To 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.
The 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.
I will call
upon the LORD,
who is worthy to be praised:
so shall I be saved
from mine enemies.
refuge
καταφυγή
kataphygē
saviour
ῥύστης
rhystēs
protector
ὑπερασπιστής
hyperaspistēs
helper
ἀντιλήμπτωρ
antilēmptōr
The sorrows
of death
compassed
me, and the floods
of ungodly men
made me afraid.
The sorrows
of hell
compassed me about:
the snares
of death
prevented
me.
In 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.
Then the earth
shook
and trembled;
the foundations
also of the hills
moved
and were shaken,
because he was wroth.
There went up
a smoke
out of his nostrils,
and fire
out of his mouth
devoured:
coals
were kindled
by it.
He bowed
the heavens
also, and came down:
and darkness
was under his feet.
And he rode
upon a cherub,
and did fly:
yea, he did fly
upon the wings
of the wind.
He made
darkness
his secret place;
his pavilion
round about
him were dark
waters
and thick clouds
of the skies.
At the brightness
that was before him his thick clouds
passed,
hail
stones and coals
of fire.
The LORD
also thundered
in the heavens,
and the Highest
gave
his voice;
hail
stones and coals
of fire.
Yea, he sent out
his arrows,
and scattered
them; and he shot out
lightnings,
and discomfited
them.
Then 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.
He sent
from above,
he took
me, he drew
me out of many
waters.
censure
ἐπιτιμήσεώς
epitimēseōs
breathing
ἐμπνεύσεως
empneuseōs
He delivered
me from my strong
enemy,
and from them which hated
me: for they were too strong
for me.
They prevented
me in the day
of my calamity:
but the LORD
was my stay.
He brought me forth
also into a large place;
he delivered
me, because he delighted
in me.
The LORD
rewarded
me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness
of my hands
hath he recompensed
me.
For I have kept
the ways
of the LORD,
and have not wickedly departed
from my God.
For all his judgments
were before me, and I did not put away
his statutes
from me.
I was also upright
before him, and I kept
myself from mine iniquity.
Therefore hath the LORD
recompensed
me according to my righteousness,
according to the cleanness
of my hands
in his eyesight.
With the merciful
thou wilt shew thyself merciful;
with an upright
man
thou wilt shew thyself upright;
With the pure
thou wilt shew thyself pure;
and with the froward
thou wilt shew thyself froward.
For thou wilt save
the afflicted
people;
but wilt bring down
high
looks.
For thou wilt light
my candle:
the LORD
my God
will enlighten
my darkness.
For by thee I have run through
a troop;
and by my God
have I leaped over
a wall.
As for God,
his way
is perfect:
the word
of the LORD
is tried:
he is a buckler
to all those that trust
in him.
For who is God
save
the LORD?
or who is a rock
save
our God?
It is God
that girdeth
me with strength,
and maketh
my way
perfect.
He maketh
my feet
like hinds'
feet, and setteth
me upon my high places.
He teacheth
my hands
to war,
so that a bow
of steel
is broken
by mine arms.
Thou hast also given
me the shield
of thy salvation:
and thy right hand
hath holden me up,
and thy gentleness
hath made me great.
Thou hast enlarged
my steps
under me, that my feet
did not slip.
covering with a shield
ὑπερασπισμὸν
hyperaspismon
I have pursued
mine enemies,
and overtaken
them: neither did I turn again
till they were consumed.
I have wounded
them that they were not able
to rise:
they are fallen
under my feet.
For thou hast girded
me with strength
unto the battle:
thou hast subdued
under me those that rose up
against me.
Thou hast also given
me the necks
of mine enemies;
that I might destroy
them that hate
me.
They cried,
but there was none to save
them: even unto the LORD,
but he answered
them not.
Then did I beat
them small as the dust
before
the wind:
I did cast them out
as the dirt
in the streets.
Thou 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.
As soon as they hear
of me, they shall obey
me: the strangers
shall submit
themselves unto me.
The strangers
shall fade away,
and be afraid
out of their close places.
The LORD
liveth;
and blessed
be my rock;
and let the God
of my salvation
be exalted.
It is God
that avengeth
me, and subdueth
the people
under me.
He 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.
Therefore will I give thanks
unto thee, O LORD,
among the heathen,
and sing praises
unto thy name.
Great
deliverance
giveth he to his king;
and sheweth
mercy
to his anointed,
to David,
and to his seed
for
evermore.
