1After Yahweh had rescued David from Saul and his other enemies, David sang a song to Yahweh.
2This is what he sang:
3Yahweh, you protect me; you are like a shield;
4I call out to you, Yahweh;
5“ almost died [PRS]; it was like [MET] a huge wave had crashed over me,
6I thought that I would die; it was as though death wrapped ropes around me;
7But when I was ◄very distressed/in great trouble►, I called out to you, Yahweh;
8“hen it was as though the earth quaked and shook;
9It was as though smoke poured out of your nostrils
10You tore open the sky and came down;
11You rode through the sky on a winged creature;
12The darkness surrounded you, like a blanket;
13Out of the lightning in front of you
14Then, Yahweh, you spoke like thunder from the sky;
15When you sent flashes of lightning,
16Then the bottom of the ocean was uncovered;
17“Yahweh, you reached down from heaven and lifted me up;
18You rescued me from my strong enemies,
19They attacked me when I was experiencing troubles/difficulties,
20You brought me to a place where I was safe;
21“Yahweh, you rewarded me because I do what is right;
22Yahweh, I have obeyed your laws;
23All of your regulations were in my mind,
24You know that I have not done anything that is evil;
25So you have rewarded me in return for my doing what is right,
26“Yahweh, you are faithful/loyal to those who always trust in you;
27You act sincerely toward those whose inner beings are pure,
28You rescue those who are humble,
29Yahweh, you are like [MET] a lamp
30With your strength/help I can run through a line of enemy soldiers
31“My God whom I worship, everything that you do is perfect;
32Yahweh, you are [RHQ] the only one who is God;
33God, you whom I worship are a strong refuge for me;
34When I walk in the mountains,
35You teach me how to fight in a battle
36It is as though [MET] you have given me a shield
37You have not allowed my enemies to capture me [IDM],
38“ pursued my enemies and defeated them;
39I struck them down; I stabbed them with my sword;
40You have given me strength for fighting battles
41You caused my enemies to turn and run away from me;
42They ◄looked for/wanted► someone to rescue them, but no one did.
43I crushed them, and as a result they became like [SIM] tiny particles of dust.
44“You rescued me from those who tried to rebel against me,
45Foreigners humbly bowed down in front of me;
46They became afraid,
47“Yahweh, you are alive! I praise you! You are like [MET] a huge overhanging rock under which I am safe/protected!
48You enable me to conquer my enemies;
49You delivered me from my enemies;
50Because of all that, I exalt you among many people-groups
51You enable me, whom you appointed to be king, to powerfully conquer my enemies;