33 God will gird me with strength, he will make me the right way;

34 He maketh my feet like those of a deer, and sets me on high;

35 He teaches my hands how to fight, and he bends my muscles like a bow of brass.

36 Thou givest me the shield of thy salvation, and thy mercy magnifies me.

37 Thou hast widened my pace under me, and my feet do not waver.

38 I pursue my enemies, and destroy them, and I do not return until I have destroyed them;

39 And I destroy them, and I smite them, and they do not rise, but fall under my feet.

40 Thou hast girded me with strength for war, and hast brought down before me those who rise up against me;

41 Thou turnest unto me the rear of my enemies, and I destroy them that hate me.

42 They cry out, but there is no one to save, to the Lord, but he hearkens not to them.

43 I scatter them like the dust of the earth, I wash them like the dirt of the street, and trample them down.

44 Thou hast delivered me from the rebellion of my people; Thou hast preserved me, that I may be my head over the foreigners; a people I did not know serve me.

45 Foreigners caress me before me; they obey me when they hear about me.

46 The foreigners turn pale and tremble in their fortifications.

47 As the Lord lives, and blessed is my defender! May God be exalted, the refuge of my salvation,

48 God who avenges me and subdues the nations to me

49 And he who delivers me from my enemies! Above those who rise up against me Thou hast exalted me; Thou hast delivered me from a cruel man.

50 Therefore I will praise you, O Lord, among the foreigners, and I will sing to your name,

51 Who magnificently saves His king, and shows mercy to His anointed one David and his seed for ever!

Chapter 23

1 These are the last words of David, the utterance of David the son of Jesse, the utterance of a man set high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet singer of Israel: