1 I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

2 J ehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

3 I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies.

4 T he cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

5 T he cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

6 I n my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears.

7 T hen the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.

8 T here went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.

9 H e bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.

10 A nd he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind.

11 H e made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

12 A t the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire.

13 J ehovah also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.

14 A nd he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.

15 T hen the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

16 H e sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters.

17 H e delivered me from my strong enemy, And from them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

18 T hey came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.

19 H e brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

20 J ehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

21 F or I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.

22 F or all his ordinances 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 T herefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

25 W ith the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;

26 W ith the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.

27 F or thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.

28 F or thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.

29 F or by thee I run upon a troop; And by my God do I leap over a wall.

30 A s for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.

31 F or who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God,

32 T he God that girdeth me with strength, And maketh my way perfect?

33 H e maketh my feet like hinds' feet: And setteth me upon my high places.

34 H e teacheth my hands to war; So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

35 T hou 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 T hou 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, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet.

39 F or thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

40 T hou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.

41 T hey cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.

42 T hen did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.

43 T hou 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 A s soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.

45 T he foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places.

46 J ehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God of my salvation,

47 E ven the God that executeth vengeance for me, And subdueth peoples under me.

48 H e 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 T herefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations, And will sing praises unto thy name.

50 G reat deliverance giveth he to his king, And showeth lovingkindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, for evermore.