1  bbI will love thee, O Lord, my strength.

2  The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

My God, †my strength, cin whom I will trust;

My buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

3  I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised:

So shall I be saved from mine enemies.

4  The ||sorrows of death compassed me,

And the floods of †ungodly men made me afraid.

5  The ||sorrows of hell compassed me about:

The snares of death dprevented me.

6  ddIn my distress I called upon the Lord,

And cried unto my God:

He heard my voice out of his temple,

And my cry came before him, even into his ears.

7  Then the earth shook and trembled;

The foundations also eof the hills moved

And were shaken, because he was wroth.

8  There went up a smoke †out of his nostrils,

And ffire out of his mouth devoured:

Coals were kindled by it.

9  He bowed the heavens also, and came down:

And darkness was under his feet.