Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, the one who rescues me. God is my rock. I take refuge in him. He is my shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold, and my refuge, the one who saves me from violence. I will call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised, and I will be saved from my enemies. For the waves of death surrounded me, the rushing waters of destruction overwhelmed me. The cords of Sheol surrounded me, and the snares of death trapped me. In my distress I called to Yahweh; I called to my God; he heard my voice from his temple, and my cry for help went into his ears. Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of the heavens trembled and were shaken, because God was angry. Smoke went up from out of his nostrils, and blazing fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it. He opened the heavens and came down, and thick darkness was under his feet. He rode on a cherub and flew. He was seen on the wings of the wind. He made darkness a tent around him, gathering heavy rain clouds in the skies. From the lightning before him coals of fire fell. Yahweh thundered from the heavens. The Most High shouted. He shot arrows and scattered his enemies—lightning bolts and threw them into confusion. Then the channels of the sea were seen; the foundations of the world were laid bare at the rebuke of Yahweh, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. He reached down from above; he took hold of me! He pulled me out of the surging water. He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me. They came against me on the day of my distress, but Yahweh was my support. He also brought me out to a wide open place. He saved me because he was pleased with me. Yahweh has rewarded me to the measure of my righteousness; he has restored me to the measure of the cleanness of my hands. For I have kept the ways of Yahweh and have not acted wickedly by turning from my God. For all his righteous decrees have been before me; as for his statutes, I have not turned away from them. I have also been innocent before him, and I have kept myself from my iniquity. Therefore Yahweh has restored me to the measure of my righteousness, to the degree of my cleanness in his sight. To the faithful one, you show yourself to be faithful; to a man who is blameless, you show yourself to be blameless. With the pure you show yourself pure, but you are perverse to the twisted. You save afflicted people, but your eyes are against the proud, and you humiliate them.
