And David
spake
unto the LORD
the words
of this song
in the day
that the LORD
had delivered
him out of the hand
of all his enemies,
and out of the hand
of Saul:
And he said,
The LORD
is my rock,
and my fortress,
and my deliverer;
The God
of my rock;
in him will I trust:
he is my shield,
and the horn
of my salvation,
my high tower,
and my refuge,
my saviour;
thou savest
me from violence.
protector
ὑπερασπιστής
hyperaspistēs
helper
ἀντιλήμπτωρ
antilēmptōr
refuge
καταφυγή
kataphygē
I will call
on the LORD,
who is worthy to be praised:
so shall I be saved
from mine enemies.
When the waves
of death
compassed
me, 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
to my God:
and he did hear
my voice
out of his temple,
and my cry
did enter into his ears.
Then the earth
shook
and trembled;
the foundations
of heaven
moved
and shook,
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:
and he was seen
upon the wings
of the wind.
And he made
darkness
pavilions
round about
him, dark
waters,
and thick clouds
of the skies.
Through the brightness
before him were coals
of fire
kindled.
The LORD
thundered
from heaven,
and the most High
uttered
his voice.
And he sent out
arrows,
and scattered
them; lightning,
and discomfited
them.
And the channels
of the sea
appeared,
the foundations
of the world
were discovered,
at the rebuking
of the LORD,
at the blast
of the breath
of his nostrils.
He sent
from above,
he took
me; he drew
me out of many
waters;
He delivered
me from my strong
enemy,
and from them that 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.
cleanliness
καθαριότητα
kathariotēta
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 as for his statutes,
I did not depart
from them.
I was also upright
before him, and have kept
myself from mine iniquity.
Therefore the LORD
hath recompensed
me according to my righteousness;
according to my cleanness
in his eye sight.
With the merciful
thou wilt shew thyself merciful,
and with the upright
man
thou wilt shew thyself upright.
With the pure
thou wilt shew thyself pure;
and with the froward
thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
And the afflicted
people
thou wilt save:
but thine eyes
are upon the haughty,
that thou mayest bring them down.
For thou art my lamp,
O LORD:
and the LORD
will lighten
my darkness.
For by thee I have run
through a troop:
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 them that trust
in him.
For who is God,
save
the LORD?
and who is a rock,
save
our God?
God
is my strength
and power:
and he 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 gentleness
hath made me great.
Thou hast enlarged
my steps
under me; so that my feet
did not slip.
I have pursued
mine enemies,
and destroyed
them; and turned not again
until I had consumed
them.
And I have consumed
them, and wounded
them, that they could not arise:
yea, they are fallen
under my feet.
For thou hast girded
me with strength
to battle:
them that rose up
against me hast thou subdued
under me.
Thou hast also given
me the necks
of mine enemies,
that I might destroy
them that hate
me.
They looked,
but there was none to save;
even unto the LORD,
but he answered
them not.
Then did I beat
them as small as the dust
of the earth,
I did stamp
them as the mire
of the street,
and did spread them abroad.
Thou also hast delivered
me from the strivings
of my people,
thou hast kept
me to be head
of the heathen:
a people
which I knew
not shall serve
me.
Strangers
shall submit
themselves unto me: as soon as they hear,
they shall be obedient
unto me.
Strangers
shall fade away,
and they shall be afraid
out of their close places.
The LORD
liveth;
and blessed
be my rock;
and exalted
be the God
of the rock
of my salvation.
It is God
that avengeth
me, and that bringeth down
the people
under me,
And that bringeth me forth
from mine enemies:
thou also hast lifted me up on high
above them that rose up
against me: thou hast delivered
me from the violent
man.
Therefore I will give thanks
unto thee, O LORD,
among the heathen,
and I will sing praises
unto thy name.
He is the tower
of salvation
for his king:
and sheweth
mercy
to his anointed,
unto David,
and to his seed
for
evermore.
