1 Eu te amo, ó Senhor, força minha.

2 O Senhor é a minha rocha, a minha cidadela, o meu libertador;

o meu Deus, o meu rochedo em que me refugio;

o meu escudo, a força da minha salvação, o meu baluarte.

3 Invoco o Senhor, digno de ser louvado,

e serei salvo dos meus inimigos.

4 Laços de morte me cercaram,

torrentes de impiedade me impuseram terror.

5 Cadeias infernais me cingiram,

e tramas de morte me surpreenderam.

6 Na minha angústia, invoquei o Senhor,

gritei por socorro ao meu Deus.

Ele do seu templo ouviu a minha voz,

e o meu clamor lhe penetrou os ouvidos.

7 Então, a terra se abalou e tremeu,

vacilaram também os fundamentos dos montes

e se estremeceram, porque ele se indignou.

8 Das suas narinas subiu fumaça,

e fogo devorador, da sua boca;

dele saíram brasas ardentes.

9 Baixou ele os céus, e desceu,

e teve sob os pés densa escuridão.

10 Cavalgava um querubim e voou;

sim, levado velozmente nas asas do vento.

11 Das trevas fez um manto em que se ocultou;

escuridade de águas e espessas nuvens dos céus eram o seu pavilhão.

12 Do resplendor que diante dele havia,

as densas nuvens se desfizeram

em granizo e brasas chamejantes.

13 Trovejou, então, o Senhor, nos céus;

o Altíssimo levantou a voz,

e houve granizo e brasas de fogo.

14 Despediu as suas setas e espalhou os meus inimigos,

multiplicou os seus raios e os desbaratou.

15 Então, se viu o leito das águas,

e se descobriram os fundamentos do mundo,

pela tua repreensão, Senhor,

pelo iroso resfolgar das tuas narinas.

16 Do alto me estendeu ele a mão e me tomou;

tirou-me das muitas águas.

17 Livrou-me de forte inimigo

e dos que me aborreciam,

pois eram mais poderosos do que eu.

18 Assaltaram-me no dia da minha calamidade,

mas o Senhor me serviu de amparo.

19 Trouxe-me para um lugar espaçoso;

livrou-me, porque ele se agradou de mim.

20 Retribuiu-me o Senhor, segundo a minha justiça,

recompensou-me conforme a pureza das minhas mãos.

21 Pois tenho guardado os caminhos do Senhor

e não me apartei perversamente do meu Deus.

22 Porque todos os seus juízos me estão presentes,

e não afastei de mim os seus preceitos.

23 Também fui íntegro para com ele

e me guardei da iniquidade.

24 Daí retribuir-me o Senhor, segundo a minha justiça,

conforme a pureza das minhas mãos, na sua presença.

25 Para com o benigno, benigno te mostras;

com o íntegro, também íntegro.

26 Com o puro, puro te mostras;

com o perverso, inflexível.

27 Porque tu salvas o povo humilde,

mas os olhos altivos, tu os abates.

28 Porque fazes resplandecer a minha lâmpada;

o Senhor, meu Deus, derrama luz nas minhas trevas.

29 Pois contigo desbarato exércitos,

com o meu Deus salto muralhas.

30 O caminho de Deus é perfeito;

a palavra do Senhor é provada;

ele é escudo para todos os que nele se refugiam.

31 Pois quem é Deus, senão o Senhor?

E quem é rochedo, senão o nosso Deus?

32 O Deus que me revestiu de força

e aperfeiçoou o meu caminho,

33 ele deu a meus pés a ligeireza das corças

e me firmou nas minhas alturas.

34 Ele adestrou as minhas mãos para o combate,

de sorte que os meus braços vergaram um arco de bronze.

35 Também me deste o escudo da tua salvação,

a tua direita me susteve,

e a tua clemência me engrandeceu.

36 Alargaste sob meus passos o caminho,

e os meus pés não vacilaram.

37 Persegui os meus inimigos, e os alcancei,

e só voltei depois de haver dado cabo deles.

38 Esmaguei-os a tal ponto, que não puderam levantar-se;

caíram sob meus pés.

39 Pois de força me cingiste para o combate

e me submeteste os que se levantaram contra mim.

40 Também puseste em fuga os meus inimigos,

e os que me odiaram, eu os exterminei.

41 Gritaram por socorro, mas ninguém lhes acudiu;

clamaram ao Senhor, mas ele não respondeu.

42 Então, os reduzi a pó ao léu do vento,

lancei-os fora como a lama das ruas.

43 Das contendas do povo me livraste

e me fizeste cabeça das nações;

povo que não conheci me serviu.

44 Bastou-lhe ouvir-me a voz, logo me obedeceu;

os estrangeiros se me mostram submissos.

