[1] I love you, Yahweh, my strength. [2] Yahweh 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] I will call
on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my
enemies. [4] The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness
made me afraid. [5] The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares
of death came on me. [6] 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] Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of
the mountains quaked and were shaken, Because he was angry. [8] There
went up a smoke out of his nostrils, Fire out of his mouth devoured;
Coals were kindled by it. [9] He bowed the heavens also, and came down.
Thick darkness was under his feet. [10] He rode on a cherub, and flew.
Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind. [11] He made darkness his
hiding-place, his pavilion around him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds
of the skies. [12] At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed,
Hailstones and coals of fire. [13] Yahweh also thundered in the sky, The
Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire. [14] He sent
out his arrows, and scattered them; Yes, lightnings manifold, and routed
them. [15] 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] He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out
of many waters. [17] He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those
who hated me; for they were too mighty for me. [18] They came on me in the
day of my calamity, But Yahweh was my support. [19] He brought me forth
also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
[20] Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to
the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me. [21] For I have kept the
ways of Yahweh, And have not wickedly departed from my God. [22] For all
his ordinances were before me. I didn`t put away his statutes from me.
[23] I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity. [24]
Therefore has Yahweh recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. [25] With the
merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will
show yourself perfect. [26] With the pure, you will show yourself pure.
With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd. [27] For you will save the
afflicted people, But the haughty eyes you will bring down. [28] For you
will light my lamp. Yahweh, my God, will light up my darkness. [29] For
by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall. [30]
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] For who is God, except
Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God, [32] The God who arms me with
strength, and makes my way perfect? [33] He makes my feet like hinds` feet,
And sets me on my high places. [34] He teaches my hands to war; So
that my arms bend a bow of bronze. [35] You have also given me the shield
of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has
made me great. [36] You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have
not slipped. [37] I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. Neither
will I turn again until they are consumed. [38] I will strike them through,
so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my
feet. [39] For you have girded me with strength to the battle. You have
subdued under me those who rose up against me. [40] You have also made my
enemies turn their backs to me, That I might cut off those who hate me.
[41] They cried, but there was none to save; Even to Yahweh, but he
didn`t answer them. [42] Then I beat them small as the dust before the
wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets. [43] 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] As soon
as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit
themselves to me. [45] The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come
trembling out of their close places. [46] Yahweh lives; and blessed be my
rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation, [47] Even the God who executes
vengeance for me, And subdues peoples under me. [48] 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] Therefore I will give thanks to
you, Yahweh, among the nations, And will sing praises to your name. [50]
He gives great deliverance to his king, And shows lovingkindness to his
anointed, To David and to his seed, forevermore. Psalm 19 For the
Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
