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Yahweh Is My Rock and My Fortress

¹ He said, "I love You, O Yahweh, ^(C1)my strength."

² Yahweh is ^(C1)my ^(F1)rock and ^(C2)my fortress and my ^(C3)deliverer,
My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
My ^(C4)shield and the ^(C5)horn of my salvation, my ^(C6)stronghold.

³ I call upon Yahweh, who is ^(C1)worthy to be praised,
And I am ^(C2)saved from my enemies.

⁴ The ^(C1)cords of death encompassed me,
And the ^(C2)torrents of vileness ^(F1)terrified me.

⁵ The ^(C1)cords of Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.

⁶ In my ^(C1)distress I called upon Yahweh,
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice ^(C2)out of His temple,
And my ^(C3)cry for help before Him came into His ears.

⁷ Then the ^(C1)earth shook and quaked;
And the ^(C2)foundations of the mountains were trembling
And were shaken, because He was angry.

⁸ Smoke went up ^(F1)out of His nostrils,
And ^(C1)fire from His mouth devoured;
Coals were kindled by it.

⁹ He ^(C1)bowed the heavens and came down
With thick ^(C2)darkness under His feet.

¹⁰ He rode upon a ^(C1)cherub and flew;
And He sped upon the ^(C2)wings of the wind.

¹¹ He made ^(C1)darkness His hiding place, ^(C2)His ^(F1)canopy around Him,
Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

¹² From the ^(C1)brightness before Him passed His thick clouds,
Hailstones and ^(C2)coals of fire.

¹³ Yahweh also ^(C1)thundered in the heavens,
And the Most High gave forth His voice,
Hailstones and coals of fire.

¹⁴ He ^(C1)sent out His arrows, and scattered them,
And lightning flashes in abundance, and ^(F1)threw them into confusion.

¹⁵ Then the ^(C1)channels of water appeared,
And the foundations of the world were ^(F1)laid bare
At Your ^(C2)rebuke, O Yahweh,
At the blast of the ^(C3)breath of Your nostrils.

¹⁶ He ^(C1)sent from on high, He took me;
He drew me out of ^(C2)many waters.

¹⁷ He ^(C1)delivered me from my strong enemy,
And from those who hated me, for they were ^(C2)too mighty for me.

¹⁸ They confronted me in ^(C1)the day of my disaster,
But ^(C2)Yahweh was my support.

¹⁹ He brought me forth also into a ^(C1)broad place;
He rescued me, because ^(C2)He delighted in me.

²⁰ Yahweh has ^(C1)rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the ^(C2)cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.

²¹ For I have ^(C1)kept the ways of Yahweh,
And have ^(C2)not wickedly departed from my God.

²² For all ^(C1)His judgments were before me,
And I did not put away His ^(C2)statutes from me.

²³ I was also ^(F1)(C1)blameless with Him,
And I ^(C2)kept myself from my iniquity.

²⁴ Therefore Yahweh has ^(C1)recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands before His eyes.

²⁵ With ^(C1)the ^(F1)kind You show Yourself kind;
With the blameless ^(C2)You show Yourself blameless;

²⁶ With the pure You show Yourself ^(C1)pure,
And with the crooked ^(C2)You show Yourself ^(F1)astute.

²⁷ For You ^(C1)save an afflicted people,
But ^(C2)eyes which are lifted up, You bring down.

²⁸ For You ^(C1)light my lamp;
Yahweh my God ^(C2)illumines my darkness.

²⁹ For by You I can ^(F1)(C1)run upon a troop;
And by my God I can ^(C2)leap over a wall.

³⁰ As for God, His way is ^(F1)(C1)blameless;
The ^(C2)word of Yahweh is ^(F2)tried;
He is a ^(C3)shield to all who take refuge in Him.

³¹ For ^(C1)who is God, but Yahweh?
And who is a ^(C2)rock, except our God,

³² The God who ^(C1)girds me with strength
And ^(F1)makes my way ^(F2)(C2)blameless?

³³ He ^(C1)makes my feet like hinds' feet,
And ^(C2)sets me upon my high places.

³⁴ He ^(C1)trains my hands for battle,
So that my arms can ^(C2)bend a bow of bronze.

³⁵ You have also given me ^(C1)the shield of Your salvation,
And Your ^(C2)right hand upholds me;
And ^(C3)Your ^(F1)gentleness makes me great.

³⁶ You ^(C1)enlarge my steps under me,
And my ^(C2)ankles have not given way.

³⁷ I ^(C1)pursued my enemies and overtook them,
And I did not turn back ^(C2)until they were consumed.

³⁸ I crushed them, so that they were ^(C1)not able to rise;
They fell ^(C2)under my feet.

³⁹ For You have ^(C1)girded me with strength for battle;
You have ^(F1)(C2)subdued under me those who rose up against me.

^40 (F1)You have also made my enemies ^(C1)turn their backs to me,
And I ^(F2)(C2)destroyed those who hated me.

⁴¹ They cried for help, but there was ^(C1)none to save,
Even to Yahweh, but ^(C2)He did not answer them.

⁴² Then I beat them fine as the ^(C1)dust before the wind;
I emptied them out as the mire of the streets.

⁴³ You have delivered me from the ^(C1)contentions of the people;
You have placed me as ^(C2)head of the nations;
A ^(C3)people whom I have not known serve me.

⁴⁴ As soon as they hear, they obey me;
Foreigners ^(F1)(C1)cower before me.

⁴⁵ Foreigners ^(C1)fade away,
And ^(C2)come trembling out of their ^(F1)fortresses.

⁴⁶ Yahweh ^(C1)lives, and blessed be ^(C2)my rock;
And let ^(C3)the God of my salvation be lifted high,

⁴⁷ The God who ^(C1)executes vengeance for me,
And ^(C2)subdues peoples under me.

⁴⁸ Who ^(C1)delivers me from my enemies;
Surely You ^(C2)lift me above those who rise up against me;
You rescue me from the ^(C3)violent man.

⁴⁹ Therefore I will ^(C1)give thanks to You among the nations, O Yahweh,
And I will ^(C2)sing praises to Your name.

⁵⁰ He gives great ^(F1)(C1)salvation to His king,
And shows lovingkindness to ^(C2)His anointed,
To David and ^(C3)his seed forever.