“The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,

3  my¹ God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,

my shield, and the horn of my salvation,

my stronghold and my refuge,

my savior; you save me from violence.

4  I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,

and I am saved from my enemies.

5  “For the waves of death encompassed me,

the torrents of destruction assailed me;²

6  the cords of Sheol entangled me;

the snares of death confronted me.

7  “In my distress I called upon the Lord;

to my God I called.

^rFrom his temple he heard my voice,

and my cry came to his ears.

14  The Lord thundered from heaven,

and the Most High uttered his voice.

15  And he sent out arrows and scattered them;

lightning, and routed them.

16  Then the channels of the sea were seen;

the foundations of the world were laid bare,

at the rebuke of the Lord,

at the ^tblast of the breath of his nostrils.

17  “He sent from on high, he took me;

he drew me ^uout of many waters.

18  He rescued me from my strong enemy,

from those who hated me,

for they were too mighty for me.

19  They confronted me in the day of my calamity,

but the Lord was my support.

20  He brought me out into a ^vbroad place;

he rescued me, because he delighted in me.

32  “For who is God, but the Lord?

And ^zwho is a rock, except our God?

33  This God is my strong refuge

and has made my¹ way blameless.²

34  ^aHe made my feet like the feet of a deer

and set me secure on the heights.

35  ^bHe trains my hands for war,

so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

36  You have given me the shield of your salvation,

and your gentleness made me great.

37  You gave a wide place for my steps under me,

and my feet³ did not ^cslip;

38  I pursued my enemies and destroyed them,

and did not turn back until they were consumed.

39  I consumed them; I thrust them through, so that they did not rise;

they fell under my feet.

40  For you ^dequipped me with strength for the battle;

you made those who rise against me sink under me.

41  You made my enemies turn their backs to me,⁴

those who hated me, and I destroyed them.

42  They looked, but there was none to save;

they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.

43  I beat them fine as the dust of the earth;

I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets.

44  “You delivered me from strife with my people;⁵

you kept me as the head of the nations;

people whom I had not known served me.

45  Foreigners came cringing to me;

as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.

46  Foreigners lost heart

and came trembling⁶ out of their fortresses.

47  “The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock,

and exalted be my God, the ^erock of my salvation,

48  the God who gave me vengeance

and ^fbrought down peoples under me,

49  who brought me out from my enemies;

you exalted me above those who rose against me;

you delivered me from men of violence.

50  ^g“For this I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations,

and sing praises to your name.

51  Great ^hsalvation he brings⁷ to his king,

and shows ⁱsteadfast love to ^jhis anointed,

to David and his offspring ^kforever.”