1 Davi dirigiu ao Senhor as palavras deste cântico, no dia em que o Senhor o livrou das mãos de todos os seus inimigos e das mãos de Saul, dizendo:
2 O Senhor é o meu rochedo, a minha fortaleza e o meu libertador.
3 É meu Deus, a minha rocha, nele confiarei; é o meu escudo, e a força da minha salvação, o meu alto retiro, e o meu refúgio. O meu Salvador; da violência tu me livras.
4 Ao Senhor invocarei, pois é digno de louvor; assim serei salvo dos meus inimigos.
5 As ondas da morte me cercaram, as torrentes de Belial me atemorizaram.
6 Cordas do Seol me cingiram, laços de morte me envolveram.
7 Na minha angústia invoquei ao Senhor; sim, a meu Deus clamei; do seu templo ouviu ele a minha voz, e o meu clamor chegou aos seus ouvidos.
8 Então se abalou e tremeu a terra, os fundamentos dos céus se moveram; abalaram-se porque ele se irou.
9 Das suas narinas subiu fumaça, e da sua boca um fogo devorador, que pôs carvões em chamas.
10 Ele abaixou os céus, e desceu; e havia escuridão debaixo dos seus pés.
11 Montou num querubim, e voou; apareceu sobre as asas do vento.
12 E por tendas pôs trevas ao redor de si, ajuntamento de águas, espessas nuvens do céu.
13 Pelo resplendor da sua presença acenderam-se brasas de fogo.
14 Do céu trovejou o Senhor, o Altíssimo fez soar a sua voz.
15 Disparou flechas, e os dissipou; raios, e os desbaratou.
16 Então apareceram as profundezas do mar; os fundamentos do mundo se descobriram, pela repreensão do Senhor, pelo assopro do vento das suas narinas.
17 Estendeu do alto a sua mão e tomou-me; tirou-me das muitas águas.
18 Livrou-me do meu possante inimigo, e daqueles que me odiavam; porque eram fortes demais para mim.
19 Encontraram-me no dia da minha calamidade, porém o Senhor se fez o meu esteio.
20 Conduziu-me para um lugar espaçoso; livrou-me, porque tinha prazer em mim.
21 Recompensou-me o Senhor conforme a minha justiça; conforme a pureza e minhas mãos me retribuiu.
22 Porque guardei os caminhos do Senhor, e não me apartei impiamente do meu Deus.
23 Pois todos os seus preceitos estavam diante de mim, e dos seus estatutos não me desviei.
24 Fui perfeito para com ele, e guardei-me da minha iniqüidade.
25 Por isso me retribuiu o Senhor conforme a minha justiça, conforme a minha pureza diante dos meus olhos.
26 Para com o benigno te mostras benigno; para com o perfeito te mostras perfeito,
27 para com o puro te mostras puro, mas para com o perverso te mostras avesso.
28 Livrarás o povo que se humilha, mas teus olhos são contra os altivos, e tu os abaterás.
29 Porque tu, Senhor, és a minha candeia; e o Senhor alumiará as minhas trevas.
30 Pois contigo passarei pelo meio dum esquadrão; com o meu Deus transporei um muro.
31 Quanto a Deus, o seu caminho é perfeito, e a palavra do Senhor é fiel; é ele o escudo de todos os que nele se refugiam.
32 Pois quem é Deus, senão o Senhor? e quem é rocha, senão o nosso Deus?
33 Deus é a minha grande fortaleza; e ele torna perfeito o meu caminho.
34 Faz ele os meus pés como os das gazelas, e me põe sobre as minhas alturas.
35 Ele instrui as minhas mãos para a peleja, de modo que os meus braços podem entesar um arco de bronze.
36 Também me deste o escudo da tua salvação, e tua brandura me engrandece.
37 Alargaste os meus passos debaixo de mim, e não vacilaram os meus artelhos.
38 Persegui os meus inimigos e os destruí, e nunca voltei atrás sem que os consumisse.
39 Eu os consumi, e os atravessei, de modo que nunca mais se levantaram; sim, cairam debaixo dos meus pés.
40 Pois tu me cingiste de força para a peleja; prostraste debaixo de mim os que se levantaram contra mim.
41 Fizeste que me voltassem as costas os meus inimigos, aqueles que me odiavam, para que eu os destruísse.
42 Olharam ao redor, mas não houve quem os salvasse; clamaram ao Senhor, mas ele não lhes respondeu.
43 Então os moí como o pó da terra; como a lama das ruas os trilhei e dissipei.
44 Também me livraste das contendas do meu povo; guardaste-me para ser o cabeça das nações; um povo que eu não conhecia me serviu.
45 Estrangeiros, com adulação, se submeteram a mim; ao ouvirem de mim, me obedeceram.
46 Os estrangeiros desfaleceram e, tremendo, sairam os seus esconderijos.
47 O Senhor vive; bendita seja a minha rocha, e exaltado seja Deus, a rocha da minha salvação,
48 o Deus que me deu vingança, e sujeitou povos debaixo de mim,
49 e me tirou dentre os meus inimigos; porque tu me exaltaste sobre os meus adversários; tu me livraste do homem violento.
50 Por isso, ó Senhor, louvar-te-ei entre as nações, e entoarei louvores ao teu nome.
51 Ele dá grande livramento a seu rei, e usa de benignidade para com o seu ungido, para com Davi e a sua descendência para sempre.
1 And David made a song to the Lord in these words, on the day when the Lord made him free from the hands of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul:
2 And he said, The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour, even mine;
3 My God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my safe place; my saviour, who keeps me safe from the violent man.
4 I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.
5 For the waves of death came round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear;
6 The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.
7 In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came to his ears.
8 Then the earth was moved with a violent shock; the bases of heaven were moved and shaking, because he was angry.
9 There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: coals were lighted by it.
10 The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.
11 And he went through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind.
12 And he made the dark his tent round him, a mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
13 Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and coals of fire.
14 The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out.
15 And he sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.
16 Then the deep beds of the sea were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of the Lord's wrath, because of the breath of his mouth.
17 He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.
18 He made me free from my strong hater, from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.
19 They came on me in the day of my trouble: but the Lord was my support.
20 He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.
21 The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.
22 For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.
23 For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.
24 And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.
25 Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.
26 On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;
27 He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.
28 For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but your eyes are on men of pride, to make them low.
29 For you are my light, O Lord; and the Lord will make the dark bright for me.
30 By your help I have made a way through the wall which was shutting me in: by the help of my God I have gone over a wall.
31 As for God, his way is all good: the word of the Lord is tested; he is a safe cover for all those who put their faith in him.
32 For who is God but the Lord? and who is a Rock but our God?
33 God puts a strong band about me, guiding me in a straight way.
34 He makes my feet like roes' feet, and puts me on high places.
35 He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.
36 You have given me the breastplate of your salvation, and your mercy has made me great.
37 You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet make no slip.
38 I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome.
39 I have sent destruction on them and given them wounds, so that they are not able to get up: they are stretched under my feet.
40 For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who came out against me.
41 By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.
42 They were crying out, but there was no one to come to their help: even to the Lord, but he gave them no answer.
43 Then they were crushed as small as the dust of the earth, stamped down under my feet like the waste of the streets.
44 You have made me free from the fightings of my people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.
45 Men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority: from the time when my name comes to their ears, they will be ruled by me.
46 They will be wasted away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear.
47 The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured:
48 It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.
49 He makes me free from my haters: I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.
50 Because of this I will give you praise, O Lord, among the nations, and will make a song of praise to your name.
51 Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.