⁴ The ropes of death were wrapped around me;
the torrents of destruction terrified me.^(G)
5 The ropes of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.^(H)
6 I called to the Lord in my distress,
and I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice,^(I)
and my cry to him reached his ears.^(J)

⁷ Then the earth shook and quaked;
the foundations of the mountains trembled;^(K)
they shook because he burned with anger.
⁸ Smoke rose from his nostrils,
and consuming fire came from his mouth;
coals were set ablaze by it.^[a](L)
9 He bent the heavens and came down,^(M)
total darkness beneath his feet.
¹⁰ He rode on a cherub and flew,
soaring on the wings of the wind.^(N)
11 He made darkness his hiding place,
dark storm clouds his canopy around him.^(O)
12 From the radiance of his presence,^(P)
his clouds swept onward with hail and blazing coals.
¹³ The Lord thundered from^[b] heaven;
the Most High made his voice heard.^[c](Q)
14 He shot his arrows and scattered them;
he hurled^[d] lightning bolts and routed them.^(R)
15 The depths of the sea became visible,
the foundations of the world were exposed,
at your rebuke, Lord,
at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.^(S)

¹⁶ He reached down from on high
and took hold of me;
he pulled me out of deep water.^(T)
17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were too strong for me.^(U)
18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
but the Lord was my support.^(V)
19 He brought me out to a spacious place;^(W)
he rescued me because he delighted in me.^(X)

²⁰ The Lord rewarded me
according to my righteousness;^(Y)
he repaid me
according to the cleanness of my hands.^(Z)
21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord
and have not turned from my God to wickedness.^(AA)
22 Indeed, I let all his ordinances guide me^[e]
and have not disregarded his statutes.^(AB)
23 I was blameless toward him^(AC)
and kept myself from my iniquity.
²⁴ So the Lord repaid me
according to my righteousness,^(AD)
according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.^(AE)

²⁵ With the faithful
you prove yourself faithful,
with the blameless
you prove yourself blameless,
²⁶ with the pure
you prove yourself pure,
but with the crooked
you prove yourself shrewd.^(AF)
27 For you rescue an oppressed people,^(AG)
but you humble those with haughty eyes.^(AH)
28 Lord, you light my lamp;
my God illuminates my darkness.^(AI)
29 With you I can attack a barricade,^[f]
and with my God I can leap over a wall.^(AJ)

³⁰ God—his way is perfect;^(AK)
the word of the Lord is pure.^(AL)
He is a shield to all who take refuge in him.^(AM)
31 For who is God besides the Lord?^(AN)
And who is a rock? Only our God.^(AO)
32 God—he clothes me with strength^(AP)
and makes my way perfect.
³³ He makes my feet like the feet of a deer^(AQ)
and sets me securely on the heights.^[g](AR)
34 He trains my hands for war;^(AS)
my arms can bend a bow of bronze.^(AT)
35 You have given me the shield of your salvation;
your right hand upholds me,^(AU)
and your humility exalts me.
³⁶ You make a spacious place beneath me for my steps,^(AV)
and my ankles do not give way.^(AW)

³⁷ I pursue my enemies and overtake them;
I do not turn back until they are wiped out.^(AX)
38 I crush them, and they cannot get up;
they fall beneath my feet.^(AY)
39 You have clothed me with strength for battle;^(AZ)
you subdue my adversaries beneath me.^(BA)
40 You have made my enemies retreat before me;^[h](BB)
I annihilate those who hate me.^(BC)
41 They cry for help, but there is no one to save them^(BD)—
they cry to the Lord, but he does not answer them.^(BE)
42 I pulverize them like dust before the wind;^(BF)
I trample them^[i] like mud in the streets.^(BG)

⁴³ You have freed me from the feuds among the people;
you have appointed me the head of nations;^(BH)
a people I had not known serve me.^(BI)
44 Foreigners submit to me cringing;
as soon as they hear they obey me.^(BJ)
45 Foreigners lose heart
and come trembling from their fortifications.^(BK)

⁴⁶ The Lord lives—blessed be my rock!
The God of my salvation is exalted.^(BL)
47 God—he grants me vengeance^(BM)
and subdues peoples under me.^(BN)
48 He frees me from my enemies.
You exalt me above my adversaries;
you rescue me from violent men.^(BO)
49 Therefore I will give thanks to you among the nations, Lord;
I will sing praises about your name.^(BP)
50 He gives great victories to his king;^(BQ)
he shows loyalty to his anointed,
to David and his descendants forever.^(BR)

⁶ But I am a worm and not a man,^(H)
scorned by mankind and despised by people.^(I)
7 Everyone who sees me mocks me;
they sneer^[a] and shake their heads:^(J)
8 “He relies on^[b] the Lord;
let him save him;
let the Lord^[c] rescue him,
since he takes pleasure in him.”^(K)

⁹ It was you who brought me out of the womb,
making me secure at my mother’s breast.^(L)
10 I was given over to you at birth;^[d]
you have been my God from my mother’s womb.^(M)

¹¹ Don’t be far from me, because distress is near
and there’s no one to help.^(N)

¹² Many bulls surround me;
strong ones of Bashan encircle me.^(O)
13 They open their mouths against me—
lions, mauling and roaring.^(P)
14 I am poured out like water,^(Q)
and all my bones are disjointed;^(R)
my heart is like wax,
melting within me.^(S)
15 My strength is dried up like baked clay;^(T)
my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.^(U)
You put me into the dust of death.^(V)
16 For dogs have surrounded me;^(W)
a gang of evildoers has closed in on me;
they pierced^[e] my hands and my feet.^(X)
17 I can count all my bones;
people^[f] look and stare at me.^(Y)
18 They divided my garments among themselves,
and they cast lots for my clothing.^(Z)

¹⁹ But you, Lord, don’t be far away.^(AA)
My strength, come quickly to help me.^(AB)
20 Rescue my life from the sword,^(AC)
my only life^[g] from the power of these dogs.
²¹ Save me from the lion’s mouth,^(AD)
from the horns of wild oxen.
You answered me!^[h]
22 I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters;
I will praise you in the assembly.^(AE)
23 You who fear the Lord, praise him!^(AF)
All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!
All you descendants of Israel, revere him!^(AG)
24 For he has not despised or abhorred
the torment of the oppressed.^(AH)
He did not hide his face from him^(AI)
but listened when he cried to him for help.^(AJ)

²⁵ I will give praise in the great assembly
because of you;^(AK)
I will fulfill my vows
before those who fear you.^[i](AL)
26 The humble will eat and be satisfied;^(AM)
those who seek the Lord will praise him.
May your hearts live forever!^(AN)

²⁷ All the ends of the earth will remember
and turn to the Lord.
All the families of the nations
will bow down before you,^(AO)
28 for kingship belongs to the Lord;
he rules the nations.^(AP)
29 All who prosper on earth will eat and bow down;
all those who go down to the dust
will kneel before him—
even the one who cannot preserve his life.^(AQ)
30 Their descendants will serve him;
the next generation will be told about the Lord.^(AR)
31 They will come and declare his righteousness;
to a people yet to be born
they will declare what he has done.^(AS)

⁵ You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;^(BA)
my cup overflows.^(BB)
6 Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me
all the days of my life,^(BC)
and I will dwell in^[l] the house of the Lord
as long as I live.^[m](BD)