1And David spake unto Yahweh, the words of this song, in the day when Yahweh had rescued him, out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul; 2 and he said,—Yahweh, was my mountain crag and my stronghold, and my deliverer—mine; 3My God, was my rock, I sought refuge in him,—My shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, My Saviour! from violence, thou didst save me. 4As one worthy to be praised, called I on Yahweh,—And, from my foes, was I saved. 5When the breakers of death had encompassed me,—the torrents of perdition, made me afraid,— 6the meshes of hades, had surrounded me,—the snares of death had confronted me, 7In my distress, called I on Yahweh, Yea, unto my God, did I call,—and he hearkened, out of his temple, unto my voice, and, my cry for help, was in his ears! 8Then did the earth shake and quake, the foundations of the heavens, were deeply moved,—yea they did shake, because he was angry, 9There went up a smoke in his nostrils, and, a fire out of his mouth, devoured,—live coals, were kindled from it: 10Then he stretched out the heavens, and came down,—and, thick gloom, was under his feet; 11Then he rode on a cherub, and flew,—and was seen on the wings of the wind; 12And made of the darkness around him, pavilions,—gathering of waters, clouds of vapours. 13Out of the brightness before him, were kindled live coals of fire; 14Thunder from the heavens, did Yahweh give forth,—yea, the Highest, uttered his voice; 15And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them,—lightning, and confused them; 16Then appeared the channels of the sea, were uncovered the foundations of the world,—at the rebuke of Yahweh, the blast of the breath of his nostrils; 17He sent from on high, he took me,—he drew me out of many waters; 18He rescued me from my foe, in his might,—from them who hated me, because they were too strong for me: 19They confronted me, in the day of my necessity,—then became Yahweh my stay: 20And brought out, into a large place, even me,—he delivered me, because he delighted in me: 21Yahweh rewarded me, according to my righteousness—according to the cleanness of my hands, he repaid me: 22For I had kept the ways of Yahweh,—and not broken away from my God; 23For, all his regulations, were before me,—and, as for his statutes, I turned not from them. 24So became I blameless towards him,—and kept myself from mine iniquity: 25Yahweh therefore repaid me, according to my righteousness,—according to my pureness before his eyes. 26With the loving, thou didst show thyself loving,—with the blameless hero, thou didst show thyself blameless; 27With the pure, thou didst show thyself pure,—but, with the perverse, thou didst shew thyself ready to contend: 28And, a patient people, thou didst save,—but, thine eyes, were on the lofty—thou layedst them low; 29For, thou, wast my lamp, O Yahweh,—and, Yahweh, enlightened my darkness; 30For, by thee, I ran through a troop,—by my God, I leapt over a wall. 31As for God, blameless is his way,—the speech of Yahweh, hath been proved, a shield, he is to all who seek refuge in him. 32For who is a GOD, save Yahweh? and who a Rock, save our God? 33GOD, is my fortress of strength,—and shewed to the blameless his way; 34Planting my feet like the hinds’,—yea, on my high places, he caused me to stand; 35Teaching my hands, to war,—so that a bow of bronze was bent by mine arms; 36Thus didst thou grant me, as a shield, thy salvation,—and, thy condescension, made me great. 37Thou didst widen my stepping-places, under me,—so that mine ankles faltered not: 38I pursued my foes, and destroyed them,—and returned not, till they were consumed; 39So I consumed them, and crushed them, and they rose not again,—thus fell they under my feet: 40Thus didst thou gird me with strength, for the battle,—thou subduedst mine assailants under me: 41And, as for my foes, thou didst give me their neck,—yea, them who hated me, that I might destroy them: 42They cried out, but there was none to save,—unto Yahweh, but he answered them not. 43Then did I beat them in pieces, like the dust of the earth,—like the clay of the lanes, did I crush them, stamp them down. 44Thus didst thou rescue me from the contentions of my people, didst keep me to be the head of nations:—a people whom I had not known, served me; 45The sons of the foreigner, came cringing unto me,—at the hearing of the ear, they submitted to me,— 46The sons of the foreigner, were disheartened, and came quaking, out of their fortresses. 47Yahweh liveth, and blessed be my rock,—and exalted be the God (of the rock) of my salvation:— 48The GOD who hath avenged me, and brought down peoples under me; 49And brought me forth from among my foes,—yea, from mine assailants, hast thou set me on high, from the man of violence, hast thou delivered me. 50For this cause, will I praise thee, O Yahweh, among the nations,—and, to thy name, will I touch the strings:— 51Who hath made great the victories of his King,—and shown lovingkindness to his Anointed One, to David and to his Seed, unto times age-abiding.