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² And he said:
    "Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
³ I take refuge in God, my rock,^[b] my shield, and the strength^[c] of my salvation.
    My stronghold and my refuge, O my savior, you will save me from violence!
⁴ I call upon Yahweh who is praiseworthy,
    and I am saved from those who hate me.
⁵ For the breaker waves of death engulfed me;
    the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.
⁶ The ropes of Sheol entangled me;
    the snares of death confronted me.
⁷ In my distress I called upon Yahweh, and to my God I called.
    He heard my voice from his temple,
    and my cry for help was to his ears.
⁸ The earth heaved and shook,
    the foundations of heaven trembled and heaved
    because he was angry.^[d]
9 Smoke went up from his nostrils and fire from his mouth.
    Burning coals devoured, they burned from him.
¹⁰ He bowed the heavens and came down;
    a very thick cloud was under his feet.
¹¹ He rode upon a cherub and flew;
    he was seen on the wings of the wind.
¹² He put darkness as a canopy all around him,
    a collection of thick rain clouds.^[e]
13 From the brightness before him
    flamed burning coals of fire.
¹⁴ Yahweh thundered from heaven,
    and the Most High uttered his voice.^[f]
15 He sent arrows and he scattered them,
    lightning, and he directed them.
¹⁶ Then the channels of water of the sea were exposed,
    the foundations of the world,
    at the rebuke of Yawheh,
    from the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
¹⁷ He sent from a high position and took me;
    he drew me from mighty waters.
¹⁸ He delivered me from my strong enemies,
    from those who hate me, for they were mightier than I.
¹⁹ They approached me on the day of my disaster,
    but Yahweh was my support.
²⁰ He brought me out to a spacious place.
    He delivered me because he delighted in me.
²¹ Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness,
    according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.
²² For I have kept the ways of Yahweh;
    I have not acted wickedly against my God.
²³ For all of his ordinances were before me,
    and I did not turn aside from his statutes.
²⁴ I was blameless before him,
    and I kept myself from my iniquity.
²⁵ Yahweh has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
    according to my cleanness before his eyes.
²⁶ With the loyal, you act as loyal,
    and with the blameless, you show yourself blameless.
²⁷ With the pure, you show yourself pure,
    but with the crooked, you appear as a fool.
²⁸ Humble people you will deliver,
    but your eyes are on the haughty, whom you bring down.
²⁹ For you, O Yahweh are my lamp,
    and Yahweh lightens my darkness.
³⁰ For by you I can run a raid;
    by my God I can leap over a wall.
³¹ This God, his way is blameless;
    the promise of Yahweh is flawless.
    He is a shield to all who take refuge in him.
³² For who is God apart from Yahweh?
    And who is a rock apart from our God?
³³ God is my strong refuge,
    he has fully opened my way.^[g]
34 He makes my feet^[h] like a doe deer,
    and on my high places he has set me.
³⁵ He trains my hands for the war,
    so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
³⁶ You have given me the shield of your salvation;
    your willingness to help has made me great.
³⁷ You have broadened my steps beneath me;
    my ankles have not wobbled.
³⁸ I pursued those who hate me, and I destroyed them.
    I did not turn back until finishing them.
³⁹ I wiped them out and I smashed them;
    they did not get up; they fell under my feet.
⁴⁰ You have girded me with physical strength for the battle;
    you caused those who rose up against me to kneel under me.
⁴¹ My enemies you cause to retreat from me;^[i]
    I destroy those who hate me.
⁴² They looked out, but there was no deliverer,
    even to Yahweh, but he did not answer them.
⁴³ I beat them fine, like the dust of the earth;
    like the mire of the streets, I crushed them, I stamped them down.
⁴⁴ You delivered me from the strife of my people;
    you preserved me as the head of the nations.
    A people I had not known served me.
⁴⁵ Children of a foreign land came cringing to me;
    when they heard of me,^[j] they became obedient to me.
⁴⁶ Children of a foreign land lost heart
    and came trembling from their strongholds.
⁴⁷ Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock!
    May God, the rock of my salvation, be exalted!
⁴⁸ God does vengeance for me,
    bringing down peoples under me.
⁴⁹ He brings me out from my enemies,
    and from those who rose up against me you lift me up,
    and from men of violence you rescue me.
⁵⁰ Therefore I will extol you, Yahweh, among the nations!
    I will sing praises to your name!
⁵¹ He makes great salvation for his king
    and shows loyal love to his anointed one, David
    and to his descendants forever."