45 Sumiram-se os estrangeiros

e das suas fortificações saíram, espavoridos.

46 Vive o Senhor, e bendita seja a minha rocha!

Exaltado seja o Deus da minha salvação,

47 o Deus que por mim tomou vingança

e me submeteu povos;

48 o Deus que me livrou dos meus inimigos;

sim, tu que me exaltaste acima dos meus adversários

e me livraste do homem violento.

49 Glorificar-te-ei, pois, entre os gentios, ó Senhor,

e cantarei louvores ao teu nome.

50 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 I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

2 Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge;

My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

3 I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised:

So shall I be saved from mine enemies.

4 The cords of death compassed me,

And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

5 The cords of Sheol were round about me;

The snares of death came upon me.

6 In my distress I called upon Jehovah,

And cried unto my God:

He heard my voice out of his temple,

And my cry before him came into his ears.

7 Then the earth shook and trembled;

The foundations also of the mountains quaked

And were shaken, because he was wroth.

8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils,

And fire out of his mouth devoured:

Coals were kindled by it.

9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down;

And thick darkness was under his feet.

10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly;

Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind.

11 He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him,

Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

12 At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed,

Hailstones and coals of fire.

13 Jehovah also thundered in the heavens,

And the Most High uttered his voice,

Hailstones and coals of fire.

14 And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them;

Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.

15 Then the channels of waters appeared,

And the foundations of the world were laid bare,

At thy rebuke, O Jehovah,

At the blast of the breath of thy 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 them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

18 They came upon me in the day of my calamity;

But Jehovah was my stay.

19 He brought me forth also into a large place;

He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

20 Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness;

According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

21 For I have kept the ways of Jehovah,

And have not wickedly departed from my God.

22 For all his ordinances were before me,

And I put not away his statutes from me.

23 I was also perfect with him,

And I kept myself from mine iniquity.

24 Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness,

According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

25 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful;

With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;

26 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure;

And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.

27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people;

But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.

28 For thou wilt light my lamp:

Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.

29 For by thee I run upon a troop;

And by my God do I leap over a wall.

30 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.

31 For who is God, save Jehovah?

And who is a rock, besides our God,

32 The God that girdeth me with strength,

And maketh my way perfect?

33 He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet:

And setteth me upon my high places.

34 He teacheth my hands to war;

So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation;

And thy right hand hath holden me up,

And thy gentleness hath made me great.

36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me,

And my feet have not slipped.

37 I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them;

Neither will I turn again till they are consumed.

38 I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise:

They shall fall under my feet.

39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle:

Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

40 Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me,

That I might cut off them that hate me.

41 They cried, but there was none to save;

Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.

42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind;

I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.

43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people;

Thou hast made me the head of the nations:

A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

44 As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me;

The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.

45 The foreigners shall fade away,

And shall come trembling out of their close places.

46 Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock;

And exalted be the God of my salvation,

47 Even the God that executeth vengeance for me,

And subdueth peoples under me.

48 He rescueth me from mine enemies;

Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me;

Thou deliverest me from the violent man.

49 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations,

And will sing praises unto thy name.

50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king,

And showeth lovingkindness to his anointed,

To David and to his seed, for evermore.

1 I love you, 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 called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I have been saved from my enemies.

4 The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

5 The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.

6 In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.

7 The earth trembled and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because he was angry.

8 Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.

9 He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.

10 He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind.

11 He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him — the dark rain clouds of the sky.

12 Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning.

13 The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded. [^3]

14 He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them.

15 The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at your rebuke, LORD, at the blast of breath from 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 my foes, who were too strong for me.

18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the LORD was my support.

19 He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.

20 The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.

21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD; I am not guilty of turning from my God.

22 All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees.

23 I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.

24 The LORD has rewarded 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 devious you show yourself shrewd.

27 You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.

28 You, LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.

29 With your help I can advance against a troop "; with my God I can scale a wall.

30 As for God, his way is perfect: The LORD's word is flawless; he shields 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 keeps my way secure.

33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights.

34 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

35 You make your saving help my shield, and your right hand sustains me; your help has made me great.

36 You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way.

37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed.

38 I crushed them so that they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.

39 You armed me with strength for battle; you humbled my adversaries before me.

40 You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes.

41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them — to the LORD, but he did not answer.

42 I beat them as fine as windblown dust; I trampled them "like mud in the streets.

43 You have delivered me from the attacks of the people; you have made me the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me,

44 foreigners cower before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.

45 They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.

46 The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior!

47 He is the God who avenges me, who subdues nations under me,

48 who saves me from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from a violent man you rescued me.

49 Therefore I will praise you, LORD, among the nations; I will sing the praises of your name.

50 He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing love to his anointed, to David and to his descendants forever.