1 GLT I love you, Yahweh, my strength. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength.
2 GLT Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, the one who brings me to safety; he is my God, my rock; I take refuge in him. He is my shield, the horn of my salvation, and my stronghold. BSB BSB: The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
3 GLT I will call on Yahweh who is worthy to be praised, and I will be saved from my enemies. BSB BSB: I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
4 GLT The cords of death surrounded me, and the rushing waters of worthlessness overwhelmed me. BSB BSB: The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
5 GLT The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death trapped me. BSB BSB: The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
6 GLT In my distress I called to Yahweh; I called for help to my God. He heard my voice from his temple; my call for help went into his presence; it went into his ears. BSB BSB: In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
7 GLT Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains also trembled and were shaken because God was angry. BSB BSB: Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
8 GLT Smoke went up from out of his nostrils, and blazing fire came out of his mouth. Coals were ignited by it. BSB BSB: Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
9 GLT He opened the heavens and came down, and thick darkness was under his feet. BSB BSB: He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
10 GLT He rode on a cherub and flew; he glided on the wings of the wind. BSB BSB: He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
11 GLT He made darkness a tent around him, heavy rainclouds in the skies. BSB BSB: He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.
12 GLT Hailstones and coals of fire fell from the lightning before him. BSB BSB: From the brightness of His presence His clouds advanced—hailstones and coals of fire.
13 GLT Yahweh thundered in the heavens! The voice of the Most High shouted hailstones and coals of fire BSB BSB: The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded—hailstones and coals of fire.
14 GLT He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies; many lightning bolts dispersed them. BSB BSB: He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
15 GLT Then the water channels appeared; the foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Yahweh, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils. BSB BSB: The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
16 GLT He reached down from above; he took hold of me! He pulled me out of the surging water. BSB BSB: He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
17 GLT He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me. BSB BSB: He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
18 GLT They came against me on the day of my distress but Yahweh was my support! BSB BSB: They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
19 GLT He set me free in a wide open place; he saved me because he was pleased with me. BSB BSB: He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
20 GLT Yahweh has rewarded me because of my righteousness; he has restored me because my hands were clean. BSB BSB: The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
21 GLT For I have kept the ways of Yahweh and have not wickedly turned away from my God. BSB BSB: For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 GLT For all his righteous decrees have been before me; as for his statutes, I have not turned away from them. BSB BSB: For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
23 GLT I have also been innocent before him, and I have kept myself from sin. BSB BSB: And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
24 GLT Therefore Yahweh has restored me because of my righteousness, because my hands were clean before his eyes. BSB BSB: So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.
25 GLT To the one who is faithful, you show yourself to be faithful; to a man who is blameless, you show yourself to be blameless. BSB BSB: To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
26 GLT To anyone who is pure, you show yourself pure; but you are clever toward anyone who is twisted. BSB BSB: to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
27 GLT For you save afflicted people, but you bring down those with proud, uplifted eyes! BSB BSB: For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
28 GLT For you give light to my lamp; Yahweh my God lights up my darkness. BSB BSB: For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
29 GLT For by you I can run over a barricade; by my God I can leap over a wall. BSB BSB: For in You I can charge an army, and with my God I can scale a wall.
30 GLT As for God— his way is perfect! The word of Yahweh is pure! He is a shield to everyone who takes refuge in him. BSB BSB: As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
31 GLT For who is God except Yahweh? Who is a rock except our God? BSB BSB: For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
32 GLT It is God who puts strength on me like a belt, who places the blameless person on his path. BSB BSB: It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.
33 GLT He makes my feet swift like a deer and places me on the heights! BSB BSB: He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
34 GLT He trains my hands for war and my arms to bend a bow of bronze. BSB BSB: He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
35 GLT You have given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand has supported me, and your favor has made me great. BSB BSB: You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.
36 GLT You have made a wide place for my feet beneath me so that my feet have not slipped. BSB BSB: You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
37 GLT I pursued my enemies and caught them; I did not turn back until they were destroyed. BSB BSB: I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
38 GLT I smashed them so that they were unable to rise; they have fallen under my feet. BSB BSB: I crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
39 GLT For you put strength on me like a belt for battle; you put under me those who rise up against me. BSB BSB: You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
40 GLT You gave me the back of my enemies’ necks; I annihilated those who hated me. BSB BSB: You have made my enemies retreat before me; I destroyed those who hated me.
41 GLT They called for help, but no one saved them; they called out to Yahweh, but he did not answer them. BSB BSB: They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.
42 GLT I beat them into fine pieces like dust before the wind; I threw them out like mud in the streets. BSB BSB: I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.
43 GLT You rescued me from the disputes of people. You have made me the head over nations. People that I have not known serve me. BSB BSB: You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
44 GLT As soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me; foreigners were forced to bow to me. BSB BSB: When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.
45 GLT The foreigners came trembling out of their strongholds. BSB BSB: Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
46 GLT Yahweh lives; may my rock be praised. May the God of my salvation be exalted. BSB BSB: The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted—
47 GLT He is the God who executes vengeance for me, who subdues the nations under me. BSB BSB: the God who avenges me and subdues nations beneath me,
48 GLT I am set free from my enemies! Indeed, you lifted me above the ones who rose against me! You rescued me from violent men. BSB BSB: who delivers me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
49 GLT Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations; I will sing praises to your name! BSB BSB: Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.
50 GLT God gives great victory to his king, and he shows his covenant loyalty to his anointed one, to David and to his descendants forever. BSB BSB: Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.
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