⁶ I have ^(O)called upon You, for You will answer me, God;
^(P)Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.
^7 (Q)Show Your wonderful faithfulness,
^(R)Savior of those who take refuge ^[d]at Your right hand
From those who rise up against them.
⁸ Keep me as ^[e]the ^(S)apple of the eye;
Hide me ^(T)in the shadow of Your wings
⁹ From the ^(U)wicked who deal violently with me,
My ^(V)deadly enemies who surround me.
¹⁰ They have ^(W)closed their ^[f]unfeeling hearts,
With their mouths they ^(X)speak proudly.
¹¹ They have now ^(Y)surrounded us in our steps;
They set their eyes ^(Z)to cast us down to the ground.
¹² He is ^(AA)like a lion that is eager to tear,
And as a young lion ^(AB)lurking in secret places.

^13 (AC)Arise, Lord, confront him, ^(AD)make him bow down;
^(AE)Save my soul from the wicked with ^(AF)Your sword,
¹⁴ From people by ^(AG)Your hand, Lord,
From people ^[g]of the world, ^(AH)whose portion is in this life,
And whose belly You ^(AI)fill with Your treasure;
They are satisfied with children,
And leave their abundance to their babies.
¹⁵ As for me, I shall ^(AJ)behold Your face in righteousness;
^(AK)I shall be satisfied with Your ^(AL)likeness when I awake.

⁴ The ^(AV)ropes of death encompassed me,
And the ^(AW)torrents of ^[i]destruction ^[j]terrified me.
⁵ The ^(AX)ropes of ^[k]Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
⁶ In my ^(AY)distress I called upon the Lord,
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice ^(AZ)from His temple,
And my ^(BA)cry for help before Him came into His ears.

⁷ Then the ^(BB)earth shook and quaked;
And the ^(BC)foundations of the mountains were trembling
And were shaken, because He was angry.
⁸ Smoke went up ^[l]out of His nostrils,
And ^(BD)fire from His mouth was devouring;
Coals burned from it.
⁹ He also ^(BE)bowed the heavens down low, and came down
With thick ^(BF)darkness under His feet.
¹⁰ He rode on a ^(BG)cherub and flew;
And He sped on the ^(BH)wings of the wind.
¹¹ He made ^(BI)darkness His hiding place, ^(BJ)His ^[m]canopy around Him,
Darkness of waters, thick clouds.
¹² From the ^(BK)brightness before Him passed His thick clouds,
Hailstones and ^(BL)coals of fire.
¹³ The Lord also ^(BM)thundered in the heavens,
And the Most High uttered His voice,
Hailstones and coals of fire.
¹⁴ He ^(BN)sent out His arrows, and scattered them,
And lightning flashes in abundance, and ^[n]routed them.
¹⁵ Then the ^(BO)channels of water appeared,
And the foundations of the world were exposed
By Your ^(BP)rebuke, Lord,
At the blast of the ^(BQ)breath of Your nostrils.

¹⁶ He ^(BR)sent from on high, He took me;
He drew me out of ^(BS)many waters.
¹⁷ He ^(BT)saved me from my strong enemy,
And from those who hated me, for they were ^(BU)too mighty for me.
¹⁸ They confronted me in ^(BV)the day of my disaster,
But ^(BW)the Lord was my support.
¹⁹ He also brought me out into an ^(BX)open place;
He rescued me, because ^(BY)He delighted in me.

²⁰ The Lord has ^(BZ)rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the ^(CA)cleanness of my hands He has repaid me.
²¹ For I have ^(CB)kept the ways of the Lord,
And have ^(CC)not acted wickedly against my God.
²² For all ^(CD)His judgments were before me,
And I did not put away His ^(CE)statutes from me.
²³ I was also ^[o](CF)blameless with Him,
And I ^(CG)kept myself from my wrongdoing.
²⁴ Therefore the Lord has ^(CH)repaid me according to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.

²⁵ With ^(CI)the faithful You show Yourself faithful;
With the ^[p]blameless ^(CJ)You prove Yourself blameless;
²⁶ With the pure You show Yourself ^(CK)pure,
And with the crooked ^(CL)You show Yourself ^[q]astute.
²⁷ For You ^(CM)save an afflicted people,
But You humiliate ^(CN)haughty eyes.
²⁸ For You ^(CO)light my lamp;
The Lord my God ^(CP)illumines my darkness.
²⁹ For by You I can ^(CQ)run at a ^[r]troop of warriors;
And by my God I can ^(CR)leap over a wall.

³⁰ As for God, His way is ^[s](CS)blameless;
The ^(CT)word of the Lord is refined;
He is a ^(CU)shield to all who take refuge in Him.
³¹ For ^(CV)who is God, but the Lord?
And who is a ^(CW)rock, except our God,
³² The God who ^(CX)encircles me with strength,
And ^[t]makes my way ^[u](CY)blameless?
³³ He ^(CZ)makes my feet like deer’s feet,
And ^(DA)sets me up on my high places.
³⁴ He ^(DB)trains my hands for battle,
So that my arms can ^(DC)bend a bow of bronze.
³⁵ You have also given me ^(DD)the shield of Your salvation,
And Your ^(DE)right hand upholds me;
And ^(DF)Your ^[v]gentleness makes me great.
³⁶ You ^(DG)enlarge my steps under me,
And my ^[w](DH)feet have not slipped.

