| [1] | I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength. |
| [2] | Jehovah 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 upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies. |
| [4] | The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid. |
| [5] | The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me. |
| [6] | In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And 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 wroth. |
| [8] | There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it. |
| [9] | He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet. |
| [10] | And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind. |
| [11] | He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about 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] | Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire. |
| [14] | And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them. |
| [15] | Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy 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, And from them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me. |
| [18] | They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay. |
| [19] | He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me. |
| [20] | Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. |
| [21] | For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God. |
| [22] | For all his ordinances were before me, And I put not away his statutes from me. |
| [23] | I was also perfect with him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity. |
| [24] | Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. |
| [25] | With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect; |
| [26] | With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward. |
| [27] | For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down. |
| [28] | For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness. |
| [29] | For by thee I run upon a troop; And by my God do I leap over a wall. |
| [30] | As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him. |
| [31] | For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God, |
| [32] | The God that girdeth me with strength, And maketh my way perfect? |
| [33] | He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet]: And setteth me upon my high places. |
| [34] | He teacheth my hands to war; So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass. |
| [35] | Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; And thy right hand hath holden me up, And thy gentleness hath made me great. |
| [36] | Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped. |
| [37] | I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; Neither will I turn again till they are consumed. |
| [38] | I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet. |
| [39] | For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. |
| [40] | Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me. |
| [41] | They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not. |
| [42] | Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets. |
| [43] | Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; Thou hast 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 unto me. |
| [45] | The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places. |
| [46] | Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God of my salvation, |
| [47] | Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And subdueth peoples under me. |
| [48] | He rescueth me from mine enemies; Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man. |
| [49] | Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations, And will sing praises unto thy name. |
| [50] | Great deliverance giveth he to his king, And showeth lovingkindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, for evermore. Psalm 19 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. |