1I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.
2The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
3I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised:
4The sorrows of death compassed me,
5The sorrows of hell compassed me about:
6In my distress I called upon the Lord,
7Then the earth shook and trembled;
8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils,
9He bowed the heavens also, and came down:
10And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly:
11He made darkness his secret place;
12At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed,
13The Lord also thundered in the heavens,
14Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them;
15Then the channels of waters were seen,
16He sent from above, he took me,
17He delivered me from my strong enemy,
18They prevented me in the day of my calamity:
19He brought me forth also into a large place;
20The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;
21For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
22For all his judgments were before me,
23I was also upright before him,
24Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness,
25With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful;
26With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure;
27For thou wilt save the afflicted people;
28For thou wilt light my candle:
29For by thee I have run through a troop;
30As for God, his way is perfect:
31For who is God save the Lord?
32It is God that girdeth me with strength,
33He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet,
34He teacheth my hands to war,
35Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation:
36Thou hast enlarged my steps under me,
37I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them:
38I have wounded them that they were not able to rise:
39For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle:
40Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies;
41They cried, but there was none to save them:
42Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind:
43Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people;
44As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me:
45The strangers shall fade away,
46The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock;
47It is God that avengeth me,
48He delivereth me from mine enemies:
49Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen,
50Great deliverance giveth he to his king;