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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

34“He makes my feet like hinds’ feet,
         And sets me on my high places.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

NASB ©1995

American Standard Version
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He made darkness a covering round about him: dropping waters out of the clouds of the heavens.

Darby Bible Translation
And he made darkness round about him a tent, Gatherings of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

English Revised Version
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he made darkness pavilions around him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

World English Bible
He made darkness pavilions around himself: gathering of waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

Young's Literal Translation
And He setteth darkness Round about Him -- tabernacles, Darkness of waters -- thick clouds of the skies.David's Hymn of victory
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