1 David compôs este cântico para o Senhor após ter sido salvo por ele das mãos de Saul e dos seus outros inimigos:
2 O Senhor é o meu rochedo,a minha fortaleza e o meu salvador.
3 Confiarei em Deus, que é a minha rocha e o meu alto retiro. Ele é o meu escudo, o poder da minha salvaçãoe o meu refúgio. Ó meu Salvador, tu me livras da violência.
4 Invocarei o Senhor, que é digno de todo o louvor;salvar-me-á de todos os meus adversários.
5 Ondas de morte me cercaram;torrentes de maldade desabaram sobre mim.
6 Fui ligado e atado, pelo inferno e pela morte;
7 O meu clamor chegou aos seus ouvidos.
8 Então a terra abanou e tremeu;os fundamentos dos céus abalaram-se, por causa da sua ira.
9 Saiu-lhe fumo do seu rosto, da boca, um fogo devorador,que tudo consome na sua frente, pondo o mundo em chamas.
10 Fez baixar os céus e desceu,andando sobre espessas nuvens.
11 Voou sobre um querubim, sobre as asas do vento.
12 As trevas rodearam-no, espessas nuvens o circundaram;
13 mas a terra resplendeu com o brilho da sua presença.
14 O Senhor trovejou desde os céus;o Deus supremo fez ecoar a sua voz.
15 Disparou as suas frechas de luz, e dispersou os inimigos.
16 Pelo sopro da sua respiração até o mar se dividiu em dois,e viu-se o fundo das águas pela repreensão do Senhor.
17 Desde o alto me livrou, salvou-me de ser levado pelas vagas;
18 libertou-me do meu poderoso inimigo, daqueles que me odiavam,dos que tinham muito mais força que eu.
19 Saltaram sobre mim, no dia da calamidade. Mas o Senhor foi a minha salvação.
20 Fez-me reaver a liberdade, resgatou-me, porque me amava.
21 O Senhor recompensou-me, conforme a minha rectidão,porque tinha as mãos limpas,
22 e não me afastei impiamente do meu Deus.
23 Tive sempre presentes as suas leis,e não me desviei dos seus estatutos.
24 Fui sempre sincero perante ele, e fugi ao pecado.
26 Tu és misericordioso para com os que têm misericórdia;revelas a tua justiça para com os que são rectos.
28 Salvarás os que estão aflitos, mas abates os orgulhosos,pois que tens os olhos sempre sobre eles.
29 Senhor, tu és a minha luz! Transformaste em luz a minha escuridão.
30 Pelo teu poder posso esmagar um exército;pela tua força saltarei muralhas.
31 O caminho de Deus é perfeito; a palavra do Senhor é verdade. É um escudo para com os que procuram a sua protecção.
32 Só o Senhor é Deus.Quem é como um rochedo senão o nosso Deus?
33 Deus é a minha poderosa fortificação;faz-me andar em perfeita segurança.
34 Faz com que caminhe com passo bem firme,como as gazelas sobre as rochas.
35 Torna-me hábil nos combates,dá-me força capaz de dobrar um arco de bronze;
36 Deste-me o escudo da tua salvação;pela tua bondade me engrandeceste.
37 Fizeste-me andar sobre caminhos lisos,onde os meus pés não vacilaram.
38 Persegui os meus inimigos e os destruí,não desisti sem os derrotar.
39 Consumi-os e destrocei-os de tal forma que mais nenhum deles se poderá levantar.Caíram debaixo dos meus pés.
40 Pois deste-me força para a batalha. Fizeste com que subjugassetodos os que se levantaram contra mim.
41 Obrigaste os meus inimigos a fazerem meia volta e a fugirem; destrui-os a todos, os que me odiavam.
42 Em vão pediam ajuda; clamaram a Deus,mas recusou ouvi-los.
43 Pisei-os como o pó do chão, esmaguei-os e dispersei-os,como pó pelas ruas
44 Guardaste-me da rebelião do meu povo;livraste-me, para que seja cabeça das nações. Estrangeiros me servirão;
45 em breve me serão sujeitos,quando ouvirem falar do meu poder.
46 Perderão a altivez, e virão a tremer, lá dos seus esconderijos.
47 O Senhor vive! Bendito seja aquele que é a minha rocha. Que ele seja louvado,aquele que é a pedra da minha salvação.
50 Por isso te dou honra, ó Senhor, entre as nações,e canto louvores ao poder do teu nome.
51 O Senhor deu uma maravilhosa salvação ao seu rei,manifestou misericórdia ao seu ungido -a David e à sua família, para sempre.
1 And David spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
2 and he said, Yahweh is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;
3 God, my rock, in him I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; My savior, you save me from violence.
4 I will call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised: So I will be saved from my enemies.
5 For the waves of death surrounded me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:
6 The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
7 In my distress I called on Yahweh; Yes, I called to my God: And he heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry [came] into his ears.
8 Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked And were shaken, because he was angry.
9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.
10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.
11 And he rode on a cherub, and flew; Yes, he was seen on the wings of the wind.
12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
13 At the brightness before him Coals of fire were kindled.
14 Yahweh thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered his voice.
15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; Lightning, and discomfited them.
16 Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare, By the rebuke of Yahweh, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
17 He sent from on high, 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 mighty for me.
19 They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Yahweh was my support.
20 He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
21 Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands he has recompensed me.
22 For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For all his ordinances were before me; And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
24 I was also perfect toward him; And I kept myself from my iniquity.
25 Therefore Yahweh has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight.
26 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful; With the perfect man you will show yourself perfect;
27 With the pure you will show yourself pure; And with the perverse you will show yourself froward.
28 And the afflicted people you will save; But your eyes are on the haughty, that you may bring them down.
29 For you are my lamp, O Yahweh; And Yahweh will lighten my darkness.
30 For by you I run on a troop; By my God I leap over a wall.
31 As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Yahweh is tried; He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
32 For who is God, but Yahweh? And who is a rock, but our God?
33 God is my strong fortress; And he opened up perfectly my way.
34 He makes his feet like hinds' [feet], And sets me on my high places.
35 He teaches my hands to war, So that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
36 You have also given me the shield of your salvation; And your response has made me great.
37 You have enlarged my steps under me; And my feet have not slipped.
38 I have pursued my enemies, and destroyed them; Neither did I turn again until they were consumed.
39 And I have consumed them, and struck them through, so that they can't arise: Yes, they have fallen under my feet.
40 For you have girded me with strength to the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
41 You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, That I might cut off those who hate me.
42 They looked, but there was none to save; Even to Yahweh, but he did not answer them.
43 Then I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I crush them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad.
44 You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people; You have kept me to be the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known will serve me.
45 The foreigners will submit themselves to me: As soon as they hear of me, they will obey me.
46 The foreigners will fade away, And will come trembling out of their close places.
47 Yahweh lives; and blessed be my rock; And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
48 Even the God who executes vengeance for me, And that brings down peoples under me,
49 And that brings me forth from my enemies: Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me; You deliver me from the violent man.
50 Therefore I will give thanks to you, O Yahweh, among the nations, And will sing praises to your name.
51 Great deliverance he gives to his king, And shows loving-kindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, forevermore.