² David: The Eternal is my rock, my fortress, and my savior;
³         He is my True God, my stronghold in whom I take refuge,
    My strong shield, my horn that calls forth rescue,
        my tall-walled tower and strong refuge,
    My savior from violence.
⁴     I call on the Eternal, who is worthy to be praised,
        and I have been rescued from my enemies.
⁵     The waves of death surrounded me;
        the torrents of terror tugged at me.
⁶     The sorrows of the grave^[a] tightly tangled me;
        the snares of death met me.
⁷     In my time of need I called upon the Eternal One;
        I called to my True God for help.
    He heard my voice from His temple,
        and my cry came to His ears.

⁸     Because of His great anger,
        the earth shook and staggered;
        the foundations of the heavens trembled and quaked.
⁹     Smoke billowed out from His nostrils
        and devouring fire from His mouth;
        glowing coals flamed from Him.
¹⁰     He bent the heavens and descended;
        darkness is beneath His feet.
¹¹     He rode upon a heavenly creature,^[b] flying;
        He soared swiftly on the wings of the wind.
¹²     He placed darkness around Him like a canopy
        and made His home in dark watery clouds of the sky.
¹³     Out from His brightness,
        hailstones and burning coals flared forth.
¹⁴     The Eternal thundered in the heavens,
        the voice of the Most High speaking.
¹⁵     He shot forth His arrows and scattered the wicked;
        He flung forth His lightning and struck them.
¹⁶     Then the deepest channels of the seas were revealed;
        and the foundations of the world were uncovered
    At Your rebuke, O Eternal One,
        at the blast of wind breathed from Your nostrils.
¹⁷     He reached down from above me, He held me;
        He pulled me from the raging waters.
¹⁸     He rescued me from my strong enemy
        and from all those who hated me,
        for they would have overwhelmed me.
¹⁹     When my enemies came for me on the day of my destruction,
        the Eternal stepped in to support me.
²⁰     He led me out onto a broad plain;
        He delivered me because of His delight in me.

²¹     The Eternal One rewarded me because I sought righteousness;
        He rewarded me because I kept my hands clean.
²²     He rewarded me because I kept the ways of the Eternal
        and have not walked away from my True God in wickedness.
²³     For all His laws were there before me,
        and I did not push His statutes away.
²⁴     I made myself blameless before Him;
        I kept myself from guilt and shame.
²⁵     That’s why the Eternal has rewarded me for seeking righteousness;
        He’s rewarded me because He sees I have remained pure.
²⁶     To the good, You show Your goodness;
        to the blameless, You prove to be blameless;
²⁷     To the pure, You show Your purity;
        to the crooked, You make Yourself twisted.
²⁸     For You rescue weak people,
        but the proud You bring low.
²⁹     You are the lamp who lights my way, O Eternal One,
        the Eternal, who lights up my darkness.
³⁰     With Your help, I can conquer an army;
        with Your help, I can vault over walls.
³¹     God has made an upright way;
        the promise of the Eternal rings true;
        He stands and shields all who hide in Him.
³²     Who is the True God except the Eternal One?
        Who stands like a rock except our God?
³³     The True God who circled me with strength
        puts the upright on His way.
³⁴     He made me sure-footed as a deer
        and placed me high up and safe.
³⁵     He teaches me to fight
        so that my arms can bend a bronze bow.
³⁶     You have given me the shield of Your salvation,
        and Your support has made me strong.
³⁷     You taught me how to walk with care
        so my feet would not slip.
³⁸     I pursued my enemies and defeated them
        and did not stop until all were destroyed.
³⁹     When I eliminated them, they fell down beneath my feet
        so they could not rise again.
⁴⁰     For You equipped me with strength for battle,
        and You made my enemies fall beneath me.
⁴¹     You made my enemies turn and run,
        and all who hated me, I destroyed.
⁴²     They looked everywhere, but no one came to save them;
        they asked the Eternal for help, but He did not answer them.
⁴³     I beat them until they were as small as the dust of the earth;
        I flung them away and beat them down like mud in the gutters.
⁴⁴     You delivered me from conflict with the peoples;
        you raised me up to rule over nations;
        people whom I did not know came to serve me.
⁴⁵     Strangers came to me, cringing and afraid;
        as soon as they heard about me, they obeyed me.
⁴⁶     Strangers had their courage shrivel before them
        and came fearfully to me from behind their high walls.

⁴⁷     The Eternal One is alive! May my Rock be blessed;
        and the True God, the Rock of my deliverance be exalted,
⁴⁸     The God who avenged me
        and tamed the peoples under me,
⁴⁹     Who rescued me from all my foes.
        You raised me up above my enemies;
        You saved me from the violent ones.
⁵⁰     For this, I will praise You, O Eternal One, among the nations
        and sing praises to Your name.^[c]
51     He is a tower of salvation for His king
        and shows His loyal love to His anointed,
        to David and his descendants, continually.^[d]