[1] I love thee, O LORD, my strength.
[2] The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strong rock, in him will I trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
[3] I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
[4] The cords of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
[5] The cords of Sheol were round about me: the snares of death came on me.
[6] In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry before him came into his ears.
[7] Then the earth shook and trembled, me foundations also of the mountains moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
[8] There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
[9] He bowed the heavens also, and came down, and thick darkness was under his feet.
[10] And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly, yea, he flew swiftly upon the wings of the wind.
[11] He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion round about him; darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
[12] At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.
[13] The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice; hailstones and coals of fire.
[14] And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.
[15] Then the channels of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid bare, at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
[16] He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters.
[17] He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
[18] They came upon me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
[19] He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
[20] The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
[21] For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
[22] For all his judgments were before me, and I put not away his statutes from me.
[23] I was also perfect with him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
[24] Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
[25] With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with the perfect man thou wilt shew thyself perfect;
[26] With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt shew thyself froward.
[27] For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.
[28] For thou wilt light my lamp: the LORD my God will lighten my darkness.
[29] For by thee I run upon a troop; and by my God do I leap over a wall.
[30] As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried; he is a shield unto all them that trust in him.
[31] For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, beside our God?
[32] The God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
[33] He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: and setteth me upon my high places,
[34] He teacheth my hands to war; so that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
[35] Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
[36] Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.
[37] I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them: neither will I turn again till they are consumed.
[38] I will smite them through that they shall not be able to rise: they shall fall under my feet.
[39] For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
[40] Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, that I might cut off them that hate me.
[41] They cried, but there was none to save: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
[42] Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.
[43] Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; thou hast made me the head of the nations: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
[44] As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
[45] The strangers shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their close places.
[46] The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of my salvation:
[47] Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, and subdueth peoples under me.
[48] He rescueth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me: thou deliverest me from the violent man.
[49] Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the nations, and will sing praises unto thy name.
[50] Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth lovingkindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.