The 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.

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

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

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

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

I was blameless toward Him
and kept myself from sinning.

God—He clothes me with strength
and makes my way perfect.

Lord, You light my lamp;
my God illuminates my darkness.

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

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

For You rescue an afflicted people,
but You humble those with haughty eyes.

You have given me the shield of Your salvation;
Your right hand upholds me,
and Your humility exalts me.

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

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

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

For 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.

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

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

I 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.

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

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

The ropes of death were wrapped around me;
the torrents of destruction terrified me.

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

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

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

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

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

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

He made darkness His hiding place,
dark storm clouds His canopy around Him.

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

You 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.

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

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

I crush them, and they cannot get up;
they fall beneath my feet.

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

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

From the radiance of His presence,
His clouds swept onward with hail and blazing coals.

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

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

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

The 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.

He gives great victories to His king;
He shows loyalty to His anointed,
to David and his descendants forever.

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

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

God—He gives me vengeance
and subdues peoples under me.

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

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

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

Foreigners lose heart
and come trembling from their fortifications.

I pulverize them like dust before the wind;
I trample them like mud in the streets.