1(For the one directing. Of Dovid Eved Hashem who sang to Hashem the lyrics of this shirah on the day Hashem delivered him from the hand of all his oyevim and from the hand of Sha'ul;

2and he said) 1I will love Thee, Hashem, my strength.

3Hashem is my rock, and my fortress,
and my deliverer;
Eli my Tzur (rock), in whom I take refuge;
my mogen, and the keren of my salvation, and my misgav (high place as a refuge).

4I will call upon Hashem, Who is worthy to be praised;
so shall I be saved from mine oyevim.

5The chevlei mavet entangled me,
and the floods of Beliya'al terrorized me.

6The chevlei Sheol snaked around me;
the snares of mavet confronted me.

7In my distress I called upon Hashem,
and cried unto Elohai;
He heard my voice out of His Heikhal,
and my cry came before Him, even into His ears.

8Ha'aretz shook and trembled;
the foundations also of the mountains quaked
and were shaken, because He was angry.

9Smoke went up from His nostrils,
and eish out of His mouth devoured;
coals were kindled by it.

10He parted Shomayim, and descended,
and dark clouds were under His feet.

11And He rode upon a keruv (cherub), and did fly;
yea, He soared upon the wings of the ruach.

12He made choshech His secret place;
His sukkah round about Him
was dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

13Out of the brightness that was before Him there broke through
barad (hailstones) and coals of eish out of His clouds.

14Hashem also thundered in Shomayim,
and Elyon gave His voice
amid barad and coals of eish.

15Yea, He sent out His khitzim (arrows), and scattered them;
and He shot out great lightning bolts, and did put them to rout.

16Then the channels of waters were exposed,
and the foundations of the tevel (world) were laid bare
at Thy rebuke, Hashem,
at the blast of the ruach of Thy nostrils.

17He sent from on high, He took hold of me,
He drew me out of mayim rabbim (many waters).

18He delivered me from my strong oyev,
and from them which hated me;
for they were too strong for me.

19They confronted me in the day of my calamity;
but Hashem was my stay.

20He brought me forth also into a place merkhav (spacious);
He delivered me, because He delighted in me.

21Hashem dealt with me according to my tzedek;
according to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.

22For I have been shomer regarding the Darkhei Hashem,
and have not wickedly departed from Elohai.

23For all His mishpatim were before me,
and I did not put away His chukkot from me.

24I was also tamim (blameless) before Him,
and I kept myself from mine avon.

25Therefore hath Hashem recompensed me according to my tzedek,
according to the cleanness of my hands before His eyes.

26With the chasid Thou wilt show Thyself chesed;
with a perfect man Thou wilt show Thyself perfect;

27With the pure Thou wilt show Thyself pure;
and with the ikesh (crooked, perverted, false) Thou wilt show Thyself shrewd.

28For Thou wilt save the ani (poor);
but wilt bring down low haughty looks.

29For Thou wilt light my ner;
Hashem Elohai will enlighten my choshech.

30For by Thee have I scattered a troop;
and by Elohai have I leaped over a wall.

31As for El, His derech is tamim (perfect);
the word of Hashem is tzerufah (tested and proved flawless, inerrant);
He is a mogen to all those that take refuge in Him.

32For who is Elohim besides Hashem?
Or who is Tzur but Eloheinu?

33It is El that armeth me with chayil,
and maketh my derech tamim (perfect).

34He maketh my raglayim like deer feet,
and setteth me upon my high places.

35He traineth my hands for milchamah,
so that a keshet-nechushah mine arms can bend.

36Thou hast also given me the mogen of Thy salvation;
and Thy right hand hath held me up,
and Thy lowliness hath made me great.

37Thou hast made rakhav (broad) the place for my footsteps under me,
that my ankles did not turn.

38I have pursued mine oyevim, and overtaken them;
neither did I turn back till they were consumed.

39I have crushed them that they were not able to rise;
they are fallen under my raglayim.

40For Thou hast armed me with chayil unto the milchamah;
Thou hast made bow down under me those that rose up against me.

41Thou hast also given me the necks of mine oyevim;
that I might destroy them that hate me.

42They cried for help, but there was no Moshi'a to save them,
even unto Hashem, but He answered them not.

43Then did I beat them small as the dust before the ruach;
I did empty them out as the dirt in the chutzot (streets).

44Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people;
and Thou hast made me the Rosh (head) of the Goyim (nations);
an Am (people) whom I have not known shall serve me.

45As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me;
the Bnei Nekhar (foreigners) shall submit themselves unto me.

46The Bnei Nekhar shall fade away,
and come forth trembling out of their misgerot (stongholds, fastnesses, secure places).

47Hashem chai; and baruch be my Tzur;
and let the Elohei of my salvation be exalted.

48It is El that avengeth me,
and subdueth the nations under me.

49He saveth me from mine oyevim;
yea, Thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me;
Thou hast delivered me from the ish chamas.

50Therefore will I give thanks unto Thee, Hashem, among the Goyim,
and sing praises unto Shimecha.

51Great deliverance giveth He to His Melech;
and showeth chesed to His Moshiach,
to Dovid, and to his Zera ad olam.