New Living Translation

1 I love you, LORD;<br>you are my strength.<br> 2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my savior;<br>my God (Elohim) is my rock, in whom I find protection.<br>He is my shield, the power that saves me,<br>and my place of safety.<br> 3 I called on the LORD, who is worthy of praise,<br>and he saved me from my enemies.<br> 4 The ropes of death entangled me;<br>floods of destruction swept over me.<br> 5 The grave wrapped its ropes around me;<br>death laid a trap in my path.<br> 6 But in my distress I cried out to the LORD;<br>yes, I prayed to my God (Elohim) for help.<br>He heard me from his sanctuary;<br>my cry to him reached his ears.<br> 7 Then the earth quaked and trembled.<br>The foundations of the mountains shook;<br>they quaked because of his anger.<br> 8 Smoke poured from his nostrils;<br>fierce flames leaped from his mouth.<br>Glowing coals blazed forth from him.<br> 9 He opened the heavens and came down;<br>dark storm clouds were beneath his feet.<br> 10 Mounted on a mighty angelic being, he flew,<br>soaring on the wings of the wind.<br> 11 He shrouded himself in darkness,<br>veiling his approach with dark rain clouds.<br> 12 Thick clouds shielded the brightness around him<br>and rained down hail and burning coals.<br> 13 The LORD thundered from heaven;<br>the voice of the Most High resounded<br>amid the hail and burning coals.<br> 14 He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies;<br>great bolts of lightning flashed, and they were confused.<br> 15 Then at your command, O LORD,<br>at the blast of your breath,<br>the bottom of the sea could be seen,<br>and the foundations of the earth were laid bare.<br> 16 He reached down from heaven and rescued me;<br>he drew me out of deep waters.<br> 17 He rescued me from my powerful enemies,<br>from those who hated me and were too strong for me.<br> 18 They attacked me at a moment when I was in distress,<br>but the LORD supported me.<br> 19 He led me to a place of safety;<br>he rescued me because he delights in me.<br> 20 The LORD rewarded me for doing right;<br>he restored me because of my innocence.<br> 21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD;<br>I have not turned from my God (Elohim) to follow evil.<br> 22 I have followed all his regulations;<br>I have never abandoned his decrees.<br> 23 I am blameless before God (Elohim);<br>I have kept myself from sin.<br> 24 The LORD rewarded me for doing right.<br>He has seen my innocence.<br> 25 To the faithful you show yourself faithful;<br>to those with integrity you show integrity.<br> 26 To the pure you show yourself pure,<br>but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.<br> 27 You rescue the humble,<br>but you humiliate the proud.<br> 28 You light a lamp for me.<br>The LORD, my God (Elohim), lights up my darkness.<br> 29 In your strength I can crush an army;<br>with my God (Elohim) I can scale any wall.<br> 30 God (Elohim)’s way is perfect.<br>All the LORD’s promises prove true.<br>He is a shield for all who look to him for protection.<br> 31 For who is God (Elohim) except the LORD?<br>Who but our God (Elohim) is a solid rock?<br> 32 God (Elohim) arms me with strength,<br>and he makes my way perfect.<br> 33 He makes me as surefooted as a deer,<br>enabling me to stand on mountain heights.<br> 34 He trains my hands for battle;<br>he strengthens my arm to draw a bronze bow.<br> 35 You have given me your shield of victory.<br>Your right hand supports me;<br>your help has made me great.<br> 36 You have made a wide path for my feet<br>to keep them from slipping.<br> 37 I chased my enemies and caught them;<br>I did not stop until they were conquered.<br> 38 I struck them down so they could not get up;<br>they fell beneath my feet.<br> 39 You have armed me with strength for the battle;<br>you have subdued my enemies under my feet.<br> 40 You placed my foot on their necks.<br>I have destroyed all who hated me.<br> 41 They called for help, but no one came to their rescue.<br>They even cried to the LORD, but he refused to answer.<br> 42 I ground them as fine as dust in the wind.<br>I swept them into the gutter like dirt.<br> 43 You gave me victory over my accusers.<br>You appointed me ruler over nations;<br>people I don’t even know now serve me.<br> 44 As soon as they hear of me, they submit;<br>foreign nations cringe before me.<br> 45 They all lose their courage<br>and come trembling from their strongholds.<br> 46 The LORD lives! Praise to my Rock!<br>May the God (Elohim) of my salvation be exalted!<br> 47 He is the God (Elohim) who pays back those who harm me;<br>he subdues the nations under me<br> 48 and rescues me from my enemies.<br>You hold me safe beyond the reach of my enemies;<br>you save me from violent opponents.<br> 49 For this, O LORD, I will praise you among the nations;<br>I will sing praises to your name.<br> 50 You give great victories to your king;<br>you show unfailing love to your anointed,<br>to David and all his descendants forever.<br>