³ The God of Israel spoke,
    the Rock^(A) of Israel said to me:
‘When one rules over people in righteousness,^(B)
    when he rules in the fear^(C) of God,^(D)

³² For who is God besides the Lord?
    And who is the Rock^(A) except our God?^(B)

⁴ He is the Rock,^(A) his works are perfect,^(B)
    and all his ways are just.
A faithful God^(C) who does no wrong,
    upright^(D) and just is he.^(E)

“The Lord is my rock,^(A) my fortress^(B) and my deliverer;^(C)
3     my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,^(D)
    my shield^[a](E) and the horn^[b](F) of my salvation.
He is my stronghold,^(G) my refuge and my savior—
    from violent people you save me.

“Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;^(A)
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.

⁹ I say to God my Rock,^(A)
    “Why have you forgotten^(B) me?
Why must I go about mourning,^(C)
    oppressed^(D) by the enemy?”^(E)

³⁰ How could one man chase a thousand,
    or two put ten thousand to flight,^(A)
unless their Rock had sold them,^(B)
    unless the Lord had given them up?^(C)
31 For their rock is not like our Rock,^(D)
    as even our enemies concede.^(E)