Psalms 18:1-5

¹For the chief musician. A psalm of David, the servant of Yahweh, when he sang to Yahweh the words of this song on the day that Yahweh rescued him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He sang: I love you, Yahweh, my strength.

²Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, the one who brings me to safety; he is my God, my rock; I take refuge in him. He is my shield, the horn of my salvation, and my stronghold.

³I will call on Yahweh who is worthy to be praised, and I will be saved from my enemies.

⁴The cords of death surrounded me, and the rushing waters of worthlessness overwhelmed me.

⁵The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death trapped me.