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¹ I love you, O Lord, my strength.
² The Lord is my ^(d)rock and my ^(e)fortress and my deliverer,
    my God, my ^(f)rock, in ^(g)whom I take refuge,
    my ^(h)shield, and ⁽ⁱ⁾the horn of my salvation, my ^(j)stronghold.
³ I call upon the Lord, who is ^(k)worthy to be praised,
    and I am saved from my enemies.

^4 (l)The cords of death encompassed me;
    ^(m)the torrents of destruction assailed me;^[a]
5 (n)the cords of Sheol entangled me;
    the snares of death confronted me.

^6 (o)In my distress I called upon the Lord;
    to my God I cried for help.
From his ^(p)temple he heard my voice,
    and my cry to him reached his ears.

⁷ Then the earth ^(q)reeled and rocked;
    the foundations also of the mountains trembled
    and quaked, because he was angry.
⁸ Smoke went up from his nostrils,^[b]
    and devouring ^(r)fire from his mouth;
    glowing coals flamed forth from him.
⁹ He ^(s)bowed the heavens and ^(t)came down;
    ^(u)thick darkness was under his feet.
¹⁰ He rode on a cherub and flew;
    he came swiftly on ^(v)the wings of the wind.
¹¹ He made darkness his covering, his ^(w)canopy around him,
    thick clouds ^(x)dark with water.
¹² Out of the brightness before him
    ^(y)hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.

¹³ The Lord also ^(z)thundered in the heavens,
    and the Most High uttered his ^(aa)voice,
    hailstones and coals of fire.
¹⁴ And he sent out his ^(ab)arrows and scattered them;
    he flashed forth lightnings and ^(ac)routed them.
¹⁵ Then ^(ad)the channels of the sea were seen,
    and the foundations of the world were laid bare
at your ^(ae)rebuke, O Lord,
    at the blast of ^(af)the breath of your nostrils.

¹⁶ He ^(ag)sent from on high, he took me;
    he ^(ah)drew me out of ^(ai)many waters.
¹⁷ He rescued me from my strong enemy
    and from those who hated me,
    for they were ^(aj)too mighty for me.
¹⁸ They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
    but the Lord was my support.
¹⁹ He brought me out into ^(ak)a broad place;
    he rescued me, because he ^(al)delighted in me.

²⁰ The Lord dealt with me ^(am)according to my righteousness;
    according to ^(an)the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
²¹ For I have ^(ao)kept the ways of the Lord,
    and have not wickedly departed from my God.
²² For ^(ap)all his rules^[c] were before me,
    and his statutes I did not put away from me.
²³ I was ^(aq)blameless before him,
    and I kept myself from my guilt.
²⁴ So the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
    according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

²⁵ With ^(ar)the merciful you show yourself merciful;
    with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
²⁶ with the purified you show yourself pure;
    and with ^(as)the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
²⁷ For you save ^(at)a humble people,
    but ^(au)the haughty eyes you bring down.
²⁸ For it is you who light my ^(av)lamp;
    the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
²⁹ For by you I can run against a troop,
    and by my God I can ^(aw)leap over ^(ax)a wall.
³⁰ This God—his way is ^(ay)perfect;^[d]
    the word of the Lord ^(az)proves true;
    he is ^(ba)a shield for all those who ^(bb)take refuge in him.

³¹ For ^(bc)who is God, but the Lord?
    And who is ^(bd)a rock, except our God?—
³² the God who ^(be)equipped me with strength
    and made my way ^(bf)blameless.
³³ He made my feet like the feet of a ^(bg)deer
    and set me secure on ^(bh)the heights.
³⁴ He ^(bi)trains my hands for war,
    so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
³⁵ You have given me the shield of your salvation,
    and your right hand ^(bj)supported me,
    and your ^(bk)gentleness made me great.
³⁶ You ^(bl)gave a wide place for my steps under me,
    and my feet did not slip.
³⁷ I pursued my enemies and overtook them,
    and did not turn back till they were consumed.
³⁸ I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise;
    they fell under my feet.
³⁹ For you equipped me with strength for the battle;
    you made those who rise against me sink under me.
⁴⁰ You made my enemies ^(bm)turn their backs to me,^[e]
    and those who hated me I destroyed.
^41 (bn)They cried for help, but there was none to save;
    they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
⁴² I beat them fine as ^(bo)dust before the wind;
    I cast them out like ^(bp)the mire of the streets.

⁴³ You delivered me from ^(bq)strife with the people;
    you made me ^(br)the head of the nations;
    ^(bs)people whom I had not known served me.
⁴⁴ As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me;
    ^(bt)foreigners ^(bu)came cringing to me.
^45 (bv)Foreigners lost heart
    and ^(bw)came trembling out of their fortresses.

⁴⁶ The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock,
    and exalted be the God of my salvation—
⁴⁷ the God who gave me vengeance
    and ^(bx)subdued peoples under me,
⁴⁸ who rescued me from my enemies;
    yes, you ^(by)exalted me above those who rose against me;
    you delivered me from ^(bz)the man of violence.

^49 (ca)For this I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations,
    and ^(cb)sing to your name.
⁵⁰ Great ^(cc)salvation he brings to his king,
    and shows steadfast love to his ^(cd)anointed,
    to ^(ce)David and his offspring forever.