For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said,
I love you, LORD, my strength. 2Sa 22:1-51Col 1:111Jn 4:19Isa 12:1-6Php 4:13Psa 116:1-6Psa 34:19Psa 118:14
The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; Psa 144:2Psa 62:7Pro 18:10Psa 19:14Psa 91:2Psa 62:22Sa 22:3Jer 16:19
my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
I call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; Psa 91:15Luk 1:71Psa 62:8Rom 8:31-392Sa 22:4Psa 145:3Psa 55:16Psa 96:4
and I am saved from my enemies.
The cords of death surrounded me. Psa 116:32Co 1:9Mat 27:24-25Mrk 14:33-342Sa 22:5-6Isa 53:3-4Jon 2:2-7Mat 26:47
The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
The cords of Sheol 1 were around me. Psa 86:13Act 2:24Psa 88:15-17Psa 88:3-8Ecc 9:12Psa 116:3
The snares of death came on me.
In my distress I called on the LORD, Psa 50:152Sa 22:7Psa 34:15Psa 130:1-2Psa 120:1Psa 18:3-4Psa 27:4-52Ch 30:27
and cried to my God.
He heard my voice out of his temple.
My cry before him came into his ears.
Then the earth shook and trembled. Act 4:31Ezk 38:19-20Psa 68:7-8Act 16:25-26Deu 32:22Jdg 5:4Jer 4:241Co 13:2
The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken,
because he was angry.
Smoke went out of his nostrils. Psa 21:9Psa 11:6Nam 1:5-6Amo 4:11Dan 7:10Gen 19:28Lev 10:2Num 16:35
Consuming fire came out of his mouth.
Coals were kindled by it.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Psa 144:5-152Pe 3:102Sa 22:10Deu 33:26Deu 5:22-23Heb 12:26Jhn 13:7Jol 3:16
Thick darkness was under his feet.
He rode on a cherub, and flew. Psa 104:32Sa 22:11-12Psa 99:1Ezk 1:5-14Ezk 10:20-22Psa 80:1
Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.
He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, Deu 4:11Psa 97:2Jol 2:2Psa 81:7Psa 91:1Psa 27:5
darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Jos 10:11Rev 16:21Exo 9:23-24Mat 17:2Mat 17:52Sa 22:13-15Hab 3:4-5Psa 104:2
hailstones and coals of fire.
The LORD also thundered in the sky. Psa 104:71Sa 7:10Psa 140:10Psa 29:3-4Deu 32:24Exo 20:18Ezk 10:5Hab 3:5
The Most High uttered his voice:
hailstones and coals of fire.
He sent out his arrows, and scattered them. Psa 144:6Hab 3:11Deu 32:23Deu 32:42Isa 30:30Job 6:4Jos 10:10Num 24:8
He routed them with great lightning bolts.
Then the channels of waters appeared. Psa 106:9Exo 15:8Job 4:9Mic 6:2Psa 76:62Sa 22:16Jer 31:37Jos 3:13-16
The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, LORD,
at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
He sent from on high. 2Sa 22:17Psa 144:7Jon 2:5-6Psa 57:3Psa 18:43Exo 2:10Psa 32:6Psa 40:1-3
He took me.
He drew me out of many waters.
He delivered me from my strong enemy, Heb 2:14-15Job 16:9Psa 142:6Psa 35:10Psa 69:4-14Eph 6:10-12Psa 118:72Sa 22:1
from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
They came on me in the day of my calamity, Oba 1:10-14Deu 32:35Jer 18:17Psa 46:11Psa 59:161Sa 30:62Sa 22:19Psa 46:1-2
but the LORD was my support.
He brought me out also into a large place. Psa 118:5Psa 31:8Psa 18:36Job 36:16Psa 40:22Sa 22:18-27Psa 37:231Ki 10:9
He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness. Psa 24:41Co 3:8Mat 6:4Psa 58:11Job 22:30Pro 11:18Heb 7:26Isa 49:4
According to the cleanness of my hands, he has recompensed me.
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, Psa 119:1021Jn 2:19Act 24:16Pro 8:32Psa 17:4Psa 26:11Th 2:102Ch 34:33
and have not wickedly departed from my God.
For all his ordinances were before me. Psa 119:13Psa 119:112Psa 119:30Psa 119:117Psa 119:128Jhn 5:14
I didn’t put away his statutes from me.
I was also blameless with him. Mat 18:8-9Mat 5:29-301Ch 29:171Sa 26:23Psa 11:7Psa 17:3Psa 37:27Psa 7:1-8
I kept myself from my iniquity.
Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, Mat 10:41-42Rut 2:121Sa 26:23Heb 6:162Th 1:6-7
according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. Mat 5:7Psa 62:12Mat 18:33-351Ki 8:32Ezk 18:25-30Neh 9:17Psa 112:4-6Psa 41:1-4
With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.
