| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1And David spoke the words of this song to the LORD in the day that the LORD 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 and my fortress and my deliverer; |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge; My savior, You save me from violence. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4"I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5"For the waves of death encompassed me; The torrents of destruction overwhelmed me; |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7"In my distress I called upon the LORD, Yes, I cried to my God; And from His temple He heard my voice, And my cry for help came into His ears. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8"Then the earth shook and quaked, The foundations of heaven were trembling And were shaken, because He was angry. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9"Smoke went up out of His nostrils, Fire from His mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10"He bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His feet. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11"And He rode on a cherub and flew; And He appeared on the wings of the wind. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12"And He made darkness canopies around Him, A mass of waters, thick clouds of the sky. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13"From the brightness before Him Coals of fire were kindled. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14"The LORD thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15"And He sent out arrows, and scattered them, Lightning, and routed them. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16"Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare By the rebuke of the LORD, At the blast of the breath of His nostrils. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17"He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18"He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me, for they were too strong for me. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19"They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the LORD was my support. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20"He also brought me forth into a broad place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21"The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22"For I have kept the ways of the LORD, And have not acted wickedly against my God. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23"For all His ordinances were before me, And as for His statutes, I did not depart from them. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24"I was also blameless toward Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25"Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness before His eyes. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26"With the kind You show Yourself kind, With the blameless You show Yourself blameless; |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the perverted You show Yourself astute. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28"And You save an afflicted people; But Your eyes are on the haughty whom You abase. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29"For You are my lamp, O LORD; And the LORD illumines my darkness. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30"For by You I can run upon a troop; By my God I can leap over a wall. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31"As for God, His way is blameless; The word of the LORD is tested; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32"For who is God, besides the LORD? And who is a rock, besides our God? |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33"God is my strong fortress; And He sets the blameless in His way. |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34"He makes my feet like hinds' feet, And sets me on my high places. |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35"He trains my hands for battle, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. |
| 36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36"You have also given me the shield of Your salvation, And Your help makes me great. |
| 37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 37"You enlarge my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped. |
| 38[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 38"I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, And I did not turn back until they were consumed. |
| 39[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 39"And I have devoured them and shattered them, so that they did not rise; And they fell under my feet. |
| 40[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 40"For You have girded me with strength for battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me. |
| 41[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 41"You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, And I destroyed those who hated me. |
| 42[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 42"They looked, but there was none to save; Even to the LORD, but He did not answer them. |
| 43[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 43"Then I pulverized them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and stamped them as the mire of the streets. |
| 44[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 44"You have also delivered me from the contentions of my people; You have kept me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me. |
| 45[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 45"Foreigners pretend obedience to me; As soon as they hear, they obey me. |
| 46[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 46"Foreigners lose heart, And come trembling out of their fortresses. |
| 47[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 47"The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock; And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation, |
| 48[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 48The God who executes vengeance for me, And brings down peoples under me, |
| 49[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 49Who also brings me out from my enemies; You even lift me above those who rise up against me; You rescue me from the violent man. |
| 50[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 50"Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the nations, And I will sing praises to Your name. |
| 51[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 51"He is a tower of deliverance to His king, And shows lovingkindness to His anointed, To David and his descendants forever." |
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