Praise for God’s Deliverance

22 Then David aspoke to the Lord the words of this song, on the day when the Lord had bdelivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. 2 And he csaid:

d“The Lord is my rock and my efortress and my deliverer;

3 The God of my strength, fin whom I will trust;

My gshield and the hhorn 1of my salvation,

My istronghold and my jrefuge;

My Savior, You save me from violence.

4 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised;

So shall I be saved from my enemies.

5 “When the waves of death surrounded me,

The floods of ungodliness 2made me afraid.

6 The ksorrows of Sheol surrounded me;

The snares of death confronted me.

7 In my distress lI called upon the Lord,

And cried out to my God;

He mheard my voice from His temple,

And my cry entered His ears.

8 “Then nthe earth shook and trembled;

oThe foundations of 3heaven quaked and were shaken,

Because He was angry.

9 Smoke went up from His nostrils,

And devouring pfire from His mouth;

Coals were kindled by it.

10 He qbowed the heavens also, and came down

With rdarkness under His feet.

11 He rode upon a cherub, and flew;

And He 4was seen supon the wings of the wind.

12 He made tdarkness canopies around Him,

Dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

13 From the brightness before Him

Coals of fire were kindled.

14 “The Lord uthundered from heaven,

And the Most High uttered His voice.

15 He sent out varrows and scattered them;

Lightning bolts, and He vanquished them.

16 Then the channels of the sea wwere seen,

The foundations of the world were uncovered,

At the xrebuke of the Lord,

At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

17 “He ysent from above, He took me,

He drew me out of many waters.

18 He delivered me from my strong enemy,

From those who hated me;

For they were too strong for me.

19 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,

But the Lord was my zsupport.

20 aHe also brought me out into a broad place;

He delivered me because He bdelighted in me.

21 “The cLord rewarded me according to my righteousness;

According to the dcleanness of my hands

He has recompensed me.