³¹ For who is God besides the Lord?
And who is the Rock except our God?
³² This God wraps me with strength
and makes my way perfect. ^[1]
33 By making my feet like those of a deer
    he enables me to stand on high places.
³⁴ Because he trains my hands for battle,
    my arms can draw a bronze bow.
³⁵ Then you give me the shield of your salvation.
Your right hand sustains me,
and you stoop down to lift me up.
³⁶ You widen the path under my feet,
so that my ankles do not give way.

³⁷ I pursued my enemies, and I overtook them.
So I did not turn back until they were wiped out.
³⁸ I crushed them so that they could not rise again.
They fell beneath my feet.
³⁹ You wrapped me with strength for battle.
You made those who rose up against me bow down to me.
⁴⁰ You made my enemies turn their backs and flee.
I destroyed those who hate me.
⁴¹ They cried for help, but there was no one to save them.
They cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
⁴² So I grind them as fine as dust blown by the wind.
I dump them out like mud in the streets.
⁴³ You delivered me from the accusations of the people.
You made me the head of nations.
A people I did not know serve me.
⁴⁴ As soon as they hear me, they obey me.
Foreigners cower before me.
⁴⁵ Foreigners fall exhausted.
They come trembling from their strongholds.

⁴⁶ The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock!
May the God who saves me be exalted!
⁴⁷ The God who avenges me subdues peoples under me.
⁴⁸ You delivered me from my enemies.
Yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me.
You rescued me from the violent man.
⁴⁹ Therefore I will praise you among the nations, Lord.
To your name I will make music.
⁵⁰ By providing great salvation for his King,
he shows mercy to his Anointed One,
to David and to his Descendant ^[2] forever.