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1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

1He said: "I love you, Lord, my strength.

2The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, my God, my stronghold in whom I take refuge, my shield, the glory of my salvation, and my high tower."

3I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

3I cried out to the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I was delivered from my enemies.

4The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

4The cords of death entangled me; the rivers of Belial made me afraid.

5The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

5The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.

6In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

6In my distress I cried to the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his Temple he heard my voice; my cry reached his ears.

7Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

7The world shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains quaked, they shook because he was angry.

8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

8In his anger smoke poured out of his nostrils, and consuming fire from his mouth; coals were lit from it.

9He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

9He bent the sky and descended, and darkness was under his feet.

10And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

10He rode upon a cherub and flew; he soared upon the wings of the wind.

11He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

11He made darkness his hiding place, his canopy surrounding him was dark waters and thick clouds.

12At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

12The brightness before him scattered the thick clouds, with hail stones and flashes of fire.

13The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.

13Then the LORD thundered in the heavens, and the Most High sounded aloud, calling for hail stones and flashes of fire.

14Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

14He shot his arrows and scattered them; with many lightning bolts he frightened them.

15Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

15Then the channels of the sea could be seen, and the foundations of the earth were uncovered because of your rebuke, LORD, because of the blast from the breath of your nostrils.

16He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

16He reached down and took me; he drew me from many waters.

17He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

17He delivered me from my strong enemies, from those who hated me because they were stronger than I.

18They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.

18They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.

19He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

19He brought me out to a spacious place; he delivered me, for in me he takes delight.

20The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

20The LORD will reward me because I am righteous; because my hands are clean he will restore me;

21For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

21because I have kept the ways of the LORD, and I have not wickedly departed from my God;

22For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

22because all his judgments were always before me, and I did not cast off his statutes.

23I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

23I was upright before him, and I kept myself from iniquity.

24Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

24So the LORD restored me according to my righteousness, because my hands were clean in his sight.

25With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

25To the holy, you show your gracious love, to the upright, you show yourself upright;

26With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.

26to the pure, you show yourself pure, and to the morally corrupt, you appear to be perverse.

27For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

27Indeed, you deliver the oppressed, but you bring down those who exalt themselves in their own eyes.

28For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

28For you, LORD, make my lamp shine; my God enlightens my darkness.

29For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.

29With your help I will run through an army, with help from my God I leap over walls.

30As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

30As for God, his way is upright; the word of God is pure; he is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

31For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?

31For who is God but the LORD, and who is a Rock other than our God?—

32It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

32the God who clothes me with strength, and who makes my way upright;

33He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.

33who makes my feet swift as the deer; who makes me stand on high places;

34He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

34who teaches my hands to make war, and my arms to bend a bronze bow.

35Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.

35You have given to me the shield of your deliverance, and your right hand holds me up; your gentleness made me great.

36Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

36You make a broad place for my steps, so my feet won't slip.

37I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

37I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn around until they were utterly defeated.

38I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.

38I struck them down, so they are not able to rise up; they fell under my feet.

39For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

39You clothed me with strength for war; you will subdue under me those who rise up against me.

40Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

40You have made my enemies turn their back to me, and I will destroy those who hate me.

41They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

41They cried out for deliverance, but there was no one to deliver; they cried out to the LORD, but he did not answer them.

42Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

42I ground them like wind-swept dust; I emptied them out like dirt in the street.

43Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

43You rescued me from conflict with the people; you made me head of the nations. People who did not know me will serve me.

44As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.

44When they hear of me, they will obey me; foreigners will submit to me.

45The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.

45Foreigners will wilt away; they will come trembling out of their stronghold.

46The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

46The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock! May the God of my deliverance be exalted!

47It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.

47He is the God who executes vengeance on my behalf; who destroys peoples under me;

48He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

48who delivers me from my enemies. Truly you will exalt me above those who oppose me; you will deliver me from the violent person.

49Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.

49Therefore, I will give thanks to you among the nations, LORD; I will sing praises to your name.

50Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

50He is the one who gives victories to his king; who shows gracious love to his anointed, to David and his seed forever.

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