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1 David sang to Yahweh the words of this song on the day that Yahweh rescued him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.
1 David spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul,
2 He prayed, “Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, the one who rescues me.
2 and he said: “Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;
3 God is my rock. I take refuge in him. He is my shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold, and my refuge, the one who saves me from violence.
3 God is my rock in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from violence.
4 I will call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised, and I will be saved from my enemies.
4 I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.
5 For the waves of death surrounded me, the rushing waters of destruction overwhelmed me.
5 For the waves of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
6 The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death trapped me.
6 The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.
7 In my distress I called to Yahweh; I called to my God; he heard my voice from his temple, and my call for help went into his ears.
7 In my distress, I called on Yahweh. Yes, I called to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry came into his ears.
8 Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of the heavens trembled and were shaken, because God was angry.
8 Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
9 Smoke went up from out of his nostrils, and blazing fire came out of his mouth. Coals were ignited by it.
9 Smoke went up out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.
10 He opened the heavens and came down, and thick darkness was under his feet.
10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
11 He rode on a cherub and flew. He was seen on the wings of the wind.
11 He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he was seen on the wings of the wind.
12 He made darkness a tent around him, gathering heavy rain clouds in the skies.
12 He made darkness a shelter around himself, gathering of waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
13 From the lightning before him coals of fire fell.
13 At the brightness before him, coals of fire were kindled.
14 Yahweh thundered from the heavens. The Most High shouted.
14 Yahweh thundered from heaven. The Most High uttered his voice.
15 He shot arrows and scattered his enemies— lightning bolts and dispersed them.
15 He sent out arrows and scattered them, lightning and confused them.
16 Then the channels of the sea were seen; the foundations of the world were laid bare at the rebuke of Yahweh, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
16 Then the channels of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare by Yahweh’s rebuke, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
17 He reached down from above; he took hold of me! He pulled me out of the surging water.
17 He sent from on high and he took me. He drew me out of many waters.
18 He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.
18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
19 They came against me on the day of my distress, but Yahweh was my support.
19 They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support.
20 He also brought me out to a wide open place. He saved me because he was pleased with me.
20 He also brought me out into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
21 Yahweh has rewarded me to the measure of my righteousness; he has restored me to the measure of the cleanness of my hands.
21 Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness. He rewarded me according to the cleanness of my hands.
22 For I have kept the ways of Yahweh and have not acted wickedly by turning from my God.
22 For I have kept Yahweh’s ways, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For all his righteous decrees have been before me; as for his statutes, I have not turned away from them.
23 For all his ordinances were before me. As for his statutes, I didn’t depart from them.
24 I have also been innocent before him, and I have kept myself from sin.
24 I was also perfect toward him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
25 Therefore Yahweh has restored me to the measure of my righteousness, to the degree of my cleanness in his sight.
25 Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight.
26 To one who is faithful, you show yourself to be faithful; to a man who is blameless, you show yourself to be blameless.
26 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man you will show yourself perfect.
27 With the pure you show yourself pure, but you are perverse to the twisted.
27 With the pure you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
28 You save afflicted people, but your eyes are against the proud, and you bring them down.
28 You will save the afflicted people, but your eyes are on the arrogant, that you may bring them down.
29 For you are my lamp, Yahweh. Yahweh lights up my darkness.
29 For you are my lamp, Yahweh. Yahweh will light up my darkness.
30 For by you I can run over a barricade; by my God I can leap over a wall.
30 For by you, I run against a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.
31 As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Yahweh is pure. He is a shield to everyone who takes refuge in him.
31 As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
32 For who is God except Yahweh, and who is a rock except our God?
32 For who is God, besides Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God?
33 God is my refuge, and he leads the blameless person on his path.
33 God is my strong fortress. He makes my way perfect.
34 He makes my feet swift like a deer and places me on the high hills.
34 He makes his feet like hinds’ feet, and sets me on my high places.
35 He trains my hands for war, and my arms to bend a bow of bronze.
35 He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
36 You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your favor has made me great.
36 You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your gentleness has made me great.
37 You have made a wide place for my feet beneath me, so my feet have not slipped.
37 You have enlarged my steps under me. My feet have not slipped.
38 I pursued my enemies and destroyed them. I did not turn back until they were destroyed.
38 I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them. I didn’t turn again until they were consumed.
39 I devoured them and smashed them; they cannot rise. They have fallen under my feet.
39 I have consumed them, and struck them through, so that they can’t arise. Yes, they have fallen under my feet.
40 You put strength on me like a belt for battle; you put under me those who rise up against me.
40 For you have armed me with strength for the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
41 You gave me the back of my enemies' necks; I annihilated those who hated me.
41 You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
42 They cried for help, but no one saved them; they cried out to Yahweh, but he did not answer them.
42 They looked, but there was no one to save; even to Yahweh, but he didn’t answer them.
43 I beat them into fine pieces like dust on the ground, I pulverized them like mud in the streets.
43 Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth. I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad.
44 You also have rescued me from the disputes of my own people. You have kept me as the head of nations. A people that I have not known serves me.
44 You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people. You have kept me to be the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known will serve me.
45 Foreigners were forced to bow to me. As soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.
45 The foreigners will submit themselves to me. As soon as they hear of me, they will obey me.
46 The foreigners came trembling out of their strongholds.
46 The foreigners will fade away, and will come trembling out of their close places.
47 Yahweh lives! May my rock be praised. May God be exalted, the rock of my salvation.
47 Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock! Exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
48 This is the God who executes vengeance for me, the one who brings down peoples under me.
48 even the God who executes vengeance for me, who brings down peoples under me,
49 He sets me free from my enemies. Indeed, you lifted me up above those who rose up against me. You rescue me from violent men.
49 who brings me away from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.
50 Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations; I will sing praises to your name.
50 Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations, and will sing praises to your name.
51 God gives great victory to his king, and he shows his covenant loyalty to his anointed one, to David and to his descendants forever.”
51 He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his offspring, forever more.”

