"Yahweh is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer,
22 3 my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield and the horn of my salvation,
my stronghold and my refuge, my saviour;
you save me from violence.
22 4 I call upon Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised,
and I am saved from my enemies. 22 5 "For the waves of death encompassed me,
the torrents of perdition assailed me;
22 6 the cords of Sheol entangled me,
the snares of death confronted me.
22 7 "In my distress I called upon Yahweh;
to my God I called.
From his temple he heard my voice,
and my cry came to his ears.
22 8 "Then the earth reeled and rocked;
the foundations of the heavens trembled and quaked,
because he was angry.
22 9 Smoke went up from his nostrils,
and devouring fire from his mouth;
glowing coals flamed forth from him.
22 10 He bowed the heavens, and came down;
thick darkness was under his feet.
22 11 He rode on a cherub, and flew;
he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
22 12 He made darkness around him his canopy,
thick clouds, a gathering of water.
22 13 Out of the brightness before him
coals of fire flamed forth.
22 14 Yahweh thundered from heaven,
and the Most High uttered his voice.
22 15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them;
lightning, and routed them.
22 16 Then the channels of the sea were seen,
the foundations of the world were laid bare,
at the rebuke of Yahweh,
at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
22 17 "He reached from on high, he took me,
he drew me out of many waters.
22 18 He delivered me from my strong enemy,
from those who hated me;
for they were too mighty for me.
22 19 They came upon me in the day of my calamity;
but Yahweh was my stay.
22 20 He brought me forth into a broad place;
he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
22 21 "Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.
22 22 For I have kept the ways of Yahweh,
and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 23 For all his ordinances were before me,
and from his statutes I did not turn aside.
22 24 I was blameless before him,
and I kept myself from guilt.
22 25 Therefore Yahweh has recompensed me
according to my righteousness,
according to my cleanness in his sight.
22 26 "With the loyal you show yourself loyal;
with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
22 27 with the pure you show yourself pure,
and with the crooked you show yourself perverse.
22 28 You deliver a humble people,
but your eyes are upon the haughty to bring them down.
22 29 Yea, you are my lamp, O Yahweh,
and my God lightens my darkness.
22 30 Yea, by you I can crush a troop,
and by my God I can leap over a wall.
22 31 This God - his way is perfect;
the promise of Yahweh proves true;
he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.
22 32 "For who is God, but Yahweh?
And who is a rock, except our God?
22 33 This God is my strong refuge,
and has made my way safe.
22 34 He made my feet like hinds' feet,
and set me secure on the heights.
22 35 He trains my hands for war,
so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
22 36 You have given me the shield of your salvation,
and your help made me great.
22 37 You gave a wide place for my steps under me,
and my feet did not slip;
22 38 I pursued my enemies and destroyed them,
and did not turn back until they were consumed.
22 39 I consumed them;
I thrust them through,
so that they did not rise;
they fell under my feet.
22 40 For you girded me with strength for the battle;
you made my assailants sink under me.
22 41 You made my enemies turn their backs to me,
those who hated me, and I destroyed them.
22 42 They looked, but there was none to save;
they cried to Yahweh, but he did not answer them.
22 43 I beat them fine as the dust of the earth,
I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets.
22 44 "You delivered me from strife with the peoples;
you kept me as the head of the nations;
people whom I had not known served me.
22 45 Foreigners came cringing to me;
as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.
22 46 Foreigners lost heart,
and came trembling out of their fastnesses.
22 47 "Yahweh lives;
and blessed be my rock,
and exalted be my God,
the rock of my salvation,
22 48 the God who gave me vengeance
and brought down peoples under me,
22 49 who brought me out from my enemies;
you exalted me above my adversaries,
you delivered me from men of violence.
22 50 "For this I will extol you, O Yahweh, among the nations,
and sing praises to your name.
22 51 Great triumphs he gives to his king,
and shows steadfast love to his anointed,
to David, and his descendants for ever."