Indeed, I have kept all His ordinances in mind
and have not disregarded His statutes.

I was blameless before Him
and kept myself from sinning.

With the faithful
You prove Yourself faithful;
with the blameless man
You prove Yourself blameless;

God—His way is perfect;
the word of the Lord is pure.
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

God is my strong refuge;
He makes my way perfect.

So the Lord repaid me
according to my righteousness,
according to my cleanness in His sight.

With You I can attack a barrier,
and with my God I can leap over a wall.

You have given me the shield of Your salvation;
Your help exalts me.

They look, but there is no one to save them—
they look to the Lord, but He does not answer them.

He makes my feet like the feet of a deer
and sets me securely on the heights.

The Lord lives—may my rock be praised!
God, the rock of my salvation, is exalted.

He trains my hands for war;
my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

You have made my enemies retreat before me;
I annihilate those who hate me.

You widen a place beneath me for my steps,
and my ankles do not give way.

You rescue an afflicted people,
but Your eyes are set against the proud—
You humble them.

David 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.

For I have kept the ways of the Lord
and have not turned from my God to wickedness.

Lord, You are my lamp;
the Lord illuminates my darkness.

He said:

The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,

with the pure
You prove Yourself pure,
but with the crooked
You prove Yourself shrewd.

my God, my mountain where I seek refuge.
My shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold, my refuge,
and my Savior, You save me from violence.

For who is God besides the Lord?
And who is a rock? Only our God.

He rode on a cherub and flew,
soaring on the wings of the wind.

I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,
and I was saved from my enemies.

Therefore I will praise You, Lord, among the nations;
I will sing about Your name.

Smoke rose from His nostrils,
and consuming fire came from His mouth;
coals were set ablaze by it.

The ropes of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.

I called to the Lord in my distress;
I called to my God.
From His temple He heard my voice,
and my cry for help reached His ears.

I wipe them out and crush them,
and they do not rise;
they fall beneath my feet.

The depths of the sea became visible,
the foundations of the world were exposed
at the rebuke of the Lord,
at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

He made darkness a canopy around Him,
a gathering of water and thick clouds.

For the waves of death engulfed me;
the torrents of destruction terrified me.

The Lord thundered from heaven;
the Most High projected His voice.

He brought me out to a spacious place;
He rescued me because He delighted in me.

He parted the heavens and came down,
a dark cloud beneath His feet.

You have clothed me with strength for battle;
You subdue my adversaries beneath me.

Then the earth shook and quaked;
the foundations of the heavens trembled;
they shook because He burned with anger.

He reached down from heaven
and took hold of me;
He pulled me out of deep waters.

He shot arrows and scattered them;
He hurled lightning bolts and routed them.

The Lord rewarded me
according to my righteousness;
He repaid me
according to the cleanness of my hands.

He rescued me from my powerful enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were too strong for me.

You have freed me from the feuds among my people;
You have appointed me the head of nations;
a people I had not known serve me.

From the radiance of His presence,
flaming coals were ignited.

They confronted me in the day of my distress,
but the Lord was my support.

He is a tower of salvation for His king;
He shows loyalty to His anointed,
to David and his descendants forever.

I pursue my enemies and destroy them;
I do not turn back until they are wiped out.

I pulverize them like dust of the earth;
I crush them and trample them like mud in the streets.

Foreigners submit to me grudgingly;
as soon as they hear, they obey me.

God—He gives me vengeance
and casts down peoples under me.

Foreigners lose heart
and come trembling from their fortifications.

He frees me from my enemies.
You exalt me above my adversaries;
You rescue me from violent men.