⁴ The ^(J)ropes of death encompassed me,
And the ^(K)torrents of ^[b]destruction ^[c]terrified me.
⁵ The ^(L)ropes of ^[d]Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
⁶ In my ^(M)distress I called upon the Lord,
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice ^(N)from His temple,
And my ^(O)cry for help before Him came into His ears.

⁷ Then the ^(P)earth shook and quaked;
And the ^(Q)foundations of the mountains were trembling
And were shaken, because He was angry.
⁸ Smoke went up ^[e]out of His nostrils,
And ^(R)fire from His mouth was devouring;
Coals burned from it.
⁹ He also ^(S)bowed the heavens down low, and came down
With thick ^(T)darkness under His feet.
¹⁰ He rode on a ^(U)cherub and flew;
And He sped on the ^(V)wings of the wind.
¹¹ He made ^(W)darkness His hiding place, ^(X)His ^[f]canopy around Him,
Darkness of waters, thick clouds.
¹² From the ^(Y)brightness before Him passed His thick clouds,
Hailstones and ^(Z)coals of fire.
¹³ The Lord also ^(AA)thundered in the heavens,
And the Most High uttered His voice,
Hailstones and coals of fire.
¹⁴ He ^(AB)sent out His arrows, and scattered them,
And lightning flashes in abundance, and ^[g]routed them.
¹⁵ Then the ^(AC)channels of water appeared,
And the foundations of the world were exposed
By Your ^(AD)rebuke, Lord,
At the blast of the ^(AE)breath of Your nostrils.

¹⁶ He ^(AF)sent from on high, He took me;
He drew me out of ^(AG)many waters.
¹⁷ He ^(AH)saved me from my strong enemy,
And from those who hated me, for they were ^(AI)too mighty for me.
¹⁸ They confronted me in ^(AJ)the day of my disaster,
But ^(AK)the Lord was my support.
¹⁹ He also brought me out into an ^(AL)open place;
He rescued me, because ^(AM)He delighted in me.

²⁰ The Lord has ^(AN)rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the ^(AO)cleanness of my hands He has repaid me.
²¹ For I have ^(AP)kept the ways of the Lord,
And have ^(AQ)not acted wickedly against my God.
²² For all ^(AR)His judgments were before me,
And I did not put away His ^(AS)statutes from me.
²³ I was also ^[h](AT)blameless with Him,
And I ^(AU)kept myself from my wrongdoing.
²⁴ Therefore the Lord has ^(AV)repaid me according to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.

²⁵ With ^(AW)the faithful You show Yourself faithful;
With the ^[i]blameless ^(AX)You prove Yourself blameless;
²⁶ With the pure You show Yourself ^(AY)pure,
And with the crooked ^(AZ)You show Yourself ^[j]astute.
²⁷ For You ^(BA)save an afflicted people,
But You humiliate ^(BB)haughty eyes.
²⁸ For You ^(BC)light my lamp;
The Lord my God ^(BD)illumines my darkness.
²⁹ For by You I can ^(BE)run at a ^[k]troop of warriors;
And by my God I can ^(BF)leap over a wall.

³⁰ As for God, His way is ^[l](BG)blameless;
The ^(BH)word of the Lord is refined;
He is a ^(BI)shield to all who take refuge in Him.
³¹ For ^(BJ)who is God, but the Lord?
And who is a ^(BK)rock, except our God,
³² The God who ^(BL)encircles me with strength,
And ^[m]makes my way ^[n](BM)blameless?
³³ He ^(BN)makes my feet like deer’s feet,
And ^(BO)sets me up on my high places.
³⁴ He ^(BP)trains my hands for battle,
So that my arms can ^(BQ)bend a bow of bronze.
³⁵ You have also given me ^(BR)the shield of Your salvation,
And Your ^(BS)right hand upholds me;
And ^(BT)Your ^[o]gentleness makes me great.
³⁶ You ^(BU)enlarge my steps under me,
And my ^[p](BV)feet have not slipped.

³⁷ I ^(BW)pursued my enemies and overtook them,
And I did not turn back ^(BX)until they were consumed.
³⁸ I shattered them, so that they were ^(BY)not able to rise;
They fell ^(BZ)under my feet.
³⁹ For You have ^(CA)encircled me with strength for battle;
You have forced those who rose up against me ^(CB)to bow down under me.
⁴⁰ You have also made my enemies ^(CC)turn their backs to me,
And I ^[q](CD)destroyed those who hated me.
⁴¹ They cried for help, but there was ^(CE)no one to save,
They cried to the Lord, but ^(CF)He did not answer them.
⁴² Then I beat them fine like the ^(CG)dust before the wind;
I emptied them out like the mud of the streets.

⁴³ You have rescued me from the ^(CH)contentions of the people;
You have placed me as ^(CI)head of the nations;
A ^(CJ)people whom I have not known serve me.
⁴⁴ As soon as they hear, they obey me;
Foreigners ^(CK)pretend to obey me.
⁴⁵ Foreigners ^(CL)lose heart,
And ^(CM)come trembling out of their ^[r]fortresses.

