Praise to God for His Deliverance

• who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song
• when[fn] Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies,
• and from the hand of Saul.[fn]
• 18 And he said: “I love you, O Yahweh, my strength.”
• 2 Yahweh is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I have taken refuge,
• my shield and the horn of my deliverance, my stronghold.
• 3 I called upon Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised, and I was saved from my enemies.
• 4 The ropes of death encircled me, and streams of ruin overwhelmed me.
• 5 The ropes of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.
• 6 In my trouble I called on Yahweh, and to my God I cried for help.
• He heard my voice from his temple,
• and my cry for help
• came up before his presence into his ears.
• 7 Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled,
• and they staggered because he was angry.
• 8 Smoke went forth from his nose, and fire from his mouth consumed.
• Burning coals blazed from him.
• 9 So he bowed the heavens and came down with a thick cloud under his feet.
• 10 And he mounted a cherub and flew, and he swooped down on wings of wind.
• 11 He made darkness his hiding place; all about him his covering
• was a darkness of waters, thick clouds .[fn]
• 12 From the brightness before him his clouds passed over
• with hail and coals of fire.
• 13 And Yahweh thundered from the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice
• with hail and coals of fire.
• 14 And he shot his arrows and scattered them,[fn] and many lightning bolts and routed them.
• 15 Then the channels of the sea became visible, and the foundations of the world were uncovered
• by your rebuke, O Yahweh,
• by the blast[fn] of the wind of your nose.
• 16 He reached[fn] from on high; he seized me. He drew me from many waters.
• 17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me
• because they were stronger than I.
• 18 They confronted me on the day of disaster, but Yahweh was my support.
• 19 So he brought me out to a spacious place. He delivered me because he delighted in me.
• 20 Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands
• he has repaid me.
• 21 Because I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not acted wickedly against my God,
• 22 because all his ordinances are before me, and his statutes I have not removed from me,
• 23 and I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my guilt.
• 24 Therefore Yahweh has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
• 25 To the loyal you show yourself loyal. To the blameless you show yourself blameless.
• 26 To the pure you show yourself pure. but to the wicked you show yourself shrewd.
• 27 For you deliver humble people, but haughty eyes you humiliate.
• 28 For you light my lamp; Yahweh, my God, lights up my darkness.
• 29 For with you I can charge a troop, and with my God I can scale a wall.
• 30 This[fn] God—his way is blameless. The word of Yahweh is flawless.[fn]
• He is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.
• 31 For who is God apart from Yahweh, and who is a rock except our God?
• 32 The God who girded me with strength, and made safe[fn] my way,
• 33 he made my feet like the deer’s, and on my high places he makes me stand.
• 34 He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
• 35 You also gave me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me,
• and your humility made me great.
• 36 You enlarged my step under me, and my ankles did not slip.
• 37 I chased my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were finished off.
• 38 I struck them and they were not able to stand up; they fell under my feet.
• 39 And you girded me with strength for the battle; those rising against me you made to kneel under me.
• 40 And you made my enemies turn their backs ,[fn] then I destroyed those who hated me.
• 41 They cried out but there was no rescuer, even to Yahweh, but he did not answer them.
• 42 And I ground them like dust in the wind ,[fn] I emptied them[fn] out like mud of the streets.
• 43 You rescued me from strife with people; you set me as head (over) nations.
• People I did not know served me;
• 44 as soon as they heard ,[fn] they obeyed me. The children of a foreign land feigned obedience before me.
• 45 The children of a foreign land lost heart ,[fn] and they came trembling from their strongholds.
• 46 Yahweh lives, and blessed be my rock, and may the God of my salvation be exalted—
• 47 the God who executed vengeance for me, and subdued peoples under me,
• 48 who delivered me from my enemies. Indeed, you exalted me higher than those who rose against me.
• You delivered me from the man of violence.
• 49 Therefore I will give thanks to you among the nations, O Yahweh, and I will sing the praise of your name:
• 50 the one who makes great victories for his king, and who shows loyal love for his anointed,
• to David and to his descendants forever.