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Of David, the servant of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, who sang to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> the words of this song after the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> had rescued him from the clutches of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. <span id="v23018002" class="ver">2</span>He said:<a id="ren23018001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23018001-a">a</a></p> <p class="chsect">I</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf">I love you, <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, my strength,</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v23018003" class="ver">3</span><span class="tetr">Lord</span>, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer,</p> <p class="sl">My God, my rock of refuge,</p> <p class="sl1">my shield, my saving horn,<a id="rfn23018003-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23018003-1">*</a> my stronghold!<a id="ren23018003-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23018003-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018004" class="ver">4</span>Praised be the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, I exclaim!</p> <p class="sl1">I have been delivered from my enemies.</p> </div> <p class="chsect">II</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23018005" class="ver">5</span>The cords of death encompassed me;</p> <p class="sl1">the torrents of destruction terrified me.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018006" class="ver">6</span>The cords<a id="rfn23018006-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23018006-1">*</a> of Sheol encircled me;</p> <p class="sl1">the snares of death lay in wait for me.<a id="ren23018006-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23018006-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018007" class="ver">7</span>In my distress I called out: <span class="tetr">Lord</span>!</p> <p class="sl1">I cried out to my God.<a id="ren23018007-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23018007-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl">From his temple he heard my voice;</p> <p class="sl1">my cry to him reached his ears.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018008" class="ver">8</span><a id="rfn23018008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23018008-1">*</a>The earth rocked and shook;</p> <p class="sl1">the foundations of the mountains trembled;</p> <p class="sl1">they shook as his wrath flared up.<a id="ren23018008-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23018008-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018009" class="ver">9</span>Smoke rose from his nostrils,</p> <p class="sl1">a devouring fire from his mouth;</p> <p class="sl1">it kindled coals into flame.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018010" class="ver">10</span>He parted the heavens and came down,</p> <p class="sl1">a dark cloud under his feet.<a id="ren23018010-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23018010-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018011" class="ver">11</span>Mounted on a cherub<a id="rfn23018011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23018011-1">*</a> he flew,</p> <p class="sl1">borne along on the wings of the wind.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018012" class="ver">12</span>He made darkness his cloak around him;</p> <p class="sl1">his canopy, water-darkened stormclouds.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018013" class="ver">13</span>From the gleam before him, his clouds passed,</p> <p class="sl1">hail and coals of fire.<a id="ren23018013-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23018013-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018014" class="ver">14</span>The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> thundered from heaven;</p> <p class="sl1">the Most High made his voice resound.<a id="ren23018014-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23018014-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018015" class="ver">15</span>He let fly his arrows<a id="rfn23018015-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23018015-1">*</a> and scattered them;</p> <p class="sl1">shot his lightning bolts and dispersed them.<a id="ren23018015-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23018015-i">i</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018016" class="ver">16</span>Then the bed of the sea appeared;</p> <p class="sl1">the world’s foundations lay bare,<a id="ren23018016-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23018016-j">j</a></p> <p class="sl">At your rebuke, O <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">at the storming breath of your nostrils.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018017" class="ver">17</span>He reached down from on high and seized me;</p> <p class="sl1">drew me out of the deep waters.<a id="ren23018017-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23018017-k">k</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018018" class="ver">18</span>He rescued me from my mighty enemy,</p> <p class="sl1">from foes too powerful for me.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018019" class="ver">19</span>They attacked me on my day of distress,</p> <p class="sl1">but the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> was my support.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018020" class="ver">20</span>He set me free in the open;</p> <p class="sl1">he rescued me because he loves me.</p> </div> <p class="chsect">III</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23018021" class="ver">21</span>The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> acknowledged my righteousness,</p> <p class="sl1">rewarded my clean hands.<a id="ren23018021-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23018021-l">l</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018022" class="ver">22</span>For I kept the ways of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>;</p> <p class="sl1">I was not disloyal to my God.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018023" class="ver">23</span>For his laws were all before me,</p> <p class="sl1">his decrees I did not cast aside.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018024" class="ver">24</span>I was honest toward him;</p> <p class="sl1">I was on guard against sin.