⁴⁶ The Lord ^(CN)lives, and blessed be ^(CO)my rock;
And exalted be ^(CP)the God of my salvation,
⁴⁷ The God who ^(CQ)executes vengeance for me,
And ^(CR)subdues peoples under me.
⁴⁸ He ^(CS)rescues me from my enemies;
You indeed ^(CT)lift me above those who rise up against me;
You rescue me from a ^(CU)violent man.
⁴⁹ Therefore I will ^(CV)give thanks to You among the nations, Lord,
And I will ^(CW)sing praises to Your name.
⁵⁰ He gives great ^[s](CX)salvation to His king,
And shows faithfulness to ^(CY)His anointed,
To David and ^(CZ)his ^[t]descendants forever.

⁴ For, behold, the ^(H)kings arrived,
They passed by together.
⁵ They saw it, then they were amazed;
They were ^(I)terrified, they fled in a hurry.
^6 [a]Panic seized them there,
Anguish, as that of ^(J)a woman in childbirth.
⁷ With the ^(K)east wind
You ^(L)smash the ^(M)ships of Tarshish.
⁸ Just as we have heard, so have we seen
In the city of the Lord of armies, in the city of our God;
God will ^(N)establish her forever. Selah

⁹ We have thought over ^(O)Your goodness, God,
In the midst of Your temple.
¹⁰ As is Your ^(P)name, God,
So is Your ^(Q)praise to the ends of the earth;
Your ^(R)right hand is full of righteousness.
¹¹ Mount ^(S)Zion shall be glad,
The ^(T)daughters of Judah shall rejoice
Because of Your judgments.
¹² Walk around Zion and encircle her;
Count her ^(U)towers;
¹³ Consider her ^(V)ramparts;
Go through her palaces,
So that you may ^(W)tell of her to the next generation.
¹⁴ For ^[b]such is God,
Our God forever and ever;
He will ^(X)lead us ^[c]until death.

⁵ For He established a ^(I)testimony in Jacob,
And appointed a ^(J)law in Israel,
Which He ^(K)commanded our fathers
That they were to ^[c](L)teach them to their children,
^6 (M)So that the generation to come would know, ^(N)the children yet to be born,
That they would arise and ^(O)tell them to their children,
⁷ So that they would put their confidence in God
And ^(P)not forget the works of God,
But ^(Q)comply with His commandments,
⁸ And ^(R)not be like their fathers,
A ^(S)stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation that ^(T)did not ^[d]prepare its heart
And whose spirit was not ^(U)faithful to God.

⁹ The sons of Ephraim ^[e]were ^(V)archers equipped with bows,
Yet ^(W)they turned back on the day of battle.
¹⁰ They ^(X)did not keep the covenant of God
And refused to ^(Y)walk in His Law;
¹¹ They ^(Z)forgot His deeds
And His ^[f]miracles that He had shown them.
^12 (AA)He performed wonders before their fathers
In the land of Egypt, in the ^(AB)field of Zoan.
¹³ He ^(AC)divided the sea and caused them to pass through,
And He made the waters stand ^(AD)up like a heap.
¹⁴ Then He led them with the cloud by ^(AE)day
And all the night with a ^(AF)light of fire.
¹⁵ He ^(AG)split the rocks in the wilderness
And gave them plenty to drink like the ocean depths.
¹⁶ He ^(AH)brought forth streams from the rock
And made waters run down like rivers.

¹⁷ Yet they still continued to sin against Him,
To ^(AI)rebel against the Most High in the desert.
¹⁸ And in their heart they ^(AJ)put God to the test
By asking for ^(AK)food ^[g]that suited their taste.
¹⁹ Then they spoke against God;
They said, “^(AL)Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
²⁰ Behold, He ^(AM)struck the rock so that waters gushed out,
And streams were overflowing;
Can He also provide bread?
Will He prepare ^(AN)meat for His people?”

²¹ Therefore the Lord heard and ^[h]was ^(AO)full of wrath;
And a fire was kindled against Jacob,
And anger also mounted against Israel,
²² Because they ^(AP)did not believe in God
And did not trust in His salvation.
²³ Yet He commanded the clouds above
And ^(AQ)opened the doors of heaven;
²⁴ He ^(AR)rained down manna upon them to eat,
And gave them ^[i](AS)food from heaven.
²⁵ Man ate the bread of ^[j]angels;
He sent them ^[k]food ^[l](AT)in abundance.
²⁶ He ^(AU)made the east wind blow in the sky
And by His ^[m]power He directed the south wind.
²⁷ When He rained meat upon them like the dust,
Even ^(AV)winged fowl like the sand of the seas,
²⁸ He let them fall in the midst of ^[n]their camp,
All around their dwellings.
²⁹ So they ^(AW)ate and were well filled,
And He ^[o]satisfied their longing.
^30 [p]Yet before they had abandoned their longing,
^(AX)While their food was in their mouths,
³¹ The ^(AY)anger of God rose against them
And killed ^[q]some of their ^(AZ)strongest ones,
And ^[r]subdued the choice men of Israel.
³² In spite of all this they ^(BA)still sinned
And ^(BB)did not believe in His wonderful works.
³³ So He brought ^(BC)their days to an end in futility,
And their years to an end in sudden terror.

