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

1David composed the words of this song to the LORD the very day the LORD delivered him from the domination of all of his enemies, including from Saul's hands.

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

2This is what he said: LORD, you are my stone stronghold and my fortified place; you are continuously delivering me.

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.

3He is my God, my strong stone— in him I will find my refuge— my shield, the strength of my salvation, my high tower, my way of escape, and the one who is saving me. You will save me from violence.

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

4As I am praising him, I will call out to the LORD, and I will be saved from my enemies.

5“For the waves of death encompassed me, the torrents of destruction assailed me;

5Because deadly breakers engulfed me, while torrents of abuse from the ungodly overwhelmed me.

6the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

6Binding ropes from Sheol entangled me while lethal snares hindered me.

7“In my distress I called upon the LORD; to my God I called. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry came to his ears.

7I cried out to the LORD in the middle of my troubles; I cried out to my God. He listened to my voice from his sanctuary, and my call for help was heard.

8“Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations of the heavens trembled and quaked, because he was angry.

8Just then the earth shook and trembled! The foundations of heaven reeled and quaked because the LORD was angry.

9Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.

9Smoke poured out of his nostrils, and fire from his mouth kindling coals to flame by it.

10He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.

10He deformed heaven itself as he descended. Thick darkness enveloped his feet.

11He rode on a cherub and flew; he was seen on the wings of the wind.

11He rode on a cherub and flew, soaring on the wings of the wind!

12He made darkness around him his canopy, thick clouds, a gathering of water.

12The darkness around him was his canopies— amassed water was his overhanging clouds!

13Out of the brightness before him coals of fire flamed forth.

13From the shining light that was his presence coals of fire blazed into flame!

14The LORD thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.

14The LORD roared from heaven! The Most High let his voice be heard!

15And he sent out arrows and scattered them; lightning, and routed them.

15He launched his arrows and scattered them— his lightning 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.

16The currents of the sea were revealed and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD and at the blazing breath from his nostrils!

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

17He sent for me from on high! He grabbed hold of me, drawing me out of deep water.

18He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

18He rescued me from my strong enemy— from those who hate me continually, since they were stronger than I.

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

19They confronted me when I was in trouble, but the LORD remained my support!

20He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me.

20He brought me to a wide open area, rescuing me because he was pleased with me!

21“The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.

21The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness, rewarding me according to the degree of my innocence,

22For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.

22because I have kept the LORD's way— I haven't willfully abandoned my God—

23For all his rules were before me, and from his statutes I did not turn aside.

23and because all of his decrees remain in my thoughts, I have not turned aside from his statutes,

24I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from guilt.

24I have been innocent before him, and I've kept myself from incurring guilt.

25And the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight.

25The Lord has repaid me according to my righteousness, that is, according to my clean standing as he looks at me.

26“With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;

26In the company of the gracious you demonstrate your gracious love. In the company of the blamelessly valiant you demonstrate your blamelessness.

27with the purified you deal purely, and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.

27In the company of the pure you demonstrate your purity. In the company of the perverted you will appear to be perverse.

28You save a humble people, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.

28You save the nation who is humble but your eyes watch the proud, to bring them down.

29For you are my lamp, O LORD, and my God lightens my darkness.

29For you are my lamp, LORD, the LORD who illuminates my darkness.

30For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.

30By you I devastate armies, by my God I scale walls.

31This God—his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

31This God! His way is perfect! What the LORD declares proves true. He shields everyone who flees for protection to him!

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

32For who is God apart from the LORD? And who is a Rock, apart from our God?

33This God is my strong refuge and has made my way blameless.

33This God is my strong place of valor! He has made my life blameless.

34He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights.

34He has made my feet like those of a deer, setting me secure on his high places!

35He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

35He has trained my hands for battle readiness— I can bend a bow made out of bronze.

36You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your gentleness made me great.

36He has equipped me with the shield that is your salvation, Your gentleness has made me great.

37You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip;

37You've made room beneath me for my footsteps, and my feet didn't slip.

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

38I pursued my enemies and conquered them; I didn't return until they were consumed.

39I consumed them; I thrust them through, so that they did not rise; they fell under my feet.

39I devoured them, striking them down until they could not get up again. They fell beneath my feet.

40For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me.

40You strengthened me with valor sufficient for the battle; you made those who rebelled against me fall beneath me.

41You made my enemies turn their backs to me, those who hated me, and I destroyed them.

41You made my enemies turn and run— that is, those who hate me— and I destroyed them!

42They looked, but there was none to save; they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them.

42They looked around, but there was no one to save them — they looked to the LORD, but he paid no attention!

43I beat them fine as the dust of the earth; I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets.

43I pulverized them to powder, like the dust of the earth; I crushed them, stomping on them like mud on a street.

44“You delivered me from strife with my people; you kept me as the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.

44You delivered me from civil war among my own people. You preserved me as head of the nations. People whom I had never known served me!

45Foreigners came cringing to me; as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.

45Foreigners came cringing to me; they obeyed as soon as they heard me.

46Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses.

46Foreigners lost their courage, coming trembling from their strongholds.

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

47The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock, and may my God be exalted, the Rock who is my salvation!

48the God who gave me vengeance and brought down peoples under me,

48The God who keeps on avenging me, subjugating people beneath me,

49who brought me out from my enemies; you exalted me above those who rose against me; you delivered me from men of violence.

49delivering me from my enemies. You exalted me above those who rebelled against me, delivering me from violent men.

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

50Because of all of this I will praise you among the nations, LORD, and I will sing praises to your name!

51Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.”

51Great is the salvation he brings to his king, showing gracious love to his anointed, to David and to his offspring forever.

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