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  • David

    King of Israel

    The shepherd who became Israel's greatest king and a man after God's own heart.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16 - 1 Kings 2; 2 Sam. 7; 1 Chron. 2:15; Matt. 1:6

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Cross references (51)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Exodus 15:1; Judges 5:1; Isaiah 12:1–6; Psalm 103:1–6; Revelation 7:9–17
  2. 2 Psalm 18:2–50; Psalm 31:3; Psalm 71:3; Deuteronomy 32:4; Psalm 91:2
  3. 3 Psalm 9:9; Proverbs 18:10; Isaiah 12:2; Genesis 15:1; Psalm 18:2
  4. 4 Psalm 18:3; Romans 10:13; Psalm 116:2; Revelation 5:12; Psalm 116:4
  5. 5 Jonah 2:3; Psalm 69:14–15; Revelation 17:15; Revelation 12:15–16; Psalm 93:3–4
  6. 6 Psalm 116:3; Proverbs 14:27; Job 36:8; Proverbs 13:14; Jonah 2:2
  7. 7 Psalm 18:6; Jonah 2:7; Psalm 116:4; Exodus 3:7; Psalm 120:1
  8. 8 Job 26:11; Psalm 97:4; Psalm 77:18; Judges 5:4; Matthew 28:2
  9. 9 Hebrews 12:29; Psalm 18:15; Job 41:20–21; Jeremiah 15:14; Exodus 24:17
  10. 10 1 Kings 8:12; Psalm 97:2; Psalm 144:5; Exodus 20:21; Psalm 104:3
  11. 11 Psalm 104:3; Genesis 3:24; Psalm 18:10; Hebrews 1:14; Psalm 80:1
  12. 12 Psalm 18:11–12; 2 Samuel 22:10; Job 36:29; Psalm 97:2; Psalm 27:5
  13. 13 2 Samuel 22:9
  14. 14 1 Samuel 2:10; Job 37:2–5; Psalm 29:3–9; 1 Samuel 12:17–18; 1 Samuel 7:10
  15. 15 Deuteronomy 32:23; Joshua 10:10; Psalm 7:12–13; Habakkuk 3:11; Psalm 144:6–7
  16. 16 Nahum 1:4; Exodus 15:8–10; Psalm 114:3–7; Habakkuk 3:8–10; Psalm 106:9
  17. 17 Isaiah 43:2; Psalm 144:7; Psalm 18:16; Psalm 130:1; Psalm 32:6
  18. 18 2 Timothy 4:17; 2 Samuel 22:1; Psalm 3:7; 2 Corinthians 1:10; Psalm 56:9
  19. 19 Psalm 71:20–21; Psalm 118:10–13; Psalm 23:4; 1 Samuel 23:26–27; 1 Samuel 19:11–17
  20. 20 Psalm 31:8; 2 Samuel 15:26; Psalm 118:5; Psalm 149:4; Psalm 22:8
  21. 21 Psalm 24:4; 1 Samuel 26:23; Psalm 7:8; 1 Kings 8:32; James 4:8
  22. 22 Proverbs 8:32; Genesis 18:19; Psalm 128:1; Psalm 119:1; Psalm 36:3
  23. 23 Psalm 119:102; Psalm 119:30; John 15:14; Deuteronomy 7:12; Psalm 119:6
  24. 24 Genesis 6:9; Job 1:1; Genesis 17:1; Ephesians 1:4; Hebrews 12:1
