He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions;
He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.
He brought them out with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes.
He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
For he has broken the gates of brass, and cut through bars of iron.
He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.
God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is my helmet. Judah is my scepter.
Moab is my wash pot. I will toss my sandal on Edom. I will shout over Philistia.”
Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who has led me to Edom?
Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain.
Through God, we will do valiantly. For it is he who will tread down our enemies.
Yahweh will send out the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule among your enemies.
Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.
The Lord is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his wrath.
He will drink of the brook on the way; therefore he will lift up his head.
He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh.
His heart is established. He will not be afraid in the end when he sees his adversaries.
He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;
The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.
You mountains, that you skipped like rams; you little hills, like lambs?
who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.
Israel, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
House of Aaron, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
Yahweh preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.
Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom.
Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.
All the nations surrounded me, but in Yahweh’s name, I cut them off.
They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In Yahweh’s name I indeed cut them off.
They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In Yahweh’s name I cut them off.
You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh helped me.
Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.
The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. “The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.
The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!”
I will not die, but live, and declare Yah’s works.
I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation.
My soul is weary with sorrow: strengthen me according to your word.
So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word.
I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.
I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, and have comforted myself.
For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes.
I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.
I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end. SAMEKH
Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.
Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.
In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me.
My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.
Yahweh is your keeper. Yahweh is your shade on your right hand.
if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose up against us;
Blessed be Yahweh, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
Our help is in Yahweh’s name, who made heaven and earth.
Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever.
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forward and forever more.
As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.
Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won’t be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.
many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.
how he swore to Yahweh, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
Arise, Yahweh, into your resting place; you, and the ark of your strength.
I will clothe his enemies with shame, but on himself, his crown will be resplendent.”
For I know that Yahweh is great, that our Lord is above all gods.
who struck many nations, and killed mighty kings,
With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm; for his loving kindness endures forever:
But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea; for his loving kindness endures forever:
To him who struck great kings; for his loving kindness endures forever;
And has delivered us from our adversaries; for his loving kindness endures forever:
If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.
In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.
Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.
Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.
Yahweh, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my route. On the path in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me.
Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than me.
I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.
Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.
Revive me, Yahweh, for your name’s sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:
my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge; who subdues my people under me.
Part your heavens, Yahweh, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
You are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.
Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.
Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts. I will declare your greatness.
to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.
Yahweh upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.
Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.
He doesn’t delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.
He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can stand before his cold?
He has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise Yah!
May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hand;
Praise him for his mighty acts! Praise him according to his excellent greatness!
It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.
When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.
Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power.
The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
A gracious woman obtains honor, but violent men obtain riches.
A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.












