1David spoke to the LORD the words of this song on the day when the LORD rescued him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.2He said, "The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer."3My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my high refuge and my refuge, my savior; you save me from violence.4I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.5For the waves of death encompassed me; the torrents of Belial overwhelmed me.6The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.7In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry reached his ears.8Then the earth reeled and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled and shook because he was angry.9Smoke rose from his nostrils; fire came from his mouth and devoured; glowing coals blazed forth from him.10He parted the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.11He rode on a cherub and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind.12He made darkness his covering, a canopy of dark waters and thick clouds.13Out of the brightness before him coals of fire blazed.14The LORD thundered from heaven; the Most High uttered his voice.15He sent out arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightning and routed them.16Then the channels of the sea were seen; the foundations of the world were laid bare at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.17He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.18He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.19They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.20He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.21The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.22For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.23For all his rules were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me.24I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from guilt.25The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.26With the faithful you show yourself faithful; with the blameless you show yourself blameless.27With the pure you show yourself pure, and with the crooked you show yourself shrewd.28You save a humble people, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.29For you are my lamp, O LORD, and my God lightens my darkness.30For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.31This God—his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all who take refuge in him.32For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?33God is my strong refuge; he made my way secure.34He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights.35He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.36You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your help has made me great.37You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.38I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, and did not turn back until they were consumed.39I consumed them; I struck them through, so that they did not rise; they fell under my feet.40For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rose against me sink under me.41You made my enemies turn their backs to me, and those who hated me I destroyed.42They cried for help, but there was none to save; they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them.43I beat them fine as the dust of the earth; I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets.44You delivered me from strife with the people; you made me the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.45Foreigners came cringing to me; as soon as they heard of me they obeyed me.46Foreigners lost courage and came trembling out of their fortresses.47The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation.48The God who gave me vengeance and brought peoples under me.49You brought me out from my enemies; you exalted me above those who rose against me; you rescued me from the man of violence.50For this I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations, and sing praises to your name.51He is a tower of salvation to his king and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and to his offspring forever.