29You are my lamp, O Lord;

the Lord turns my darkness into light.

30With your help I can advance against a troop^g;

with my God I can scale a wall.

31“As for God, his way is perfect;

the word of the Lord is flawless.

He is a shield

for all who take refuge in him.

32For who is God besides the Lord?

And who is the Rock except our God?

33It is God who arms me with strength^h

and makes my way perfect.

34He makes my feet like the feet of a deer;

he enables me to stand on the heights.

35He trains my hands for battle;

my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

36You give me your shield of victory;

you stoop down to make me great.

37You broaden the path beneath me,

so that my ankles do not turn.

38“I pursued my enemies and crushed them;

I did not turn back till they were destroyed.

39I crushed them completely, and they could not rise;

they fell beneath my feet.

40You armed me with strength for battle;

you made my adversaries bow at my feet.

41You made my enemies turn their backs in flight,

and I destroyed my foes.

42They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—

to the Lord, but he did not answer.

43I beat them as fine as the dust of the earth;

I pounded and trampled them like mud in the streets.

44“You have delivered me from the attacks of my people;

you have preserved me as the head of nations.

People I did not know are subject to me,

45and foreigners come cringing to me;

as soon as they hear me, they obey me.

46They all lose heart;

they come tremblingⁱ from their strongholds.

47“The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock!

Exalted be God, the Rock, my Savior!

48He is the God who avenges me,

who puts the nations under me,

49who sets me free from my enemies.

You exalted me above my foes;

from violent men you rescued me.

50Therefore I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations;

I will sing praises to your name.

51He gives his king great victories;

he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed,

to David and his descendants forever.”