16. And the overflow of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the globe were revealed, at the rebuke of the Lord, at the exhale of the breath of his fury.
17. He sent from on high, and he took me up. And he drew me out of many waters.
18. He freed me from my most powerful enemy and from those who had hated me. For they were too strong for me.
19. He went before me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my firmament.
20. And he led me out to a wide-open place. He freed me, because I was pleasing to him.
21. The Lord will reward me according to my justice. And he will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands.
22. For I have kept to the ways of the Lord, and I have not acted impiously before my God.
23. For all his judgments are in my sight. And I have not removed his precepts from me.
24. And I shall be perfect with him. And I shall guard myself from my own iniquity.
25. And the Lord will recompense me according to my justice, and according to the cleanness of my hands in the sight of his eyes.
26. With the holy one, you will be holy, and with the strong one, you will be perfect.
27. With the elect one, you will be elect, and with the perverse one, you will be perverse.
28. And you will bring to salvation the poor people, and you will humble the exalted with your eyes.
29. For you are my lamp, O Lord. And you, O Lord, will illuminate my darkness.
30. For in you, I will run girded. In my God, I will leap over the wall.
31. God, his way is immaculate; the eloquence of the Lord is an exacting fire. He is the shield of all who hope in him.
32. Who is God except the Lord? And who is strong except our God?
33. God, he has girded me with fortitude, and he has made my way perfect:
34. making my feet like the feet of the stag, and stationing me upon my exalted places,