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1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. |
2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. |
3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence. |
4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies. |
5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me. |
6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. |
7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears. |
8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger. |
9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth. |
10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet. |
11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind. |
12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds. |
13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth. |
14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded. |
15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them. |
16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils. |
17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters. |
18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me. |
19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support. |
20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me. |
21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands. |
22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God. |
23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes. |
24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity. |
25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight. |
26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless; |
27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd. |
28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down. |
29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness. |
30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30For in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale a wall. |
31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him. |
32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God? |
33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33God is my strong fortress and He makes my way clear. |
34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights. |
35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. |
36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me. |
37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 37You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way. |
38[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 38I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed. |
39[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 39I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet. |
40[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 40You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me. |
41[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 41You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me. |
42[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 42They looked, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer. |
43[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 43I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets. |
44[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 44You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me. |
45[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 45Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me. |
46[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 46Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds. |
47[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 47The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted— |
48[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 48the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me, |
49[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 49who frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men. |
50[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 50Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name. |
51[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 51Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.” |
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