28-29. Suddenly, God, you floodlight my life;I’m blazing with glory, God’s glory!I smash the bands of marauders,I vault the highest fences.
30. What a God! His roadstretches straight and smooth.Every God-direction is road-tested.Everyone who runs toward himMakes it.
31-42. Is there any god like God?Are we not at bedrock?Is not this the God who armed me,then aimed me in the right direction?Now I run like a deer;I’m king of the mountain.He shows me how to fight;I can bend a bronze bow!You protect me with salvation-armor;you hold me up with a firm hand,caress me with your gentle ways.You cleared the ground under meso my footing was firm.When I chased my enemies I caught them;I didn’t let go till they were dead men.I nailed them; they were down for good;then I walked all over them.You armed me well for this fight,you smashed the upstarts.You made my enemies turn tail,and I wiped out the haters.They cried “uncle”but Uncle didn’t come;They yelled for Godand got no for an answer.I ground them to dust; they gusted in the wind.I threw them out, like garbage in the gutter.
43-45. You rescued me from a squabbling people;you made me a leader of nations.People I’d never heard of served me;the moment they got wind of me they listened.The foreign devils gave up; they cameon their bellies, crawling from their hideouts.
46-48. Live, God! Blessings from my Rock,my free and freeing God, towering!This God set things right for meand shut up the people who talked back.He rescued me from enemy anger,he pulled me from the grip of upstarts,He saved me from the bullies.
49-50. That’s why I’m thanking you, God,all over the world.That’s why I’m singing songsthat rhyme your name.God’s king takes the trophy;God’s chosen is beloved.I mean David and all his children—always.