^{1 Ref} > I love you, Yahweh, my strength.

^{2 Ref} Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

^{3 Ref} I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; And I am saved from my enemies.

^{4 Ref} The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

^{5 Ref} The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came on me.

^{6 Ref} In my distress I called on Yahweh, And cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, My cry before him came into his ears.

^{7 Ref} Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, Because he was angry.

^{8 Ref} Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.

^{9 Ref} He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.

^{10 Ref} He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.

^{11 Ref} He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion around him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

^{12 Ref} At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire.

^{13 Ref} Yahweh also thundered in the sky, The Most High uttered his voice: Hailstones and coals of fire.

^{14 Ref} He sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yes, great lightning bolts, and routed them.

^{15 Ref} Then the channels of waters appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Yahweh, At the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

^{16 Ref} He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters.

^{17 Ref} He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

^{18 Ref} They came on me in the day of my calamity, But Yahweh was my support.

^{19 Ref} He brought me forth also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

^{20 Ref} Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.

^{21 Ref} For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, And have not wickedly departed from my God.

^{22 Ref} For all his ordinances were before me. I didn't put away his statutes from me.

^{23 Ref} I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.

^{24 Ref} Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

^{25 Ref} With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.

^{26 Ref} With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

^{27 Ref} For you will save the afflicted people, But the haughty eyes you will bring down.

^{28 Ref} For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.

^{29 Ref} For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.

^{30 Ref} As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Yahweh is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

^{31 Ref} For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God,

^{32 Ref} The God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?

^{33 Ref} He makes my feet like deer's feet, And sets me on my high places.

^{34 Ref} He teaches my hands to war; So that my arms bend a bow of bronze.

^{35 Ref} You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.

^{36 Ref} You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.

^{37 Ref} I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. Neither will I turn again until they are consumed.

^{38 Ref} I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.

^{39 Ref} For you have girded me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

^{40 Ref} You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, That I might cut off those who hate me.

^{41 Ref} They cried, but there was none to save; Even to Yahweh, but he didn't answer them.

^{42 Ref} Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets.

^{43 Ref} You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

^{44 Ref} As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.

^{45 Ref} The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places.

^{46 Ref} Yahweh lives; and blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,

^{47 Ref} Even the God who executes vengeance for me, And subdues peoples under me.

^{48 Ref} He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.

^{49 Ref} Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations, And will sing praises to your name.

^{50 Ref} He gives great deliverance to his king, And shows loving kindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, forevermore.

^{1 Ref} I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

^{2 Ref} Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

^{3 Ref} I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies.

^{4 Ref} The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

^{5 Ref} The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

^{6 Ref} In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears.

^{7 Ref} Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.

^{8 Ref} There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.

^{9 Ref} He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.

^{10 Ref} And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind.

^{11 Ref} He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

^{12 Ref} At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire.

^{13 Ref} Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.

^{14 Ref} And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.

^{15 Ref} Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

^{16 Ref} He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters.

^{17 Ref} He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

^{18 Ref} They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.

^{19 Ref} He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

^{20 Ref} Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

^{21 Ref} For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.

^{22 Ref} For all his ordinances were before me, And I put not away his statutes from me.

^{23 Ref} I was also perfect with him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity.

^{24 Ref} Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

^{25 Ref} With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;

^{26 Ref} With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.

^{27 Ref} For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.

^{28 Ref} For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.

^{29 Ref} For by thee I run upon a troop; And by my God do I leap over a wall.

^{30 Ref} As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.

^{31 Ref} For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God,

^{32 Ref} The God that girdeth me with strength, And maketh my way perfect?

^{33 Ref} He maketh my feet like hinds' `feet': And setteth me upon my high places.

^{34 Ref} He teacheth my hands to war; So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

^{35 Ref} Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; And thy right hand hath holden me up, And thy gentleness hath made me great.

^{36 Ref} Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.

^{37 Ref} I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; Neither will I turn again till they are consumed.

^{38 Ref} I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet.

^{39 Ref} For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

^{40 Ref} Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.

^{41 Ref} They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.

^{42 Ref} Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.

^{43 Ref} Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

^{44 Ref} As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.

^{45 Ref} The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places.

^{46 Ref} Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God of my salvation,

^{47 Ref} Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And subdueth peoples under me.

^{48 Ref} He rescueth me from mine enemies; Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.

^{49 Ref} Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations, And will sing praises unto thy name.

^{50 Ref} Great deliverance giveth he to his king, And showeth lovingkindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, for evermore. Psalm 19 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

^{1 Ref} <To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord, of David, who said the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord made him free from the hand of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul; and he said,> I will give you my love, O Lord, my strength.

^{2 Ref} The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

^{3 Ref} I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.

^{4 Ref} The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear.

^{5 Ref} The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

^{6 Ref} In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came before him, even into his ears.

^{7 Ref} Then trouble and shock came on the earth; and the bases of the mountains were moved and shaking, because he was angry.

^{8 Ref} There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it.

^{9 Ref} The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.

^{10 Ref} And he went in flight through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind.

^{11 Ref} He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him was the dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

^{12 Ref} Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and fire.

^{13 Ref} The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire.

^{14 Ref} He sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.

^{15 Ref} Then the deep beds of the waters were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of your words of wrath, O Lord, because of the breath from your mouth.

^{16 Ref} He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.

^{17 Ref} He made me free from my strong hater, and from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.

^{18 Ref} They came on me in the day of my trouble; but the Lord was my support.

^{19 Ref} He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.

^{20 Ref} The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.

^{21 Ref} For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.

^{22 Ref} For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.

^{23 Ref} And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.

^{24 Ref} Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.

^{25 Ref} On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;

^{26 Ref} He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.

^{27 Ref} For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low.

^{28 Ref} You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.

^{29 Ref} By your help I have made a way through the wall which was shutting me in; by the help of my God I have gone over a wall.

^{30 Ref} As for God, his way is completely good; the word of the Lord is tested; he is a breastplate for all those who put their faith in him.

^{31 Ref} For who is God but the Lord? or who is a Rock but our God?

^{32 Ref} God puts a strong band about me, guiding me in a straight way.

^{33 Ref} He makes my feet like roes' feet, and puts me on high places.

^{34 Ref} He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.

^{35 Ref} You have given me the breastplate of your salvation: your right hand has been my support, and your mercy has made me great.

^{36 Ref} You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.

^{37 Ref} I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome.

^{38 Ref} I will give them wounds, so that they are not able to get up: they are stretched under my feet.

^{39 Ref} For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who come out against me.

^{40 Ref} By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.

^{41 Ref} They were crying out, but there was no one to come to their help: even to the Lord, but he gave them no answer.

^{42 Ref} Then they were crushed as small as dust before the wind; they were drained out like the waste of the streets.

^{43 Ref} You have made me free from the fightings of the people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.

^{44 Ref} From the time when my name comes to their ears they will be ruled by me: men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority.

^{45 Ref} They will be wasting away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear.

^{46 Ref} The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured.

^{47 Ref} It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.

^{48 Ref} He makes me free from my haters; I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.

^{49 Ref} Because of this I will give you praise, O Lord, among the nations, and will make a song of praise to your name.

^{50 Ref} Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.