1 And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the
day that the
LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand
of Saul:
2 And
he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my
deliverer;
3 The
God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my
salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from
violence.
4 I
will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be
saved from mine enemies.
5 When
the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
6 The
sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
7 In
my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my
voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
8 Then
the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook,
because he was wroth.
9 There
went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals
were kindled by it.
10 He
bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under
his feet.
11 And
he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
12 And
he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick
clouds of the skies.
13 Through
the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
14 The
LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
15 And
he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
16 And
the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered,
at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
17 He
sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
18 He
delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were
too strong for me.
19 They
prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
20 He
brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted
in me.
21 The
LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of
my hands hath he recompensed me.
22 For
I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For
all his judgments were before me: and as for his
statutes, I did not depart from them.
24 I
was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
25 Therefore
the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my
cleanness in his eye sight.
26 With
the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew
thyself upright.
27 With
the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew
thyself unsavoury.
28 And
the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon
the haughty, that thou
mayest bring them down.
29 For
thou art my
lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
30 For
by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
31 As for God, his way is perfect;
the word of the LORD is tried: he is a
buckler to all them that trust in him.
32 For
who is God,
save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?
33 God is my
strength and power:
and he maketh my way perfect.
34 He
maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high
places.
35 He
teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
36 Thou
hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me
great.
37 Thou
hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
38 I
have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had
consumed them.
39 And
I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they
are fallen under my feet.
40 For
thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast
thou subdued under me.
41 Thou
hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that
hate me.
42 They
looked, but there was none
to save; even unto
the LORD, but he answered them not.
43 Then
did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire
of the street, and did spread them abroad.
44 Thou
also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head
of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.
45 Strangers
shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient
unto me.
46 Strangers
shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
47 The
LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the
rock of my salvation.
48 It is God
that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
49 And
that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high
above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent
man.
50 Therefore
I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises
unto thy name.
51 He is the tower of salvation for his king:
and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