³⁴ When He killed them, then they ^(BD)sought Him,
And they returned and searched ^(BE)diligently for God;
³⁵ And they remembered that God was their ^(BF)rock,
And the Most High God their ^(BG)Redeemer.
³⁶ But they ^(BH)flattered Him with their mouth
And ^(BI)lied to Him with their tongue.
³⁷ For their heart was not ^(BJ)steadfast toward Him,
Nor were they faithful with His covenant.
³⁸ But He, being ^(BK)compassionate, ^[s](BL)forgave their wrongdoing and did not destroy them;
And often He ^[t](BM)restrained His anger
And did not stir up all His wrath.
³⁹ So ^(BN)He remembered that they were only ^(BO)flesh,
A ^[u](BP)wind that passes and does not return.

⁴⁰ How often they ^(BQ)rebelled against Him in the wilderness
And ^(BR)grieved Him in the ^(BS)desert!
⁴¹ Again and again they ^[v](BT)tempted God,
And pained the ^(BU)Holy One of Israel.
⁴² They ^(BV)did not remember ^(BW)His ^[w]power,
The day when He ^(BX)redeemed them from the enemy,
⁴³ When He performed His ^(BY)signs in Egypt
And His ^(BZ)marvels in the field of Zoan,
⁴⁴ And ^(CA)turned their rivers to blood,
And their streams, so that they could not drink.
⁴⁵ He sent swarms of ^(CB)flies among them that devoured them,
And ^(CC)frogs that destroyed them.
⁴⁶ He also gave their crops to the ^(CD)grasshopper
And the product of their labor to the ^(CE)locust.
⁴⁷ He ^[x]destroyed their vines with ^(CF)hailstones
And their sycamore trees with frost.
⁴⁸ He also turned their ^(CG)cattle over to the hailstones,
And their herds to bolts of lightning.
⁴⁹ He ^(CH)sent His burning anger upon them,
Fury and indignation and trouble,
A band of ^[y]destroying angels.
⁵⁰ He leveled a path for His anger;
He did not spare their souls from death,
But ^(CI)turned their lives over to the plague,
⁵¹ And ^(CJ)struck all the firstborn in Egypt,
The ^(CK)first and best of their vigor in the tents of ^(CL)Ham.
⁵² But He ^(CM)led His own people out like sheep,
And guided them in the wilderness ^(CN)like a flock;
⁵³ He led them ^(CO)safely, so that they did not fear;
But ^(CP)the sea engulfed their enemies.

⁵⁴ So ^(CQ)He brought them to His holy ^[z]land,
To this ^[aa](CR)hill country ^(CS)which His right hand had gained.
⁵⁵ He also ^(CT)drove out the nations from them
And ^(CU)apportioned them as an inheritance by measurement,
And had the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
⁵⁶ Yet they ^[ab](CV)tempted and ^(CW)rebelled against the Most High God
And did not keep His testimonies,
⁵⁷ But turned back and ^(CX)acted treacherously like their fathers;
They ^(CY)turned aside like a treacherous bow.
⁵⁸ For they ^(CZ)provoked Him with their ^(DA)high places
And ^(DB)moved Him to jealousy with their ^(DC)carved images.
⁵⁹ When God heard them, He ^[ac]was filled with ^(DD)wrath
And He utterly ^(DE)rejected Israel;
⁶⁰ So that He ^(DF)abandoned the ^(DG)dwelling place at Shiloh,
The tent ^[ad]which He had pitched among people,
⁶¹ And He gave up His ^(DH)strength to captivity
And His glory ^(DI)into the hand of the enemy.
⁶² He also ^(DJ)turned His people over to the sword,
And ^[ae]was filled with wrath at His inheritance.
^63 (DK)Fire devoured ^[af]His young men,
And ^[ag]His ^(DL)virgins had no wedding songs.
^64 [ah]His ^(DM)priests fell by the sword,
And ^[ai]His ^(DN)widows could not weep.

⁶⁵ Then the Lord ^(DO)awoke as if from sleep,
Like a ^(DP)warrior ^[aj]overcome by wine.
⁶⁶ He ^[ak](DQ)drove His adversaries backward;
He put on them an everlasting disgrace.
⁶⁷ He also ^(DR)rejected the tent of Joseph,
And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
⁶⁸ But chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount ^(DS)Zion, which He loved.
⁶⁹ And He ^(DT)built His sanctuary like the heights,
Like the earth which He has established forever.
⁷⁰ He also ^(DU)chose His servant David
And took him from the sheepfolds;
⁷¹ From ^[al](DV)the care of the ^[am]ewes ^(DW)with nursing lambs He brought him
To ^(DX)shepherd Jacob His people,
And Israel ^(DY)His inheritance.
⁷² So he shepherded them according to the ^(DZ)integrity of his heart,
And guided them with his skillful hands.