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018025" class="ver">25</span>So the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> rewarded my righteousness,</p> <p class="sl1">the cleanness of my hands in his sight.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018026" class="ver">26</span>Toward the faithful you are faithful;</p> <p class="sl1">to the honest man you are honest;<a id="ren23018026-m" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23018026-m">m</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018027" class="ver">27</span>Toward the pure, you are pure;</p> <p class="sl1">but to the perverse you are devious.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018028" class="ver">28</span>For humble people you save;</p> <p class="sl1">haughty eyes you bring low.<a id="ren23018028-n" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23018028-n">n</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018029" class="ver">29</span>For you, <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, give light to my lamp;</p> <p class="sl1">my God brightens my darkness.<a id="ren23018029-o" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23018029-o">o</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018030" class="ver">30</span>With you I can rush an armed band,</p> <p class="sl1">with my God to help I can leap a wall.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018031" class="ver">31</span>God’s way is unerring;</p> <p class="sl1">the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>’s promise is refined;</p> <p class="sl1">he is a shield for all who take refuge in him.<a id="ren23018031-p" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23018031-p">p</a></p> </div> <p class="chsect">IV</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23018032" class="ver">32</span>Truly, who is God except the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>?</p> <p class="sl1">Who but our God is the rock?<a id="ren23018032-q" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23018032-q">q</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018033" class="ver">33</span>This God who girded me with might,</p> <p class="sl1">kept my way unerring,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018034" class="ver">34</span>Who made my feet like a deer’s,</p> <p class="sl1">and set me on the heights,<a id="ren23018034-r" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23018034-r">r</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018035" class="ver">35</span>Who trained my hands for war,</p> <p class="sl1">my arms to string a bow of bronze.<a id="rfn23018035-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23018035-1">*</a><a id="ren23018035-s" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23018035-s">s</a></p> </div> <p class="chsect">V</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23018036" class="ver">36</span>You have given me your saving shield;</p> <p class="sl1">your right hand has upheld me;</p> <p class="sl1">your favor made me great.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018037" class="ver">37</span>You made room for my steps beneath me;</p> <p class="sl1">my ankles never twisted.<a id="ren23018037-t" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23018037-t">t</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018038" class="ver">38</span>I pursued my enemies and overtook them;</p> <p class="sl1">I did not turn back till I destroyed them.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018039" class="ver">39</span>I decimated them; they could not rise;</p> <p class="sl1">they fell at my feet.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018040" class="ver">40</span>You girded me with valor for war,</p> <p class="sl1">subjugated my opponents beneath me.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018041" class="ver">41</span>You made my foes expose their necks to me;</p> <p class="sl1">those who hated me I silenced.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018042" class="ver">42</span>They cried for help, but no one saved them;</p> <p class="sl1">cried to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> but received no answer.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018043" class="ver">43</span>I ground them to dust before the wind;</p> <p class="sl1">I left them like mud in the streets.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018044" class="ver">44</span>You rescued me from the strife of peoples;</p> <p class="sl1">you made me head over nations.</p> <p class="sl">A people I had not known served me;</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v23018045" class="ver">45</span>as soon as they heard of me they obeyed.</p> <p class="sl">Foreigners submitted before me;</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v23018046" class="ver">46</span>foreigners cringed;</p> <p class="sl1">they came cowering from their dungeons.<a id="ren23018046-u" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23018046-u">u</a></p> </div> <p class="chsect">VI</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23018047" class="ver">47</span>The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> lives! Blessed be my rock!<a id="ren23018047-v" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23018047-v">v</a></p> <p class="sl1">Exalted be God, my savior!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018048" class="ver">48</span>O God who granted me vengeance,</p> <p class="sl1">made peoples subject to me,<a id="ren23018048-w" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23018048-w">w</a></p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v23018049" class="ver">49</span>and saved me from my enemies,</p> <p class="sl">Truly you have elevated me above my opponents,</p> <p class="sl1">from a man of lawlessness you have rescued me.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018050" class="ver">50</span>Thus I will praise you, <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, among the nations;</p> <p class="sl1">I will sing praises to your name.<a id="ren23018050-x" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23018050-x">x</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23018051" class="ver">51</span>You have given great victories to your king,</p> <p class="sl1">and shown mercy to his anointed,</p> <p class="sl1">to David and his posterity forever.<a id="ren23018051-y" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23018051-y">y</a></p> </div> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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