1. And David spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul,
2. And he said: The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my saviour.
3. God is my strong one, in him will I trust: my shield, and the horn of my salvation: he lifteth me up, and is my refuge: my saviour, thou wilt deliver me from iniquity.
4. I will call on the Lord who is worthy to be praised: and I shall be saved from my enemies.
5. For the pangs of death have sur rounded me: the floods of Belial have made me afraid.
6. The cords of hell compassed me: the snares of death prevented me.
7. In my distress I will call upon the Lord, and I will cry to my God: and he will hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry shall come to his ears.
8. The earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the mountains were moved, and shaken, because he was angry with them.
9. A smoke went up from his nostrils, and a devouring fire out of his mouth: coals were kindled by it.
10. He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
11. And he rode upon the cherubims, and flew: and slid upon the wings of the wind.
12. He made darkness a covering round about him: dropping waters out of the clouds of the heavens.
13. By the brightness before him, the coals of fire were kindled.
14. The Lord shall thunder from heaven: and the most high shall give forth his voice.
15. He shot arrows and scattered them: lightning, and consumed them.
16. And the overflowings of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid open at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the spirit of his wrath.
17. He sent from on high, and took me, and drew me out of many waters.
18. He delivered me from my most mighty enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.