2 Our Lord and our God,you are my mighty rock,my fortress, my protector.
3 You are the rockwhere I am safe.You are my shield,my powerful weapon,and my place of shelter.You rescue me and keep mefrom being hurt.
4 I praise you, our Lord!I prayed to you,and you rescued mefrom my enemies.
5 Death, like ocean waves,surrounded me,and I was almost swallowedby its flooding waters.
6 Ropes from the worldof the deadhad coiled around me,and death had set a trapin my path.
7 I was in terrible troublewhen I called out to you,but from your templeyou heard meand answered my prayer.
8 Earth shook and shivered!The columns supporting the skyrocked back and forth.You were angry