1 ¶ I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

I will love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

2 T he LORD is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I will 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 my enemies.

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

4 T he pain of death compassed me, and the rivers of Belial made me afraid.

The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid.

5 T he pain of Sheol compassed me about: the snares of death came before me.

The bands of Sheol surrounded me, the cords of death encountered me.

6 I n my distress I called upon the LORD and cried unto my God; he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

In my distress I called upon Jehovah, and I cried out to my God; he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, into his ears.

7 T hen the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains collapsed and were removed because he was wroth.

Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled and shook, because he was wroth.

8 S moke went up out of his nostrils, and fire devoured out of his mouth; coals were kindled by it.

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals burned forth from it.

9 H e lowered the heavens and came down; and darkness was under his feet.

And he bowed the heavens, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.

10 A nd he rode upon a cherub and flew: yea, he flew upon the wings of the wind.

And he rode upon a cherub and did fly; yea, he flew fast upon the wings of the wind.

11 H e made darkness his hiding place; in his tabernacle round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the heavens.

He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

12 A t the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed forth: hail and coals of fire.

13 T he LORD thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.

And Jehovah thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice: hail and coals of fire.

14 H e sent out his arrows and scattered them; he shot out lightnings and destroyed them.

And he sent his arrows, and scattered; and he shot forth lightnings, and discomfited them.

15 T hen the depths of the waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

And the beds of the waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered at thy rebuke, Jehovah, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

16 H e sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

He reached forth from above, he took me, he drew me out of great waters:

17 H e delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me, even though they were too strong for me.

He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me; for they were mightier than I.

18 T hey were ready for me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my staff.

They encountered me in the day of my calamity, but Jehovah was my stay.

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

And he brought me forth into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

20 ¶ The LORD will reward me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he shall recompense me.

Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

21 B ecause I have kept the ways of the LORD and did not become wicked departing in apostasy from my God.

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

22 F or all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

For all his ordinances were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me;

23 I was perfect before him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.

And I was upright with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity.

24 T herefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.

And Jehovah hath recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

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

With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; with the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright;

26 w ith the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt show thyself adversary.

With the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary.

27 T herefore thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down high looks.

For it is thou that savest the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes wilt thou bring down.

28 F or thou wilt light my fire: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

29 ¶ For with thee I have scattered armies; and in my God I have overcome walled defenses.

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

30 A s for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is precise: a shield to all those that wait in him.

As for God, his way is perfect; the word of Jehovah is tried: he is a shield to all that trust in him.

31 F or who is God except the LORD? or who is a refuge except our God?

For who is +God save Jehovah? and who is a rock if not our God?

32 I t is God that girds me with strength and makes my way perfect.

The God who girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect,

33 H e makes my feet like hinds’ feet and sets me upon my high places.

Who maketh my feet like hinds', and setteth me upon my high places;

34 H e trains my hands for the battle, so that a bow of bronze shall be broken by my arms.

Who teacheth my hands to war, and mine arms bend a bow of brass;

35 I n the same manner thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand will hold me up, and thy meekness shall multiply me.

And thou didst give me the shield of thy salvation, and thy right hand held me up; and thy condescending gentleness hath made me great.

36 T hou shall enlarge my steps under me, and my knees shall not tremble.

Thou didst enlarge my steps under me, and mine ankles have not wavered.

37 I shall pursue my enemies and overtake them: neither shall I turn again until they are consumed.

I pursued mine enemies, and overtook them; and I turned not again till they were consumed.

38 I shall smite them, and they will not be able to rise: they shall fall under my feet.

I crushed them, and they were not able to rise: they fell under my feet.

39 F or thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued my enemies under me.

And thou girdedst me with strength to battle; thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against me.

40 T hou hast also given me the necks of my enemies that I might destroy those that hate me.

And mine enemies didst thou make to turn their backs unto me, and those that hated me I destroyed.

41 T hey cried out, but there was no one to save them: even unto the LORD, but he did not answer them.

They cried, and there was none to save;—unto Jehovah, and he answered them not.

42 T hen I beat them as small as the dust before the wind: I scattered them as the dirt in the streets.

And I did beat them small as 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; and thou hast made me the head of the Gentiles: a people whom I did not know served me.

Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; thou hast made me the head of the nations: a people I knew not doth serve me.

44 A s soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me: the sons of strangers submitted themselves unto me even against their will.

At the hearing of the ear, they obey me: strangers come cringing unto me.

45 T he strangers fell away and were afraid in their close places.

Strangers have faded away, and they come trembling forth from their close places.

46 T he LORD lives; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of my salvation,

47 I t is God that avenges me and subdues the peoples under me.

The God who hath avenged me, and hath subjected the peoples to me;

48 H e delivers me from my enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the one who would betray me.

Who hath delivered me from mine enemies: yea, thou hast lifted me up above them that rose up against me; from the man of violence hast thou delivered me.

49 T herefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the Gentiles and sing praises unto thy name.

Therefore will I give thanks to thee, Jehovah, among the nations, and will sing psalms to thy name.

50 H e gives great deliverance to his king and shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

who giveth great deliverances to his king, and sheweth loving-kindness to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.