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⁴ The ropes of death were wrapped around me;
the torrents of destruction terrified me.^(C1)5 The ropes of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.^(C1)6 I called to the Lord in my distress,
and I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice,^(C1)
and my cry to him reached his ears.^(C2)

⁷ Then the earth shook and quaked;
the foundations of the mountains trembled;^(C1)
they shook because he burned with anger.⁸ Smoke rose from his nostrils,
and consuming fire came from his mouth;
coals were set ablaze by it.^(F1)(C1)9 He bent the heavens and came down,^(C1)
total darkness beneath his feet.¹⁰ He rode on a cherub and flew,
soaring on the wings of the wind.^(C1)11 He made darkness his hiding place,
dark storm clouds his canopy around him.^(C1)12 From the radiance of his presence,^(C1)
his clouds swept onward with hail and blazing coals.¹³ The Lord thundered from^(F1) heaven;
the Most High made his voice heard.^(F2)(C1)14 He shot his arrows and scattered them;
he hurled^(F1) lightning bolts and routed them.^(C1)15 The depths of the sea became visible,
the foundations of the world were exposed,
at your rebuke, Lord,
at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.^(C1)

¹⁶ He reached down from on high
and took hold of me;
he pulled me out of deep water.^(C1)17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were too strong for me.^(C1)18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
but the Lord was my support.^(C1)19 He brought me out to a spacious place;^(C1)
he rescued me because he delighted in me.^(C2)

²⁰ The Lord rewarded me
according to my righteousness;^(C1)
he repaid me
according to the cleanness of my hands.^(C2)21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord
and have not turned from my God to wickedness.^(C1)22 Indeed, I let all his ordinances guide me^(F1)
and have not disregarded his statutes.^(C1)23 I was blameless toward him^(C1)
and kept myself from my iniquity.²⁴ So the Lord repaid me
according to my righteousness,^(C1)
according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.^(C2)

²⁵ With the faithful
you prove yourself faithful,
with the blameless
you prove yourself blameless,²⁶ with the pure
you prove yourself pure;
but with the crooked
you prove yourself shrewd.^(C1)27 For you rescue an oppressed people,^(C1)
but you humble those with haughty eyes.^(C2)28 Lord, you light my lamp;
my God illuminates my darkness.^(C1)29 With you I can attack a barricade,^(F1)
and with my God I can leap over a wall.^(C1)

³⁰ God—his way is perfect;^(C1)
the word of the Lord is pure.^(C2)
He is a shield to all who take refuge in him.^(C3)31 For who is God besides the Lord?^(C1)
And who is a rock? Only our God.^(C2)32 God—he clothes me with strength^(C1)
and makes my way perfect.³³ He makes my feet like the feet of a deer^(C1)
and sets me securely on the heights.^(F1)(C2)34 He trains my hands for war;^(C1)
my arms can bend a bow of bronze.^(C2)35 You have given me the shield of your salvation;
your right hand upholds me,^(C1)
and your humility exalts me.³⁶ You make a spacious place beneath me for my steps,^(C1)
and my ankles do not give way.^(C2)

³⁷ I pursue my enemies and overtake them;
I do not turn back until they are wiped out.^(C1)38 I crush them, and they cannot get up;
they fall beneath my feet.^(C1)39 You have clothed me with strength for battle;^(C1)
you subdue my adversaries beneath me.^(C2)40 You have made my enemies retreat before me;^(F1)(C1)
I annihilate those who hate me.^(C2)41 They cry for help, but there is no one to save them^(C1)—
they cry to the Lord, but he does not answer them.^(C2)42 I pulverize them like dust before the wind;^(C1)
I trample them^(F1) like mud in the streets.^(C2)

⁴³ You have freed me from the feuds among the people;
you have appointed me the head of nations;^(C1)
a people I had not known serve me.^(C2)44 Foreigners submit to me cringing;
as soon as they hear they obey me.^(C1)45 Foreigners lose heart
and come trembling from their fortifications.^(C1)

⁴⁶ The Lord lives—blessed be my rock!
The God of my salvation is exalted.^(C1)47 God—he grants me vengeance^(C1)
and subdues peoples under me.^(C2)48 He frees me from my enemies.
You exalt me above my adversaries;
you rescue me from violent men.^(C1)49 Therefore I will give thanks to you among the nations, Lord;
I will sing praises about your name.^(C1)50 He gives great victories to his king;^(C1)
he shows loyalty to his anointed,
to David and his descendants forever.^(C2)