With the pure, you will show yourself pure. Pro 3:34Lev 26:23-24Jas 2:13Lev 26:27-28Psa 109:17-19Rom 2:4-6Rom 2:9
With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
For you will save the afflicted people, Isa 66:2Isa 57:15Jas 2:52Sa 22:28Psa 101:52Co 8:9Isa 3:9Psa 9:18
but the arrogant eyes you will bring down.
For you will light my lamp, LORD. 2Sa 22:29Job 29:3Isa 42:16Mat 4:161Pe 2:9Luk 1:79Pro 20:27Psa 112:4
My God will light up my darkness.
For by you, I advance through a troop. 2Sa 22:30Eph 6:10-132Co 12:9-10Rev 3:21Col 2:151Co 15:102Sa 5:19-20Psa 144:10
By my God, I leap over a wall.
As for God, his way is perfect. Deu 32:4Pro 30:52Sa 22:31Psa 84:11-12Psa 12:6Rev 15:3Psa 19:7-10Psa 119:140
The LORD’s word is tried.
He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
For who is God, except the LORD? Deu 32:31Psa 86:82Sa 22:32Deu 32:39Isa 45:51Sa 2:2Isa 45:21-22
Who is a rock, besides our God,
the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect? Isa 45:52Co 3:52Sa 22:33Psa 28:7Psa 91:2Psa 93:1
He makes my feet like deer’s feet, Hab 3:19Deu 32:13Deu 33:292Sa 2:182Sa 22:14
and sets me on my high places.
He teaches my hands to war, Psa 144:1Psa 46:92Sa 22:36Isa 28:6Isa 45:1Jer 49:35Hos 1:5
so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
You have also given me the shield of your salvation. 2Sa 22:36Jas 3:17-18Psa 28:7Gal 5:22-232Co 10:1Deu 33:29Isa 40:11Psa 17:7
Your right hand sustains me.
Your gentleness has made me great.
You have enlarged my steps under me, Pro 4:122Sa 22:37Job 36:16Psa 4:1Job 18:7Luk 12:50Luk 24:46-48
My feet have not slipped.
I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. Isa 53:10-12Psa 44:5Isa 63:1-6Num 24:17-19Psa 118:11-12Psa 3:7Psa 35:2Psa 35:5
I won’t turn away until they are consumed.
I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. 1Sa 17:49-511Sa 23:52Sa 10:1-192Sa 18:7-82Sa 21:15-222Sa 22:392Sa 5:1-252Sa 8:1-18
They shall fall under my feet.
For you have armed me with strength to the battle. 2Sa 22:40-41Psa 18:321Co 15:25-28Eph 1:22Isa 45:141Ch 22:18Ezk 30:24-25Jhn 15:23
You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, Psa 21:12Psa 94:23
that I might cut off those who hate me.
They cried, but there was no one to save; Pro 1:28Job 27:92Sa 22:42-43Ezk 8:18Hos 7:14Isa 1:15Isa 59:1-2Jer 11:11
even to the LORD, but he didn’t answer them.
Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. Isa 10:62Ki 13:7Isa 41:15-16Zec 10:5Isa 25:10Isa 41:2Mal 4:3Psa 50:22
I cast them out as the mire of the streets.
You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. Isa 55:52Sa 3:11Pe 2:10Isa 52:152Sa 19:9Eph 1:222Sa 22:44-46Act 5:31
You have made me the head of the nations.
A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. Psa 66:3Psa 81:152Sa 22:44-46Deu 33:292Sa 1:13Ezk 44:7Isa 62:8Psa 68:30
The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.
The foreigners shall fade away, Mic 7:17Isa 24:4Jas 1:11Rev 6:16
and shall come trembling out of their strongholds.
The LORD lives! Blessed be my rock. 2Sa 22:47Psa 18:2Psa 57:5Rev 1:18Jer 10:10Jhn 14:19Luk 1:47Psa 68:20
Exalted be the God of my salvation,
even the God who executes vengeance for me, Psa 47:3Rom 12:192Sa 22:48Nam 1:2Psa 144:2Deu 32:35
and subdues peoples under me.
He rescues me from my enemies. Psa 140:1Psa 140:11Psa 140:4Psa 86:14Psa 59:1-2Psa 7:16Php 2:9Psa 22:27-30
Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me.
You deliver me from the violent man.
Therefore I will give thanks to you, LORD, among the nations, Rom 15:92Sa 22:50-511Ti 6:13Mat 26:30Psa 108:1Psa 108:3Psa 138:4Psa 14:7
and will sing praises to your name.
He gives great deliverance to his king, Psa 144:102Sa 7:13Psa 132:10Psa 89:3-4Act 2:34-36Isa 9:6-7Luk 1:31-33Psa 78:71-72
and shows loving kindness to his anointed,
to David and to his offspring, 2 forever more.