  25. 25 2 Samuel 22:21; Romans 2:7–8; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Isaiah 3:10; Proverbs 5:21
  26. 26 Matthew 5:7; James 2:13
  27. 27 Matthew 5:8; Psalm 18:26; Leviticus 26:23–28; Isaiah 45:9; Psalm 125:5
  28. 28 Psalm 72:12–13; Isaiah 5:15; James 4:6–7; Job 40:11–12; Isaiah 2:17
  29. 29 Psalm 27:1; John 8:12; Revelation 21:23; Job 29:3; John 12:46
  30. 30 Psalm 18:29; Philippians 4:13; Psalm 118:10–12; Romans 8:37
  31. 31 Deuteronomy 32:4; Proverbs 30:5; Psalm 18:30; Psalm 12:6; Matthew 5:48
  32. 32 1 Samuel 2:2; Deuteronomy 32:31; Isaiah 44:6; Isaiah 44:8; Isaiah 45:5–6
  33. 33 Ephesians 6:10; Psalm 27:1; Isaiah 41:10; Psalm 28:7–8; Philippians 4:13
  34. 34 Isaiah 58:14; Deuteronomy 32:13; Habakkuk 3:19; 2 Samuel 2:18; Isaiah 33:16
  35. 35 Psalm 144:1; Psalm 18:33–34; Ezekiel 39:9–10; Ezekiel 39:3; Psalm 46:9
  36. 36 Ephesians 6:16; Psalm 84:11; Psalm 115:14; Psalm 18:35; Genesis 22:17
  37. 37 Psalm 17:5; Proverbs 4:12; 1 Samuel 2:9; Psalm 121:3; Psalm 18:36
  38. 38 Psalm 21:8–9; 2 Samuel 5:18–25; 2 Samuel 10:14; 2 Samuel 8:1–2; Romans 8:37
  39. 39 Malachi 4:3; Psalm 18:37; Psalm 118:10–12; Psalm 110:5–6; Malachi 4:1
  40. 40 Psalm 44:5; Isaiah 60:14; Colossians 1:11; Psalm 18:32; Psalm 18:39
  41. 41 Exodus 23:27; Joshua 10:24; Luke 19:14; Luke 19:27; 2 Thessalonians 1:8–9
  42. 42 Isaiah 1:15; 1 Samuel 28:6; Micah 3:4; Proverbs 1:28; Ezekiel 20:3
  43. 43 Micah 7:10; Isaiah 10:6; 2 Kings 13:7; Zechariah 10:5; Deuteronomy 32:26
  44. 44 2 Samuel 8:1–14; Isaiah 55:5; 2 Samuel 3:1; Deuteronomy 28:13; 2 Samuel 19:14
  45. 45 Psalm 81:15; Psalm 66:3; Deuteronomy 33:29; Isaiah 56:6; Acts 8:21–23
  46. 46 Micah 7:17; Amos 9:3; Isaiah 64:6; Isaiah 2:19; James 1:11
  47. 47 Psalm 89:26; 2 Samuel 22:3; Job 19:25; Deuteronomy 32:39–40; Luke 1:47
  48. 48 Psalm 94:1; Psalm 144:2; Psalm 110:1; 2 Samuel 18:19; 1 Samuel 25:30
  49. 49 Psalm 140:1; Psalm 18:48; Numbers 24:17–19; Psalm 52:1; 2 Samuel 7:8–9
  50. 50 Romans 15:9; Isaiah 12:1–6; Psalm 145:1–2; Psalm 146:1–2; Psalm 18:49
  51. 51 Psalm 89:29; Psalm 18:50; Psalm 89:20; 2 Samuel 7:12–13; Psalm 144:10

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