New Living Translation

New American Standard Bible 1995

1David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD rescued him from all his enemies and from Saul.

1And David spoke the words of this song to the LORD in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

2He sang: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my savior;

2He said, "The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;

3my God is my rock, in whom I find protection. He is my shield, the power that saves me, and my place of safety. He is my refuge, my savior, the one who saves me from violence.

3My 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.

4I called on the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and he saved me from my enemies.

4"I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies.

5“The waves of death overwhelmed me; floods of destruction swept over me.

5"For the waves of death encompassed me; The torrents of destruction overwhelmed me;

6The grave wrapped its ropes around me; death laid a trap in my path.

6The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.

7But in my distress I cried out to the LORD; yes, I cried to my God for help. He heard me from his sanctuary; my cry reached his ears.

7"In my distress I called upon the LORD, Yes, I cried to my God; And from His temple He heard my voice, And my cry for help came into His ears.

8“Then the earth quaked and trembled. The foundations of the heavens shook; they quaked because of his anger.

8"Then the earth shook and quaked, The foundations of heaven were trembling And were shaken, because He was angry.

9Smoke poured from his nostrils; fierce flames leaped from his mouth. Glowing coals blazed forth from him.

9"Smoke went up out of His nostrils, Fire from His mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it.

10He opened the heavens and came down; dark storm clouds were beneath his feet.

10"He bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His feet.

11Mounted on a mighty angelic being, he flew, soaring on the wings of the wind.

11"And He rode on a cherub and flew; And He appeared on the wings of the wind.

12He shrouded himself in darkness, veiling his approach with dense rain clouds.

12"And He made darkness canopies around Him, A mass of waters, thick clouds of the sky.

13A great brightness shone around him, and burning coals blazed forth.

13"From the brightness before Him Coals of fire were kindled.

14The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.

14"The LORD thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice.

15He shot arrows and scattered his enemies; his lightning flashed, and they were confused.

15"And He sent out arrows, and scattered them, Lightning, and routed them.

16Then at the command of the LORD, at the blast of his breath, the bottom of the sea could be seen, and the foundations of the earth were laid bare.

16"Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare By the rebuke of the LORD, At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

17“He reached down from heaven and rescued me; he drew me out of deep waters.

17"He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.

18He rescued me from my powerful enemies, from those who hated me and were too strong for me.

18"He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.

19They attacked me at a moment when I was in distress, but the LORD supported me.

19"They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the LORD was my support.

20He led me to a place of safety; he rescued me because he delights in me.

20"He also brought me forth into a broad place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me.

21The LORD rewarded me for doing right; he restored me because of my innocence.

21"The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.

22For I have kept the ways of the LORD; I have not turned from my God to follow evil.

22"For I have kept the ways of the LORD, And have not acted wickedly against my God.

23I have followed all his regulations; I have never abandoned his decrees.

23"For all His ordinances were before me, And as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.

24I am blameless before God; I have kept myself from sin.

24"I was also blameless toward Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity.

25The LORD rewarded me for doing right. He has seen my innocence.

25"Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness before His eyes.

26“To the faithful you show yourself faithful; to those with integrity you show integrity.

26"With the kind You show Yourself kind, With the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

27To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.

27With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the perverted You show Yourself astute.

28You rescue the humble, but your eyes watch the proud and humiliate them.

28"And You save an afflicted people; But Your eyes are on the haughty whom You abase.

29O LORD, you are my lamp. The LORD lights up my darkness.

29"For You are my lamp, O LORD; And the LORD illumines my darkness.

30In your strength I can crush an army; with my God I can scale any wall.

30"For by You I can run upon a troop; By my God I can leap over a wall.

31“God’s way is perfect. All the LORD’s promises prove true. He is a shield for all who look to him for protection.

31"As for God, His way is blameless; The word of the LORD is tested; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

32For who is God except the LORD? Who but our God is a solid rock?

32"For who is God, besides the LORD? And who is a rock, besides our God?

33God is my strong fortress, and he makes my way perfect.

33"God is my strong fortress; And He sets the blameless in His way.

34He makes me as surefooted as a deer, enabling me to stand on mountain heights.

34"He makes my feet like hinds' feet, And sets me on my high places.

35He trains my hands for battle; he strengthens my arm to draw a bronze bow.

35"He trains my hands for battle, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

36You have given me your shield of victory; your help has made me great.

36"You have also given me the shield of Your salvation, And Your help makes me great.

37You have made a wide path for my feet to keep them from slipping.

37"You enlarge my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.

38“I chased my enemies and destroyed them; I did not stop until they were conquered.

38"I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, And I did not turn back until they were consumed.

39I consumed them; I struck them down so they did not get up; they fell beneath my feet.

39"And I have devoured them and shattered them, so that they did not rise; And they fell under my feet.

40You have armed me with strength for the battle; you have subdued my enemies under my feet.

40"For You have girded me with strength for battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

41You placed my foot on their necks. I have destroyed all who hated me.

41"You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, And I destroyed those who hated me.

42They looked for help, but no one came to their rescue. They even cried to the LORD, but he refused to answer.

42"They looked, but there was none to save; Even to the LORD, but He did not answer them.

43I ground them as fine as the dust of the earth; I trampled them in the gutter like dirt.

43"Then I pulverized them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and stamped them as the mire of the streets.

44“You gave me victory over my accusers. You preserved me as the ruler over nations; people I don’t even know now serve me.

44"You have also delivered me from the contentions of my people; You have kept me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me.

45Foreign nations cringe before me; as soon as they hear of me, they submit.

45"Foreigners pretend obedience to me; As soon as they hear, they obey me.

46They all lose their courage and come trembling from their strongholds.

46"Foreigners lose heart, And come trembling out of their fortresses.

47“The LORD lives! Praise to my Rock! May God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted!

47"The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock; And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,

48He is the God who pays back those who harm me; he brings down the nations under me

48The God who executes vengeance for me, And brings down peoples under me,

49and delivers me from my enemies. You hold me safe beyond the reach of my enemies; you save me from violent opponents.

49Who also brings me out from my enemies; You even lift me above those who rise up against me; You rescue me from the violent man.

50For this, O LORD, I will praise you among the nations; I will sing praises to your name.

50"Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the nations, And I will sing praises to Your name.

51You give great victories to your king; you show unfailing love to your anointed, to David and all his descendants forever.”

51"He is a tower of deliverance to His king, And shows lovingkindness to His anointed, To David and his descendants forever."

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