1And 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:
2and he said,
3The God of my rock; in him will I trust:
4I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised:
5When the waves of death compassed me,
6The sorrows of hell compassed me about;
7In my distress I called upon the Lord,
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,
13Through the brightness before him
14The Lord thundered from heaven,
15And he sent out arrows, and scattered them;
16And the channels of the sea appeared,
17He sent from above, he took me;
18He delivered me from my strong enemy,
19They prevented me in the day of my calamity:
20He brought me forth also into a large place:
21The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness:
22For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
23For all his judgments were before me:
24I was also upright before him,
25Therefore the Lord hath recompensed me according to my righteousness;
26With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful,
27With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure;
28And the afflicted people thou wilt save:
29For thou art my lamp, O Lord:
30For by thee I have run through a troop:
31As for God, his way is perfect;
32For who is God, save the Lord?
33God is my strength and power:
34He maketh my 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 wounded them, that they could not arise:
40For thou hast girded me with strength to battle:
41Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies,
42They looked, but there was none to save;
43Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth,
44Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people,
45Strangers shall submit themselves unto me:
46Strangers shall fade away,
47The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock;
48It is God that avengeth me,
49And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies:
50Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen,
51He is the tower of salvation for his king: