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To the chief musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spoke the words of this song to Jehovah in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his foes, and from the hand of Saul. And he said: I love You, O Jehovah, my strength.

Jehovah is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; He is my God, my Rock; I seek refuge in Him; He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

I will call on Jehovah, who is to be praised; and I shall be saved from my enemies.

The cords of death hemmed me in; yea, the floods of ungodly men overwhelmed me;

cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.

In my distress I called on Jehovah and I cried to my God; He heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry went before Him, into His ears.

Then the earth shook and quaked; and the foundations of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because it angered Him.

A smoke went up out of His nostrils, and fire devoured out of His mouth; coals were kindled from it.

He bowed the heavens also and came down, and darkness was under His feet;

and He rode on a cherub, and He flew; yea He soared on the wings of the wind;

He made darkness His covering, His pavilion all around Him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Out of the brightness before Him, His dark clouds passed through, hailstones and coals of fire.

Jehovah also thundered in the heavens; and the Highest gave forth His voice, hailstones and coals of fire.

Yea, He sent out His arrows and scattered them; and He shot out lightnings and confounded them.

Then the stream beds of waters were seen, and the foundations of the earth were bared at Your rebuke, O Jehovah, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters;

He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from ones hating me; for they were stronger than I.

They went before my face in my day of calamity, but Jehovah was my support.

And He brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me;

Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands He has repaid me.

For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

For all His judgments were before me, and I did not turn away His statutes from me.

For I was upright with Him and kept myself from my guilt.

And Jehovah has returned to me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands before His eyes.

With the merciful You reveal Yourself as merciful; with an upright man You reveal Yourself as upright;

with the pure You reveal Yourself as pure; and with the perverting ones You appear perverse;

for You will save an afflicted people; but You will bring down haughty eyes.

For You will light my lamp; Jehovah my God will make my darkness light.

For through You I can run through a troop; and through my God I have leaped over a wall.

As for God, His way is perfect; the Word of Jehovah is purified; He is a shield to all who seek refuge in Him.

For who is God besides Jehovah? Or who is a Rock except our God?

It is God who girds me with strength and gives my way to be perfect;

setting my feet like the deer, and making me stand on my high places;

teaching my hands to war, so that a bow of bronze is bent by my arms.

You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; and Your right hand holds me up; and Your condescension has made me great.

You have made a wide place under me for my steps, so that my ankles have not slipped.

I have pursued my enemies and have overtaken them; nor did I turn till they were finished.

I have shattered them, and they cannot rise up; they fell under my feet.

And You have girded me with strength for the battle; You have bowed under me those rising against me.

And you have given me the neck of my enemies that I might cut off those hating me.

They cried, but no one is there to save; to Jehovah, but He did not answer them.

And I crushed them like the dust before the wind; I emptied them out like the mire of the streets.

You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; You have made me head of the nations; a people I have not known shall serve me.

At the hearing of the ear they listen to me; the sons of foreigners shall bow down to me.

The sons of foreigners shall faint and come trembling out of their strongholds.

Jehovah lives! And blessed be my Rock! And let the God of my salvation be exalted!

He is the God who avenges me, and speaks to people under me.

He delivers me from my enemies; yea, You lift me up from among those rising up against me. You have delivered me from the violent man.

On account of this I will extol You, O Jehovah, among the nations, and I will sing praises to Your name,

magnifying salvation to His king, and working mercy to His anointed, to David and to his Seed forever.

And David spoke to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.

And he said: Jehovah is my rock and my fortress, and my Deliverer.

My God is my rock; I shall take refuge in Him; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge! My Savior, You shall save me from violence.

I call on Jehovah, the One to be praised; and I shall be saved from my enemies.

When the waves of death surround me, the floods of the ungodly terrify me,

the cords of Sheol are all around me, the snares of death confronted me.

In my distress I called on Jehovah, and I called to my God. And He heard my voice from His temple, and my cry was in His ears.

And the earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the heavens were troubled, and were shaken; for He was angry.

Smoke rose up in His nostrils, and fire devoured out of His mouth; coals were kindled by it.

And He bowed the heavens and came down, and thick darkness was under His feet.

And He rode on a cherub, and did fly, and was seen on the wings of the wind.

And He made darkness pavilions all around Him, the gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

From the brightness before Him were brands of fire kindled!

Jehovah thundered from the heavens, and the Most High gave forth His voice.

And He sent forth arrows and scattered them; lightning, and troubled them;

and the channels of the sea were seen; the world's foundations were revealed by the rebuke of Jehovah, from the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

He sent from above; He took me; He drew me out of many waters.

He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were stronger than me.

They confronted me in the day of my calamity, and Jehovah was my support;

and He brought me out to a large place; He delivered me, for He delighted in me.

Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands, He has repaid me.

For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not acted wickedly against my God.

For all His judgments were before me. As to His statutes, I did not turn away from them.

And I was blameless before Him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.

And Jehovah returned to me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His eyes.

With the faithful You show Yourself kind. With the upright man, You will show Yourself upright.

With the pure, You will show Yourself pure, and with the perverted You will appear perverse.

And You shall save the afflicted people, and Your eyes are on the haughty, whom You bring low.

For You are my lamp, O Jehovah; and Jehovah shall light up my darkness.

For by You I have run through a troop; by my God I have leaped over a wall.

As for God, His way is perfect; the Word of Jehovah is tested; He is a shield to all those who seek refuge in Him.

For who is God except Jehovah? And who is a rock except our God?

God is my strong fortress; and He sets the blameless free in his way,

making my feet like hinds' feet , even causing me to stand on my high places;

teaching my hands for battle, so that my hands may bend a bow of bronze.

And You have given to me the shield of Your salvation; and Your condescension has made me great.

You have enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.

I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them; and I did not turn until they were consumed.

And I consumed them, and struck them, and they did not rise; but fell under my feet.

Yea, You girded me with might for battle; You caused those rising against me to bow under me.

And You gave to me the necks of my enemies; those hating me I silenced.

They looked, and there was none to save; to Jehovah, and He did not answer them.

And I beat them as the dust of the earth; I crushed them small as the mire of the streets; I spread them out.

And You delivered me from the strivings of my people; You kept me as the head of the nations; a people I have not known served me.

The sons of strangers submit to me; at the hearing of the ear they listen to me.

The sons of strangers fade away, and shall come trembling out of their strongholds.

Jehovah lives! And blessed is the Rock, and exalted be the God, the Rock of my salvation.

He is God who is giving vengeance for me, and brings down peoples under me,

and brings me forth from my enemies; yea, You raise me up above those rising up against me; You deliver me from the violent man.

On account of this I will confess You, Jehovah, among nations; and I will sing praise to Your name.

A tower of salvation is He to His king; even doing mercy to His anointed, to David and to his seed, until forever!