³⁷ I ^(DI)pursued my enemies and overtook them,
And I did not turn back ^(DJ)until they were consumed.
³⁸ I shattered them, so that they were ^(DK)not able to rise;
They fell ^(DL)under my feet.
³⁹ For You have ^(DM)encircled me with strength for battle;
You have forced those who rose up against me ^(DN)to bow down under me.
⁴⁰ You have also made my enemies ^(DO)turn their backs to me,
And I ^[x](DP)destroyed those who hated me.
⁴¹ They cried for help, but there was ^(DQ)no one to save,
They cried to the Lord, but ^(DR)He did not answer them.
⁴² Then I beat them fine like the ^(DS)dust before the wind;
I emptied them out like the mud of the streets.

⁴³ You have rescued me from the ^(DT)contentions of the people;
You have placed me as ^(DU)head of the nations;
A ^(DV)people whom I have not known serve me.
⁴⁴ As soon as they hear, they obey me;
Foreigners ^(DW)pretend to obey me.
⁴⁵ Foreigners ^(DX)lose heart,
And ^(DY)come trembling out of their ^[y]fortresses.

⁴⁶ The Lord ^(DZ)lives, and blessed be ^(EA)my rock;
And exalted be ^(EB)the God of my salvation,
⁴⁷ The God who ^(EC)executes vengeance for me,
And ^(ED)subdues peoples under me.
⁴⁸ He ^(EE)rescues me from my enemies;
You indeed ^(EF)lift me above those who rise up against me;
You rescue me from a ^(EG)violent man.
⁴⁹ Therefore I will ^(EH)give thanks to You among the nations, Lord,
And I will ^(EI)sing praises to Your name.
⁵⁰ He gives great ^[z](EJ)salvation to His king,
And shows faithfulness to ^(EK)His anointed,
To David and ^(EL)his ^[aa]descendants forever.

^7 (ET)The Law of the Lord is ^[ae](EU)perfect, ^(EV)restoring the soul;
The testimony of the Lord is ^(EW)sure, making ^(EX)wise the simple.
⁸ The precepts of the Lord are ^(EY)right, ^(EZ)rejoicing the heart;
The commandment of the Lord is ^(FA)pure, ^(FB)enlightening the eyes.
⁹ The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;
The judgments of the Lord are ^(FC)true; they are ^(FD)righteous altogether.
¹⁰ They are more desirable than ^(FE)gold, yes, than much pure gold;
^(FF)Sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.
¹¹ Moreover, ^(FG)Your servant is warned by them;
In keeping them there is great ^(FH)reward.
¹² Who can ^(FI)discern his errors? ^(FJ)Acquit me of ^(FK)hidden faults.
¹³ Also keep Your servant back ^(FL)from presumptuous sins;
Let them not ^(FM)rule over me;
Then I will be ^(FN)innocent,
And I will be blameless of ^(FO)great wrongdoing.
¹⁴ May the words of my mouth and ^(FP)the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight,
Lord, ^(FQ)my rock and my ^(FR)Redeemer.

⁴ May He grant you your ^(FZ)heart’s desire
And ^(GA)fulfill your whole plan!
^5 [ah]We will ^(GB)sing for joy over your ^[ai]victory,
And in the name of our God we will ^(GC)set up our banners.
May the Lord ^(GD)fulfill all your desires.

⁶ Now ^(GE)I know that the Lord saves His anointed;
He will ^(GF)answer him from His holy heaven
With the ^[aj](GG)saving strength of His right hand.
⁷ Some praise their chariots and some their ^(GH)horses,
But ^(GI)we will praise the name of the Lord, our God.
⁸ They have ^(GJ)bowed down and fallen,
But we have ^(GK)risen and stood upright.
^9 [ak](GL)Save, Lord;
May the ^(GM)King answer us on the day we call.

⁷ For the king ^(GX)trusts in the Lord,
And through the faithfulness of the Most High ^(GY)he will not be shaken.
⁸ Your hand will ^(GZ)find all your enemies;
Your right hand will find those who hate you.
⁹ You will make them ^(HA)as a fiery oven in the time ^[ao]of your anger;
The Lord will ^(HB)swallow them up in His wrath,
And ^(HC)fire will devour them.
¹⁰ You will eliminate their ^[ap]descendants from the earth,
And their ^[aq](HD)children from among the sons of mankind.
¹¹ Though they ^[ar](HE)intended evil against You
And ^(HF)devised a plot,
They will not succeed.
¹² For You will ^(HG)make them turn their back;
You will take aim at their faces ^(HH)with Your bowstrings.
¹³ Be exalted, Lord, in Your strength;
We will ^(HI)sing and praise Your power.