²⁹ For You are my lamp, Lord;
And the Lord illuminates my darkness.
³⁰ For by You I can run at a ^[a]troop of warriors;
By my God I can leap over a wall.
³¹ As for God, His way is ^[b]blameless;
The word of the Lord is refined;
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
³² For who is God, except the Lord?
And who is a rock, except our God?
³³ God is my strong fortress;
And He ^[c]sets the ^[d]blameless on ^[e]His way.
³⁴ He makes ^[f]my feet like deer’s feet,
And sets me on my high places.
³⁵ He trains my hands for battle,
So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
³⁶ You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,
And Your ^[g]help makes me great.
³⁷ You enlarge my steps under me,
And my ^[h]feet have not slipped.
³⁸ I pursued my enemies and eliminated them,
And I did not turn back until they were finished off.
³⁹ And I have devoured them and smashed them, so that they would not rise;
And they fell under my feet.
⁴⁰ For You have encircled me with strength for battle;
You have forced those who rose up against me to bow down under me.
⁴¹ You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me,
And I ^[i]destroyed those who hated me.
⁴² They looked, but there was no one to save them;
Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.
⁴³ Then I pulverized them as the dust of the earth;
I crushed and trampled them like the mud of the streets.
⁴⁴ You have also saved me from the contentions of my people;
You have kept me as head of the nations;
A people I have not known serve me.
⁴⁵ Foreigners pretend to obey me;
As soon as they hear, they obey me.
⁴⁶ Foreigners lose heart,
And ^[j]come trembling out of their fortresses.
⁴⁷ The Lord lives, and blessed be my Rock;
And exalted be ^[k]my God, the rock of my salvation,
⁴⁸ The God who executes vengeance for me,
And brings down peoples under me,
⁴⁹ Who also brings me out from my enemies;
You also raise me above those who rise up against me;
You rescue me from the violent person.
⁵⁰ Therefore I will ^[l]give thanks to You, Lord, among the nations,
And I will sing praises to Your name.
⁵¹ He is a tower of ^[m]salvation to His king,
And shows favor to His anointed,
To David and his ^[n]descendants forever.”