1 And he said:

“I love you, O Yahweh, my strength.”

2 Yahweh is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,

my God, my rock in whom I have taken refuge,

my shield and the horn of my deliverance, my stronghold.

3 I called upon Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised,

and I was saved from my enemies.

4 The ropes of death encircled me,

and streams of ruin overwhelmed me.

5 The ropes of Sheol surrounded me;

the snares of death confronted me.

6 In my trouble I called on Yahweh,

and to my God I cried for help.

He heard my voice from his temple,

and my cry for help

came up before his presence into his ears.

7 Then the earth shook and quaked,

and the foundations of the mountains trembled,

and they staggered because he was angry.

8 Smoke went forth from his nose,

and fire from his mouth consumed.

Burning coals blazed from him.

9 So he bowed the heavens and came down

with a thick cloud under his feet.

10 And he mounted a cherub and flew,

and he swooped down on wings of wind.

11 He made darkness his hiding place;

all about him his covering

was a darkness of waters, ⌊thick clouds⌋.c

12 From the brightness before him

his clouds passed over

with hail and coals of fire.

13 And Yahweh thundered from the heavens,

and the Most High uttered his voice

with hail and coals of fire.

14 And he shot his arrows and scattered them,d

and many lightning bolts and routed them.

15 Then the channels of the sea became visible,

and the foundations of the world were uncovered

by your rebuke, O Yahweh,

by the ⌊blast⌋e of the wind of your nose.

16 He reachedf from on high; he seized me.

He drew me from many waters.

17 He delivered me from my strong enemy,

and from those who hated me

because they were stronger than I.

18 They confronted me on the day of disaster,

but Yahweh was my support.

19 So he brought me out to a spacious place.

He delivered me because he delighted in me.

20 Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness;

According to the cleanness of my hands

he has repaid me.

21 Because I have kept the ways of Yahweh,

and have not acted wickedly against my God,

22 because all his ordinances are before me,

and his statutes I have not removed from me,

23 and I was blameless before him,

and I kept myself from my guilt.

24 Therefore Yahweh has repaid me according to my righteousness,

according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.