² The Lord is my pillar, and 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 will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,
    and I will be saved from my enemies.
⁴ The cords of death encircled me,
    and the torrents of destruction terrified me.
⁵ The cords of Sheol surrounded me;
    the snares of death confronted me.

⁶ In my distress I called on the Lord,
    and cried for help to my God;
He heard my voice from His temple,
    and my cry for help came before Him to His ears.
⁷ Then the earth shook and quaked;
    the foundations of the hills also moved;
    they reeled because His anger burned.
⁸ Smoke went up out of His nostrils,
    and fire from His mouth devoured;
    coals were kindled by it.
⁹ He bent the heavens and came down,
    and darkness was under His feet.
¹⁰ He rode on a cherub, and flew;
    He flew swiftly on the wings of the wind.
¹¹ He made darkness His secret place;
    His pavilion was surrounding Him,
    dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
¹² At the brightness before Him His thick clouds passed by,
    hailstones and coals of fire.
¹³ The Lord also thundered in the heavens,
    and the Most High gave His voice,
    hailstones and coals of fire.
¹⁴ He sent out His arrows and scattered them,
    and He shot out lightning and distressed them.
¹⁵ Then the channels of waters appeared,
    and the foundations of the world were discovered
at Your rebuke, O Lord,
    at the blast of the breath of Your 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,
    for they were too strong for me.
¹⁸ They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
    but the Lord was my support.
¹⁹ He also brought me forth into a large place;
    He delivered me because He delighted in me.

²⁰ The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;
    according to the cleanness of my hands He has repaid me.
²¹ For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
    and have not wickedly departed from my God.
²² For all His judgments were before me,
    and I did not put away His statutes from me.
²³ I was also upright before Him,
    and I kept myself from my iniquity.
²⁴ Therefore the Lord has repaid me according to my righteousness,
    according to the cleanness of my hands in His view.

²⁵ With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful;
    with the blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;
²⁶ with the pure You will show Yourself pure;
    and with the crooked You will show Yourself crooked.
²⁷ For You will save the afflicted people,
    but will bring down prideful eyes.
²⁸ For You will cause my lamp to shine;
    the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
²⁹ For by You I can run through a troop,
    and by my God I can leap a wall.

³⁰ As for God, His way has integrity;
    the word of the Lord is proven;
He is a shield
    to all those who take refuge in Him.
³¹ For who is God except the Lord?
    Or who is a rock besides our God?
³² It is God who clothes me with strength,
    and gives my way integrity.
³³ He makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
    and causes me to stand on my high places.
³⁴ He trains my hands for war,
    so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
³⁵ You have given me the shield of Your salvation,
    and Your right hand has held me up,
    and Your gentleness has made me great.
³⁶ You have lengthened my stride under me,
    so that my feet did not slip.

³⁷ I pursued my enemies and overtook them;
    I did not return until they were destroyed.
³⁸ I wounded them, and they were not able to rise;
    they are fallen under my feet.
³⁹ For You clothed me with strength for the battle;
    You subdued under me those who rose up against me.
⁴⁰ You gave me the necks of my enemies,
    and I destroyed those who hate me.
⁴¹ They cried for help, but there was none to save them;
    even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.
⁴² Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind;
    I cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
⁴³ You have delivered me from the hostilities of the people,
    and You have made me the head of nations;
    a people whom I have not known serve me.
⁴⁴ At hearing a report, they obey me;
    foreigners come cringing to me.
⁴⁵ Foreigners fade away,
    and come quaking out of their prisons.

⁴⁶ The Lord lives! And blessed be my Rock!
    May the God of my salvation be exalted.
⁴⁷ It is God who avenges me
    and subdues the people under me;
⁴⁸     He delivers me from my enemies.
You lift me up above those who rise up against me;
    You have delivered me from the violent man.
⁴⁹ Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the nations,
    and sing praises to Your name.

⁵⁰ He gives great deliverance to His king,
    and shows lovingkindness to His anointed,
    to David and to his descendants for evermore.