1And David spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
2and he said,
3God, my rock, in him will I take refuge;
4I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised:
5For the waves of death compassed me;
6The cords of Sheol were round about me;
7In my distress I called upon Jehovah;
8Then the earth shook and trembled,
9There went up a smoke out of his nostrils,
10He bowed the heavens also, and came down;
11And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly;
12And he made darkness pavilions round about him,
13At the brightness before him
14Jehovah thundered from heaven,
15And he sent out arrows, and scattered them;
16Then the channels of the sea appeared,
17He sent from on high, he took me;
18He delivered me from my strong enemy,
19They came upon me in the day of my calamity;
20He brought me forth also into a large place;
21Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness;
22For I have kept the ways of Jehovah,
23For all his ordinances were before me;
24I was also perfect toward him;
25Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness,
26With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful;
27With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure;
28And the afflicted people thou wilt save;
29For thou art my lamp, O Jehovah;
30For by thee I run upon a troop;
31As for God, his way is perfect:
32For who is God, save Jehovah?
33God is my strong fortress;
34He maketh his feet like hinds’ feet,
35He teacheth my hands to war,
36Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation;
37Thou hast enlarged my steps under me;
38I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them;
39And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, so that they cannot arise:
40For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle;
41Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me,
42They looked, but there was none to save;
43Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth,
44Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people;
45The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me:
46The foreigners shall fade away,
47Jehovah liveth; And blessed be my rock;
48Even the God that executeth vengeance for me,
49And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies:
50Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations,
51Great deliverance giveth he to his king,