Psalm

My God is my rock,+ in whom I take refuge,

My shield and my horn* of salvation,* my secure refuge.*+

 3 I call on Jehovah, who is worthy of praise,

And I will be saved from my enemies.+

 4 The ropes of death encircled me;+

Flash floods of worthless men terrified me.+

 5 The ropes of the Grave* surrounded me;

The snares of death confronted me.+

 6 In my distress I called on Jehovah,

To my God I kept crying for help.

From his temple he heard my voice,+

And my cry to him for help reached his ears.+

 7 Then the earth began to shake and rock;+

The foundations of the mountains trembled

And shook back and forth because he had been angered.+

 8 Smoke ascended from his nostrils,

And a consuming fire came from his mouth;+

Glowing coals blazed from him.

 9 He made the heavens bend as he descended,+

And thick gloom was beneath his feet.+

11 He then covered himself in darkness,+

All around him as a shelter,

Dark waters and thick clouds.+

12 From the brightness before him

Hail and fiery coals broke through the clouds.

13 Then Jehovah began to thunder in the heavens;+

The Most High made his voice heard+

With hailstones and fiery coals.

14 He shot his arrows and scattered them;+

He hurled his lightning and threw them into confusion.+

15 The streambeds* became visible;+

The foundations of the land were exposed by your rebuke, O Jehovah,

By the blast of the breath from your nostrils.+

16 He reached down from on high;

He took hold of me and pulled me from deep waters.+

17 He rescued me from my strong enemy,+

From those hating me, who were stronger than I was.+

18 They confronted me on the day of my disaster,+

But Jehovah was my support.

19 He brought me out into a place of safety;*

He rescued me because he was pleased with me.+

20 Jehovah rewards me according to my righteousness;+

He repays me according to the innocence* of my hands.+

21 For I have kept the ways of Jehovah,

And I have not wickedly abandoned my God.

22 All his judgments are before me;

I will not disregard his statutes.

23 I will remain blameless before him,+

And I will keep myself from error.+

24 May Jehovah repay me according to my righteousness,+

According to the innocence of my hands before him.+

25 With someone loyal you act in loyalty;+

With the blameless man you deal blamelessly;+

26 With the pure you show yourself pure,+

But with the crooked you show yourself shrewd.+

27 For you save those who are lowly*+

But you abase the haughty.*+

28 For it is you who light my lamp, O Jehovah,

My God who lights up my darkness.+

29 With your help I can charge against a marauder band;+

By God’s power I can scale a wall.+

30 The way of the true God is perfect;+

The saying of Jehovah is refined.+

32 The true God is the one who clothes me with strength,+

And he will make my way perfect.+

33 He makes my feet like those of a deer;

He makes me stand on high places.+

34 He trains my hands for warfare;

My arms can bend a bow of copper.

35 You give me your shield of salvation,+

Your right hand supports* me,

And your humility makes me great.+

36 You widen the path for my footsteps;

My feet* will not slip.+

37 I will pursue my enemies and overtake them;

I will not return until they are wiped out.

38 I will crush them so that they cannot rise up;+

They will fall under my feet.

39 You will equip me with strength for the battle;

You will make my foes collapse under me.+

40 You will make my enemies retreat from me,*

And I will put an end to* those who hate me.+

41 They cry for help, but there is no one to save them;

They even cry to Jehovah, but he does not answer them.

42 I will pound them as fine as dust in the wind;

I will throw them out like mud in the streets.

44 At a mere report they will obey me;

Foreigners will come cringing before me.+

45 Foreigners will lose courage;*

They will come trembling from their strongholds.

47 The true God executes vengeance for me;+

He subdues the peoples under me.

48 He rescues me from my angry enemies;

You lift me high above those who attack me;+

You save me from the man of violence.

49 That is why I will glorify you among the nations, O Jehovah,+

And to your name I will sing praises.*+

50 He performs great acts of salvation* for his king;+

He displays loyal love to his anointed one,+

To David and his offspring* forever.+