28. You are the one who lights my lamp—the Lord my God illumines my darkness.
29. With you I can charge into battle;with my God I can leap over a wall.
30. God! His way is perfect;the Lord’s word is tried and true.He is a shield for all who take refuge in him.
31. Now really, who is divine except the Lord?And who is a rock but our God?
32. Only God! The God who equips me with strengthand makes my way perfect,
33. who makes my step as sure as the deer’s,who lets me stand securely on the heights,
34. who trains my hands for warso my arms can bend a bronze bow.
35. You’ve given me the shield of your salvation;your strong hand has supported me;your help has made me great.
36. You’ve let me walk fast and safe,without even twisting an ankle.
37. I chased my enemies and caught them!I didn’t come home until I finished them off.
38. I struck them down;they couldn’t get up again;they fell under my feet.
39. You equipped me with strength for war;you brought my adversaries down underneath me.
40. You made my enemies turn tail from me;I destroyed my foes.
41. They cried for help,but there was no one to save them.They cried for help to the Lord, but he wouldn’t answer them.
42. I crushed themlike dust blown away by the wind;I threw them outlike mud dumped in the streets.
43. You delivered me from struggles with many people;you appointed me the leader of many nations.Strangers come to serve me.
44. After hearing about me, they obey me;foreigners grovel before me.
45. Foreigners lose their nerve;they come trembling out of their fortresses.