28. For You cause my lamp to be lighted and to shine; the Lord my God illumines my darkness.
29. For by You I can run through a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.
30. As for God, His way is perfect! The word of the Lord is tested and tried; He is a shield to all those who take refuge and put their trust in Him.
31. For who is God except the Lord? Or who is the Rock save our God,
32. The God who girds me with strength and makes my way perfect?
33. He makes my feet like hinds' feet [able to stand firmly or make progress on the dangerous heights of testing and trouble]; He sets me securely upon my high places.
34. He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
35. You have also given me the shield of Your salvation, and Your right hand has held me up; Your gentleness and condescension have made me great.
36. You have given plenty of room for my steps under me, that my feet would not slip.
37. I pursued my enemies and overtook them; neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
38. I smote them so that they were not able to rise; they fell wounded under my feet.
39. For You have girded me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me and caused to bow down those who rose up against me.
40. You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
41. They cried [for help], but there was none to deliver–even unto the Lord, but He answered them not.
42. Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I emptied them out as the dirt and mire of the streets.
43. You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; You made me the head of the nations; a people I had not known served me.
44. As soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me; foreigners submitted themselves cringingly and yielded feigned obedience to me.
45. Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their caves or strongholds.