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1And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:

1David composed the words of this song to the LORD the very day the LORD delivered him from the domination of all of his enemies, including from Saul's hands.

2And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

2This is what he said: LORD, you are my stone stronghold and my fortified place; you are continuously delivering me.

3The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.

3He is my God, my strong stone— in him I will find my refuge— my shield, the strength of my salvation, my high tower, my way of escape, and the one who is saving me. You will save me from violence.

4I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

4As I am praising him, I will call out to the LORD, and I will be saved from my enemies.

5When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

5Because deadly breakers engulfed me, while torrents of abuse from the ungodly overwhelmed me.

6The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

6Binding ropes from Sheol entangled me while lethal snares hindered me.

7In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.

7I cried out to the LORD in the middle of my troubles; I cried out to my God. He listened to my voice from his sanctuary, and my call for help was heard.

8Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.

8Just then the earth shook and trembled! The foundations of heaven reeled and quaked because the LORD was angry.

9There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

9Smoke poured out of his nostrils, and fire from his mouth kindling coals to flame by it.

10He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.

10He deformed heaven itself as he descended. Thick darkness enveloped his feet.

11And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

11He rode on a cherub and flew, soaring on the wings of the wind!

12And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

12The darkness around him was his canopies— amassed water was his overhanging clouds!

13Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.

13From the shining light that was his presence coals of fire blazed into flame!

14The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.

14The LORD roared from heaven! The Most High let his voice be heard!

15And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.

15He launched his arrows and scattered them— his lightning routed them.

16And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

16The currents of the sea were revealed and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD and at the blazing breath from his nostrils!

17He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;

17He sent for me from on high! He grabbed hold of me, drawing me out of deep water.

18He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.

18He rescued me from my strong enemy— from those who hate me continually, since they were stronger than I.

19They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.

19They confronted me when I was in trouble, but the LORD remained my support!

20He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

20He brought me to a wide open area, rescuing me because he was pleased with me!

21The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

21The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness, rewarding me according to the degree of my innocence,

22For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

22because I have kept the LORD's way— I haven't willfully abandoned my God—

23For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.

23and because all of his decrees remain in my thoughts, I have not turned aside from his statutes,

24I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.

24I have been innocent before him, and I've kept myself from incurring guilt.

25Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.

25The Lord has repaid me according to my righteousness, that is, according to my clean standing as he looks at me.

26With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

26In the company of the gracious you demonstrate your gracious love. In the company of the blamelessly valiant you demonstrate your blamelessness.

27With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

27In the company of the pure you demonstrate your purity. In the company of the perverted you will appear to be perverse.

28And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

28You save the nation who is humble but your eyes watch the proud, to bring them down.

29For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.

29For you are my lamp, LORD, the LORD who illuminates my darkness.

30For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.

30By you I devastate armies, by my God I scale walls.

31As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.

31This God! His way is perfect! What the LORD declares proves true. He shields everyone who flees for protection to him!

32For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?

32For who is God apart from the LORD? And who is a Rock, apart from our God?

33God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.

33This God is my strong place of valor! He has made my life blameless.

34He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places.

34He has made my feet like those of a deer, setting me secure on his high places!

35He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

35He has trained my hands for battle readiness— I can bend a bow made out of bronze.

36Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.

36He has equipped me with the shield that is your salvation, Your gentleness has made me great.

37Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.

37You've made room beneath me for my footsteps, and my feet didn't slip.

38I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.

38I pursued my enemies and conquered them; I didn't return until they were consumed.

39And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.

39I devoured them, striking them down until they could not get up again. They fell beneath my feet.

40For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.

40You strengthened me with valor sufficient for the battle; you made those who rebelled against me fall beneath me.

41Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.

41You made my enemies turn and run— that is, those who hate me— and I destroyed them!

42They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

42They looked around, but there was no one to save them — they looked to the LORD, but he paid no attention!

43Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.

43I pulverized them to powder, like the dust of the earth; I crushed them, stomping on them like mud on a street.

44Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.

44You delivered me from civil war among my own people. You preserved me as head of the nations. People whom I had never known served me!

45Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.

45Foreigners came cringing to me; they obeyed as soon as they heard me.

46Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.

46Foreigners lost their courage, coming trembling from their strongholds.

47The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.

47The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock, and may my God be exalted, the Rock who is my salvation!

48It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,

48The God who keeps on avenging me, subjugating people beneath me,

49And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

49delivering me from my enemies. You exalted me above those who rebelled against me, delivering me from violent men.

50Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.

50Because of all of this I will praise you among the nations, LORD, and I will sing praises to your name!

51He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.

51Great is the salvation he brings to his king, showing gracious love to his anointed, to David and to his offspring forever.

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