1To the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul; and he said: I love You, O LORD, my strength. 2The LORD [is] my strength, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock; I will trust in Him; [He is] my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. 3I will call on the LORD, [who is worthy] to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies. 4The sorrows of death hemmed me in, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 5The sorrows of hell surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me. 6In my distress I called on the LORD, and I cried to my God; He heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry came before Him, into His ears. 7Then the earth shook and trembled; and the foundations of the hills moved and were shaken, because He was angry. 8A smoke went up out of His nostrils, and fire devoured out of His mouth; coals were kindled by it. 9And He bowed the heavens and came down, and darkness [was] under His feet. 10And He rode on a cherub, and flew; yea, He soared on the wings of the wind. 11He made darkness His secret place, His pavilion around Him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. 12At the brightness before Him, His dark clouds passed through, hailstones and coals of fire passed. 13The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave forth His voice; hailstones and coals of fire. 14Yea, He sent out His arrows and scattered them; and He shot out lightnings and crushed them. 15Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils. 16He sent from above, He took me, He drew me out of many waters. 17He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me; for they were too strong for me. 18They went before me in the day of my calamity; but the LORD was my stay. 19He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me because He delighted in me. 20The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands He has repaid me. 21For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. 22For all His judgments [were] before me, and I did not put away His statutes from me. 23I was also upright before Him, and I kept myself from my iniquity. 24And the LORD has returned to me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes. 25With the merciful, You will show Yourself merciful; with an upright man You will show Yourself upright; 26with the pure You will show Yourself pure; and with the crooked You will show Yourself perverse. 27For You will save the afflicted people, but will bring down high looks. 28For You will light my candle; the LORD my God will make my darkness light. 29For by You I have run through a troop; and by my God I have leaped over a wall. 30[As for] God, His way [is] perfect; the Word of the LORD [is] tried; He [is] a shield to all those who trust in Him. 31For who [is] God besides Jehovah? Or, who [is] a Rock except our God? 32[It is] God who girds me with strength and makes my way perfect. 33He makes my feet like hinds' feet, and sets me on my high places. 34He teaches my hands to war, so that a bow of bronze is bent by my arms. 35You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; and Your right hand has held me up, and Your gentleness has made me great. 36You have given a wide place for my steps under me, so that my feet have not slipped. 37I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them; nor did I turn again until they were destroyed. 38I have shattered them, and they cannot rise again; they have fallen under my feet. 39For You have girded me with strength for the battle; You have humbled under me those who rose up against me. 40You have also given me the neck of my enemies; so that I might destroy those who hate me. 41They cried, but there [was] none to save; [even] to the LORD, but He did not answer them. 42Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I cast them out like the dirt in the streets. 43You have delivered Me from the strivings of the people; You have made Me the head of the nations; a people [whom] I have not known shall serve Me. 44As soon as they hear of Me, they shall obey Me; the sons of strangers shall bow down to Me. 45The sons of strangers shall fade away and be afraid out of their strongholds. 46The LORD lives; and blessed [be] my rock, and let the God of my salvation be praised. 47[It is] God who avenges me, and humbles the people under me. 48He delivers me from my enemies; yea, You lift me up above those who rise up against me; You have delivered me from the violent man. 49Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the nations, and sing praises to Your name, 50magnifying the salvations to His king, and working mercy to His anointed, to David, and to his seed forevermore.