29 “aFor You are my lamp, O Lord;

And the Lord illumines my darkness.

30 “aFor by You I can 1run upon a troop;

By my God I can leap over a wall.

31 “aAs for God, His way is 1blameless;

bThe word of the Lord is tested;

cHe is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

32 “aFor who is God, besides the Lord?

bAnd who is a rock, besides our God?

33 “aGod is my strong fortress;

And He 1sets the 2blameless in 3His way.

34 “aHe makes 1my feet like hinds’ feet,

bAnd sets me on my high places.

35 “aHe trains my hands for battle,

bSo that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

36 “You have also given me athe shield of Your salvation,

And Your 1help makes me great.

37 “aYou enlarge my steps under me,

And my 1feet have not slipped.

38 “I pursued my enemies and adestroyed them,

And I did not turn back until they were consumed.

39 “And I have devoured them and shattered them, so that they did not rise;

And athey fell under my feet.

40 “For You have girded me with strength for battle;

You have 1subdued under me athose who rose up against me.

41 “You have also amade my enemies turn their backs to me,

And I 1destroyed those who hated me.

42 “aThey looked, but there was none to save;

bEven to the Lord, but He did not answer them.

43 “aThen I pulverized them as the dust of the earth;

bI crushed and stamped them as the mire of the streets.

44 “aYou have also delivered me from the contentions of my people;

bYou have kept me as head of the nations;

cA people whom I have not known serve me.

45 “aForeigners pretend obedience to me;

As soon as they hear, they obey me.

46 “Foreigners 1lose heart,

aAnd 2come trembling out of their 3fortresses.

47 “The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock;

And exalted be 1aGod, the rock of my salvation,

48 aThe God who executes vengeance for me,

bAnd brings down peoples under me,

49 Who also brings me out from my enemies;

You even lift me above athose who rise up against me;

bYou rescue me from the violent man.

50 “aTherefore I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the nations,

And I will sing praises to Your name.

51 “aHe is a tower of 1deliverance to His king,

And bshows lovingkindness to His anointed,

cTo David and his 2descendants forever.”