[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.