1 David compôs este cântico para o Senhor após ter sido salvo por ele das mãos de Saul e dos seus outros inimigos:2 O Senhor é o meu rochedo,a minha fortaleza e o meu salvador.3 Confiarei em Deus, que é a minha rocha e o meu alto retiro. Ele é o meu escudo, o poder da minha salvaçãoe o meu refúgio. Ó meu Salvador, tu me livras da violência.4 Invocarei o Senhor, que é digno de todo o louvor;salvar-me-á de todos os meus adversários.5 Ondas de morte me cercaram;torrentes de maldade desabaram sobre mim.6 Fui ligado e atado, pelo inferno e pela morte;7 O meu clamor chegou aos seus ouvidos.8 Então a terra abanou e tremeu;os fundamentos dos céus abalaram-se, por causa da sua ira.9 Saiu-lhe fumo do seu rosto, da boca, um fogo devorador,que tudo consome na sua frente, pondo o mundo em chamas.10 Fez baixar os céus e desceu,andando sobre espessas nuvens.11 Voou sobre um querubim, sobre as asas do vento.12 As trevas rodearam-no, espessas nuvens o circundaram;13 mas a terra resplendeu com o brilho da sua presença.14 O Senhor trovejou desde os céus;o Deus supremo fez ecoar a sua voz.15 Disparou as suas frechas de luz, e dispersou os inimigos.16 Pelo sopro da sua respiração até o mar se dividiu em dois,e viu-se o fundo das águas pela repreensão do Senhor.17 Desde o alto me livrou, salvou-me de ser levado pelas vagas;18 libertou-me do meu poderoso inimigo, daqueles que me odiavam,dos que tinham muito mais força que eu.19 Saltaram sobre mim, no dia da calamidade. Mas o Senhor foi a minha salvação.20 Fez-me reaver a liberdade, resgatou-me, porque me amava.21 O Senhor recompensou-me, conforme a minha rectidão,porque tinha as mãos limpas,22 e não me afastei impiamente do meu Deus.23 Tive sempre presentes as suas leis,e não me desviei dos seus estatutos.24 Fui sempre sincero perante ele, e fugi ao pecado.26 Tu és misericordioso para com os que têm misericórdia;revelas a tua justiça para com os que são rectos.28 Salvarás os que estão aflitos, mas abates os orgulhosos,pois que tens os olhos sempre sobre eles.29 Senhor, tu és a minha luz! Transformaste em luz a minha escuridão.30 Pelo teu poder posso esmagar um exército;pela tua força saltarei muralhas.31 O caminho de Deus é perfeito; a palavra do Senhor é verdade. É um escudo para com os que procuram a sua protecção.32 Só o Senhor é Deus.Quem é como um rochedo senão o nosso Deus?33 Deus é a minha poderosa fortificação;faz-me andar em perfeita segurança.34 Faz com que caminhe com passo bem firme,como as gazelas sobre as rochas.35 Torna-me hábil nos combates,dá-me força capaz de dobrar um arco de bronze;36 Deste-me o escudo da tua salvação;pela tua bondade me engrandeceste.37 Fizeste-me andar sobre caminhos lisos,onde os meus pés não vacilaram.38 Persegui os meus inimigos e os destruí,não desisti sem os derrotar.39 Consumi-os e destrocei-os de tal forma que mais nenhum deles se poderá levantar.Caíram debaixo dos meus pés.40 Pois deste-me força para a batalha. Fizeste com que subjugassetodos os que se levantaram contra mim.41 Obrigaste os meus inimigos a fazerem meia volta e a fugirem; destrui-os a todos, os que me odiavam.42 Em vão pediam ajuda; clamaram a Deus,mas recusou ouvi-los.43 Pisei-os como o pó do chão, esmaguei-os e dispersei-os,como pó pelas ruas44 Guardaste-me da rebelião do meu povo;livraste-me, para que seja cabeça das nações. Estrangeiros me servirão;45 em breve me serão sujeitos,quando ouvirem falar do meu poder.46 Perderão a altivez, e virão a tremer, lá dos seus esconderijos.47 O Senhor vive! Bendito seja aquele que é a minha rocha. Que ele seja louvado,aquele que é a pedra da minha salvação.50 Por isso te dou honra, ó Senhor, entre as nações,e canto louvores ao poder do teu nome.51 O Senhor deu uma maravilhosa salvação ao seu rei,manifestou misericórdia ao seu ungido -a David e à sua família, para sempre.

1 And David spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul:2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my preserver; thou savest me from violence.4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies.5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly-men made me afraid;6 The sorrows of hell encompassed me; the snares of death seized me;7 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry entered into his ears.8 Then the earth shook and trembled: the foundations of heaven moved and shook, 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 darkness was under his feet.11 And he rode upon a cherub, and flew: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.12 And he made darkness pavilions around him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were laid open, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.17 He sent from above, 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 strong for me.19 They fell upon me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my support.20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.21 The LORD 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 the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from my iniquity.25 Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye-sight.26 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright.27 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt contend.28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thy eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.32 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?33 God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.34 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places.35 He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.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; so that my feet have not slipped.38 I have pursued my enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they have fallen under my feet.40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.41 Thou hast also given me the necks of my enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.42 They looked, but there was none to save; even to the LORD, but he answered them not.43 Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I stamped them as the mire of the street, and spread them abroad.44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.45 Strangers shall submit themselves to me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient to me.46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall tremble from their close places.47 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.48 It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,49 And that bringeth me forth from my enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.50 Therefore I will give thanks to thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises to thy name.51 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and he showeth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.