horn "of my salvation. He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior — from violent people you save me.
4 "I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and have been saved from my enemies.
5 The waves of death swirled about me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
6 The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.
7 "In my distress I called to the LORD; I called out to my God. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came to his ears.
8 The earth trembled and quaked, the foundations of the heavens "shook; they trembled because he was angry.
9 Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.
10 He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.
11 He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared "on the wings of the wind.
12 He made darkness his canopy around him — the dark "rain clouds of the sky.
13 Out of the brightness of his presence bolts of lightning blazed forth.
14 The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
15 He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them.
16 The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of breath from his nostrils.
17 "He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.
18 He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.
19 They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the LORD was my support.
20 He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.
21 "The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD; I am not guilty of turning from my God.
23 All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees.
24 I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.
25 The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness "in his sight.
26 "To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
27 to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.
28 You save the humble, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.
29 You, LORD, are my lamp; the LORD turns my darkness into light.
30 With your help I can advance against a troop "; with my God I can scale a wall.
31 "As for God, his way is perfect: The LORD's word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him.
32 For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
33 It is God who arms me with strength "and keeps my way secure.
34 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights.
35 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
36 You make your saving help my shield; your help has made "me great.
37 You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way.
38 "I pursued my enemies and crushed them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed.
39 I crushed them completely, and they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.
40 You armed me with strength for battle; you humbled my adversaries before me.
41 You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes.
42 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them — to the LORD, but he did not answer.
43 I beat them as fine as the dust of the earth; I pounded and trampled them like mud in the streets.
44 "You have delivered me from the attacks of the peoples; you have preserved me as the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me,
45 foreigners cower before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.
46 They all lose heart; they come trembling "from their strongholds.
47 "The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be my God, the Rock, my Savior!
48 He is the God who avenges me, who puts the nations under me,
49 who sets me free from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from a violent man you rescued me.
50 Therefore I will praise you, LORD, among the nations; I will sing the praises of your name.
51 "He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever."