To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who addressed the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said:
1I love you, O LORD, my strength.2The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. (创15:1; 诗9:9; 诗18:30; 诗18:31; 诗19:14; 诗31:3; 诗91:2; 诗112:9; 诗144:2; 路1:69; 來2:13)3I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies. (诗48:1; 诗96:4; 诗113:3; 诗145:3)4The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me;[1] (诗32:6; 诗116:3; 诗119:61)5the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. (诗4:1)6In my distress I called upon the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears. (诗11:4; 诗66:14; 诗102:2; 诗120:1; 拿2:2)7Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations also of the mountains trembled and quaked, because he was angry. (士5:4; 徒4:31; 徒16:26)8Smoke went up from his nostrils,[2] and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him. (诗21:9)9He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet. (出20:21; 诗144:5; 赛64:1)10He rode on a cherub and flew; he came swiftly on the wings of the wind. (诗104:3)11He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, thick clouds dark with water. (伯36:29; 诗29:3; 诗97:2)12Out of the brightness before him hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds. (书10:11; 诗148:8)13The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire. (撒上2:10; 撒上7:10; 伯37:4; 诗29:3; 赛30:30)14And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them. (出14:24; 申32:23; 申32:42; 书10:10; 诗7:13; 诗64:7; 诗77:17; 诗144:6; 哈3:11)15Then the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils. (出15:8; 伯36:30; 诗42:1; 诗106:9; 珥1:20; 鸿1:4)16He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters. (出2:10; 伯22:11; 诗32:6; 诗144:7)17He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. (诗142:6)18They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.19He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me. (撒下15:26; 诗18:36; 诗22:8; 诗31:8; 诗118:5)20The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me. (撒上24:19; 撒上26:23; 王上8:32; 伯22:30; 诗7:8)21For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. (创18:19; 箴8:32)22For all his rules[3] were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me. (诗119:30; 诗119:102)23I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my guilt. (创17:1; 王上14:8)24So the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.25With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless; (太5:7)26with the purified you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous. (利26:23; 利26:24; 诗81:12; 箴3:34; 徒7:42; 羅1:28)27For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down. (出3:7; 诗101:5)28For it is you who light my lamp; the LORD my God lightens my darkness. (撒下21:17; 王上11:36; 王上15:4; 王下8:19; 诗132:17)29For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall. (撒下5:6; 赛35:6)30This God—his way is perfect;[4] the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him. (申32:4; 诗12:6; 诗17:7; 诗18:2; 但4:37; 太5:48; 启15:3)31For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?— (诗2:1; 诗86:8)32the God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless. (撒上2:4; 伯22:3; 诗101:2; 诗101:6; 诗119:1; 赛45:5)33He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights. (申32:13; 赛58:14; 哈3:19)34He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. (诗144:1)35You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great. (诗20:2; 赛63:9)36You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip. (诗18:19; 诗31:8; 箴4:12)37I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and did not turn back till they were consumed.38I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet.39For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me.40You made my enemies turn their backs to me,[5] and those who hated me I destroyed. (出23:27; 诗21:12)41They cried for help, but there was none to save; they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them. (伯27:9)42I beat them fine as dust before the wind; I cast them out like the mire of the streets. (王下13:7; 赛10:6; 弥7:10; 亚10:5)43You delivered me from strife with the people; you made me the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me. (撒下3:1; 撒下19:9; 撒下19:43; 撒下20:1; 诗2:8; 诗22:27; 赛55:5)44As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me. (申33:29; 诗66:3; 诗81:15; 诗144:7)45Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses. (诗44:1; 弥7:17)46The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation—47the God who gave me vengeance and subdued peoples under me, (诗47:3; 诗144:2; 赛45:1)48who rescued me from my enemies; yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me; you delivered me from the man of violence. (诗59:1; 诗140:1)49For this I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations, and sing to your name. (诗66:4; 羅15:9)50Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever. (撒下7:12; 撒下7:13; 撒下7:29; 诗2:2; 诗89:29; 诗144:10)