| Holman Christian Standard Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1For the choir director. Of the servant of the LORD, David, who spoke the words of this song to the LORD on the day the LORD rescued him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, LORD, my strength. | 1He said: "I love you, Lord, my strength. |
| 2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my mountain where I seek refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. | 2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, my God, my stronghold in whom I take refuge, my shield, the glory of my salvation, and my high tower." |
| 3I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I was saved from my enemies. | 3I cried out to the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I was delivered from my enemies. |
| 4The ropes of death were wrapped around me; the torrents of destruction terrified me. | 4The cords of death entangled me; the rivers of Belial made me afraid. |
| 5The ropes of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. | 5The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me. |
| 6I called to the LORD in my distress, and I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry to Him reached His ears. | 6In my distress I cried to the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his Temple he heard my voice; my cry reached his ears. |
| 7Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the mountains trembled; they shook because He burned with anger. | 7The world shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains quaked, they shook because he was angry. |
| 8Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; coals were set ablaze by it. | 8In his anger smoke poured out of his nostrils, and consuming fire from his mouth; coals were lit from it. |
| 9He parted the heavens and came down, a dark cloud beneath His feet. | 9He bent the sky and descended, and darkness was under his feet. |
| 10He rode on a cherub and flew, soaring on the wings of the wind. | 10He rode upon a cherub and flew; he soared upon the wings of the wind. |
| 11He made darkness His hiding place, dark storm clouds His canopy around Him. | 11He made darkness his hiding place, his canopy surrounding him was dark waters and thick clouds. |
| 12From the radiance of His presence, His clouds swept onward with hail and blazing coals. | 12The brightness before him scattered the thick clouds, with hail stones and flashes of fire. |
| 13The LORD thundered from heaven; the Most High projected His voice. | 13Then the LORD thundered in the heavens, and the Most High sounded aloud, calling for hail stones and flashes of fire. |
| 14He shot His arrows and scattered them; He hurled lightning bolts and routed them. | 14He shot his arrows and scattered them; with many lightning bolts he frightened them. |
| 15The depths of the sea became visible, the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils. | 15Then the channels of the sea could be seen, and the foundations of the earth were uncovered because of your rebuke, LORD, because of the blast from the breath of your nostrils. |
| 16He reached down from heaven and took hold of me; He pulled me out of deep waters. | 16He reached down and took me; he drew me from many waters. |
| 17He rescued me from my powerful enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me. | 17He delivered me from my strong enemies, from those who hated me because they were stronger than I. |
| 18They confronted me in the day of my distress, but the LORD was my support. | 18They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support. |
| 19He brought me out to a spacious place; He rescued me because He delighted in me. | 19He brought me out to a spacious place; he delivered me, for in me he takes delight. |
| 20The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; He repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands. | 20The LORD will reward me because I am righteous; because my hands are clean he will restore me; |
| 21For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not turned from my God to wickedness. | 21because I have kept the ways of the LORD, and I have not wickedly departed from my God; |
| 22Indeed, I have kept all His ordinances in mind and have not disregarded His statutes. | 22because all his judgments were always before me, and I did not cast off his statutes. |
| 23I was blameless toward Him and kept myself from sinning. | 23I was upright before him, and I kept myself from iniquity. |
| 24So the LORD repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight. | 24So the LORD restored me according to my righteousness, because my hands were clean in his sight. |
| 25With the faithful You prove Yourself faithful; with the blameless man You prove Yourself blameless; | 25To the holy, you show your gracious love, to the upright, you show yourself upright; |
| 26with the pure You prove Yourself pure, but with the crooked You prove Yourself shrewd. | 26to the pure, you show yourself pure, and to the morally corrupt, you appear to be perverse. |
| 27For You rescue an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes. | 27Indeed, you deliver the oppressed, but you bring down those who exalt themselves in their own eyes. |
| 28 LORD, You light my lamp; my God illuminates my darkness. | 28For you, LORD, make my lamp shine; my God enlightens my darkness. |
| 29With You I can attack a barrier, and with my God I can leap over a wall. | 29With your help I will run through an army, with help from my God I leap over walls. |
| 30God--His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is pure. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him. | 30As for God, his way is upright; the word of God is pure; he is a shield to all those who take refuge in him. |
| 31For who is God besides Yahweh? And who is a rock? Only our God. | 31For who is God but the LORD, and who is a Rock other than our God?— |
| 32God--He clothes me with strength and makes my way perfect. | 32the God who clothes me with strength, and who makes my way upright; |
| 33He makes my feet like the feet of a deer and sets me securely on the heights. | 33who makes my feet swift as the deer; who makes me stand on high places; |
| 34He trains my hands for war; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. | 34who teaches my hands to make war, and my arms to bend a bronze bow. |
| 35You have given me the shield of Your salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your humility exalts me. | 35You have given to me the shield of your deliverance, and your right hand holds me up; your gentleness made me great. |
| 36You widen a place beneath me for my steps, and my ankles do not give way. | 36You make a broad place for my steps, so my feet won't slip. |
| 37I pursue my enemies and overtake them; I do not turn back until they are wiped out. | 37I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn around until they were utterly defeated. |
| 38I crush them, and they cannot get up; they fall beneath my feet. | 38I struck them down, so they are not able to rise up; they fell under my feet. |
| 39You have clothed me with strength for battle; You subdue my adversaries beneath me. | 39You clothed me with strength for war; you will subdue under me those who rise up against me. |
| 40You have made my enemies retreat before me; I annihilate those who hate me. | 40You have made my enemies turn their back to me, and I will destroy those who hate me. |
| 41They cry for help, but there is no one to save them-- they cry to the LORD, but He does not answer them. | 41They cried out for deliverance, but there was no one to deliver; they cried out to the LORD, but he did not answer them. |
| 42I pulverize them like dust before the wind; I trample them like mud in the streets. | 42I ground them like wind-swept dust; I emptied them out like dirt in the street. |
| 43You have freed me from the feuds among the people; You have appointed me the head of nations; a people I had not known serve me. | 43You rescued me from conflict with the people; you made me head of the nations. People who did not know me will serve me. |
| 44Foreigners submit to me grudgingly; as soon as they hear, they obey me. | 44When they hear of me, they will obey me; foreigners will submit to me. |
| 45Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their fortifications. | 45Foreigners will wilt away; they will come trembling out of their stronghold. |
| 46The LORD lives--may my rock be praised! The God of my salvation is exalted. | 46The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock! May the God of my deliverance be exalted! |
| 47God--He gives me vengeance and subdues peoples under me. | 47He is the God who executes vengeance on my behalf; who destroys peoples under me; |
| 48He frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my adversaries; You rescue me from violent men. | 48who delivers me from my enemies. Truly you will exalt me above those who oppose me; you will deliver me from the violent person. |
| 49Therefore I will praise You, Yahweh, among the nations; I will sing about Your name. | 49Therefore, I will give thanks to you among the nations, LORD; I will sing praises to your name. |
| 50He gives great victories to His king; He shows loyalty to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever. | 50He is the one who gives victories to his king; who shows gracious love to his anointed, to David and his seed forever. |
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