1 I love you, Yahweh, my strength.

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

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

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

3 I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised;

and I am saved from my enemies.

4 The cords of death surrounded me.

The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

5 The cords of Sheol were around me.

The snares of death came on me.

6 In my distress I called on Yahweh,

and cried to my God.

He heard my voice out of his temple.

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 angry.

8 Smoke went out of his nostrils.

Consuming fire came out of his mouth.

Coals were kindled by it.

9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down.

Thick darkness was under his feet.

10 He rode on a cherub, and flew.

Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.

11 He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around 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 Yahweh also thundered in the sky.

The Most High uttered his voice:

hailstones and coals of fire.

14 He sent out his arrows, and scattered them.

He routed them with great lightning bolts.

15 Then the channels of waters appeared.

The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Yahweh,

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,

from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

18 They came on me in the day of my calamity,

but Yahweh was my support.

19 He brought me out also into a large place.

He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

20 Yahweh 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 Yahweh,

and have not wickedly departed from my God.

22 For all his ordinances were before me.

I didn’t put away his statutes from me.

23 I was also blameless with him.

I kept myself from my iniquity.

24 Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness,

according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

25 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful.

With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.

26 With the pure, you will show yourself pure.

With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

27 For you will save the afflicted people,

but the arrogant eyes you will bring down.

28 For you will light my lamp, Yahweh.

My God will light up my darkness.

29 For by you, I advance through a troop.

By my God, I leap over a wall.

30 As for God, his way is perfect.

Yahweh’s word is tried.

He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

31 For who is God, except Yahweh?

Who is a rock, besides our God,

32 the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?

33 He makes my feet like deer’s feet,

and sets me on my high places.

34 He teaches my hands to war,

so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.

35 You have also given me the shield of your salvation.

Your right hand sustains me.

Your gentleness has made me great.

36 You have enlarged my steps under me,

My feet have not slipped.

37 I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them.

I won’t turn away until they are consumed.

38 I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise.

They shall fall under my feet.

39 For you have armed me with strength to the battle.

You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

40 You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me,

that I might cut off those who hate me.

41 They cried, but there was no one to save;

even to Yahweh, but he didn’t answer them.

42 Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind.

I cast them out as the mire of the streets.

43 You have delivered me from the strivings of the people.

You have 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 to me.

45 The foreigners shall fade away,

and shall come trembling out of their strongholds.

46 Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock.

Exalted be the God of my salvation,

47 even the God who executes vengeance for me,

and subdues peoples under me.

48 He rescues me from my enemies.

Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me.

You deliver me from the violent man.

49 Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations,

and will sing praises to your name.

50 He gives great deliverance to his king,

and shows loving kindness to his anointed,

to David and to his offspring, forever more.

1 To the Overcomer, [A Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD, who spoke unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

2 The LORD [is] my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, [and] my high tower.

3 I will call upon the LORD, [who is worthy] to be praised, so shall I be saved from my enemies.

4 The pain of death compassed me, and the rivers of Belial made me afraid.

5 The pain of Sheol compassed me about: the snares of death came before me.

6 In my distress I called upon the LORD and cried unto my God; he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, [even] into his ears.

7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains collapsed and were removed because he was wroth.

8 Smoke went up out of his nostrils, and fire devoured out of his mouth; coals were kindled by it.

9 He lowered the heavens and came down; and darkness [was] under his feet.

10 And he rode upon a cherub and flew: yea, he flew upon the wings of the wind.

11 He made darkness his hiding place; in his tabernacle round about him [were] dark waters [and] thick clouds of the heavens.

12 At the brightness [that was] before him his thick clouds passed, hail [stones] and coals of fire.

13 The LORD thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail [stones] and coals of fire.

14 He sent out his arrows and scattered them; he shot out lightnings and destroyed them.

15 Then the depths of the waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me, even though they were too strong for me.

18 They were ready for me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my staff.

19 He brought me forth also into a wide place; he delivered me because he delighted in me.

20 The LORD will reward me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he shall recompense me.

21 Because I have kept the ways of the LORD and did not become wicked [departing] in apostasy from my God.

22 For all his judgments [were] before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

23 I was perfect before 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 before his eyes.

25 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; with a perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;

26 with the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt show thyself adversary.

27 Therefore thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down high looks.

28 For thou wilt light my fire: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

29 For with thee I have scattered armies; and in my God I have overcome walled [defences].

30 [As for] God, his way [is] perfect: the word of the LORD is precise: a shield to all those that wait in him.

31 For who [is] God except the LORD? or who [is] a refuge except our God?

32 [It is] God that girds me with strength and makes my way perfect.

33 He makes my feet like hinds' [feet] and sets me upon my high places.

34 He trains my hands for the battle, so that a bow of bronze shall be broken by my arms.

35 [In the same manner] thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand will hold me up, and thy meekness shall multiply me.

36 Thou shall enlarge my steps under me, and my knees shall not tremble.

37 I shall pursue my enemies and overtake them: neither shall I turn again until they are consumed.

38 I shall smite them, and they will 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 my enemies under me.

40 Thou hast also given me the necks of my enemies that I might destroy those that hate me.

41 They cried out, but [there was] no one to save [them]: [even] unto the LORD, but he did not answer them.

42 Then I beat them as small as the dust before the wind: I scattered them as the dirt in the streets.

43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; [and] thou hast made me the head of the Gentiles: a people [whom] I did not know served me.

44 As soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me: the sons of strangers submitted themselves unto me even [against their will].

45 The strangers fell away and were afraid in their close places.

46 The LORD lives; and blessed [be] my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

47 [It is] God that avenges me and subdues the peoples under me.

48 He delivers me from my enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the one who would betray me.

49 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the Gentiles and sing praises unto thy name.

50 He gives great deliverance to his king and shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.: