1And David spoke to Yehovah the words of this song in the day that Yehovah delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: 2and he said, Yehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even my own; 3God, my rock, in him I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; My savior, you save me from violence. 4I will call upon Yehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from my enemies. 5For the waves of death surrounded me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid: 6The cords of Sheol were around me; The snares of death came upon me. 7In my distress I called upon Yehovah; Yes, I called to my God: And he heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry came into his ears. 8Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked And were shaken, because he was angry. 9There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it. 10He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet. 11And he rode upon a cherub, and flew; Yes, he was seen upon the wings of the wind. 12And he made darkness pavilions around him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies. 13At the brightness before him Coals of fire were kindled. 14Yehovah thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered his voice. 15And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; Lightning, and routed them. 16Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare, By the rebuke of Yehovah, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils. 17He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters; 18He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me. 19They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Yehovah was my stay. 20He brought me out also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me. 21Yehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands he has recompensed me. 22For I have kept the ways of Yehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God. 23For all his ordinances were before me; And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. 24I was also perfect toward him; And I kept myself from my iniquity. 25Therefore Yehovah has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight. 26With the merciful you will show yourself merciful; With the perfect man you will show yourself perfect; 27With the pure you will show yourself pure; And with the perverse you will show yourself crooked. 28And the afflicted people you will save; But your eyes are upon the haughty, that you may bring them down. 29For you are my lamp, O Yehovah; And Yehovah will lighten my darkness. 30For by you I run upon a troop; By my God I leap over a wall. 31As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Yehovah is tried; He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him. 32For who is God, except Yehovah? And who is a rock, except our God? 33God is my strong fortress; And he guides the perfect in his way. 34He makes his feet like hinds’ feet, And sets me upon my high places. 35He teaches my hands to war, So that my arms bend a bow of bronze. 36You have also given me the shield of your salvation; And your gentleness has made me great. 37You have enlarged my steps under me; And my feet have not slipped. 38I have pursued my enemies, and destroyed them; Nor did I turn again until they were consumed. 39And I have consumed them, and struck them through, so that they cannot arise: Yes, they have fallen under my feet. 40For you have girded me with strength to the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me. 41You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, That I might cut off those who hate me. 42They looked, but there was none to save; Even to Yehovah, but he did not answer them. 43Then I beat them fine as the dust of the earth, I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad. 44You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people; You have kept me to be the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me. 45The foreigners shall submit themselves to me: As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me. 46The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their strongholds. 47Yehovah lives; And blessed be my rock; And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation, 48Even the God who executes vengeance for me, And who brings down peoples under me, 49And who brings me out from my enemies: Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me; You deliver me from the violent man. 50Therefore I will give thanks to you, O Yehovah, among the nations, And will sing praises to your name. 51Great deliverance he gives to his king, And shows lovingkindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, forevermore.