¹² From the ^(A)brightness before Him passed His thick clouds,
Hailstones and ^(B)coals of fire.
¹³ The Lord also ^(C)thundered in the heavens,
And the Most High uttered His voice,
Hailstones and coals of fire.
¹⁴ He ^(D)sent out His arrows, and scattered them,
And lightning flashes in abundance, and ^[a]routed them.
¹⁵ Then the ^(E)channels of water appeared,
And the foundations of the world were exposed
By Your ^(F)rebuke, Lord,
At the blast of the ^(G)breath of Your nostrils.

¹⁶ He ^(H)sent from on high, He took me;
He drew me out of ^(I)many waters.
¹⁷ He ^(J)saved me from my strong enemy,
And from those who hated me, for they were ^(K)too mighty for me.
¹⁸ They confronted me in ^(L)the day of my disaster,
But ^(M)the Lord was my support.
¹⁹ He also brought me out into an ^(N)open place;
He rescued me, because ^(O)He delighted in me.

²⁰ The Lord has ^(P)rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the ^(Q)cleanness of my hands He has repaid me.
²¹ For I have ^(R)kept the ways of the Lord,
And have ^(S)not acted wickedly against my God.
²² For all ^(T)His judgments were before me,
And I did not put away His ^(U)statutes from me.
²³ I was also ^[b](V)blameless with Him,
And I ^(W)kept myself from my wrongdoing.
²⁴ Therefore the Lord has ^(X)repaid me according to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.

²⁵ With ^(Y)the faithful You show Yourself faithful;
With the ^[c]blameless ^(Z)You prove Yourself blameless;
²⁶ With the pure You show Yourself ^(AA)pure,
And with the crooked ^(AB)You show Yourself ^[d]astute.
²⁷ For You ^(AC)save an afflicted people,
But You humiliate ^(AD)haughty eyes.
²⁸ For You ^(AE)light my lamp;
The Lord my God ^(AF)illumines my darkness.
²⁹ For by You I can ^(AG)run at a ^[e]troop of warriors;
And by my God I can ^(AH)leap over a wall.

³⁰ As for God, His way is ^[f](AI)blameless;
The ^(AJ)word of the Lord is refined;
He is a ^(AK)shield to all who take refuge in Him.
³¹ For ^(AL)who is God, but the Lord?
And who is a ^(AM)rock, except our God,
³² The God who ^(AN)encircles me with strength,
And ^[g]makes my way ^[h](AO)blameless?
³³ He ^(AP)makes my feet like deer’s feet,
And ^(AQ)sets me up on my high places.
³⁴ He ^(AR)trains my hands for battle,
So that my arms can ^(AS)bend a bow of bronze.
³⁵ You have also given me ^(AT)the shield of Your salvation,
And Your ^(AU)right hand upholds me;
And ^(AV)Your ^[i]gentleness makes me great.
³⁶ You ^(AW)enlarge my steps under me,
And my ^[j](AX)feet have not slipped.

³⁷ I ^(AY)pursued my enemies and overtook them,
And I did not turn back ^(AZ)until they were consumed.
³⁸ I shattered them, so that they were ^(BA)not able to rise;
They fell ^(BB)under my feet.
³⁹ For You have ^(BC)encircled me with strength for battle;
You have forced those who rose up against me ^(BD)to bow down under me.
⁴⁰ You have also made my enemies ^(BE)turn their backs to me,
And I ^[k](BF)destroyed those who hated me.
⁴¹ They cried for help, but there was ^(BG)no one to save,
They cried to the Lord, but ^(BH)He did not answer them.
⁴² Then I beat them fine like the ^(BI)dust before the wind;
I emptied them out like the mud of the streets.

⁴³ You have rescued me from the ^(BJ)contentions of the people;
You have placed me as ^(BK)head of the nations;
A ^(BL)people whom I have not known serve me.
⁴⁴ As soon as they hear, they obey me;
Foreigners ^(BM)pretend to obey me.
⁴⁵ Foreigners ^(BN)lose heart,
And ^(BO)come trembling out of their ^[l]fortresses.

⁴⁶ The Lord ^(BP)lives, and blessed be ^(BQ)my rock;
And exalted be ^(BR)the God of my salvation,
⁴⁷ The God who ^(BS)executes vengeance for me,
And ^(BT)subdues peoples under me.
⁴⁸ He ^(BU)rescues me from my enemies;
You indeed ^(BV)lift me above those who rise up against me;
You rescue me from a ^(BW)violent man.
⁴⁹ Therefore I will ^(BX)give thanks to You among the nations, Lord,
And I will ^(BY)sing praises to Your name.
⁵⁰ He gives great ^[m](BZ)salvation to His king,
And shows faithfulness to ^(CA)His anointed,
To David and ^(CB)his ^[n]descendants forever.