1. David prayed to God the words of this song after God saved him from all his enemies and from Saul.
2-3. God is bedrock under my feet,the castle in which I live,my rescuing knight.My God—the high cragwhere I run for dear life,hiding behind the boulders,safe in the granite hideout;My mountaintop refuge,he saves me from ruthless men.
17-20. But me he caught—reached all the wayfrom sky to sea; he pulled me outOf that ocean of hate, that enemy chaos,the void in which I was drowning.They hit me when I was down,but God stuck by me.He stood me up on a wide-open field;I stood there saved—surprised to be loved!
21-25. God made my life completewhen I placed all the pieces before him.When I cleaned up my act,he gave me a fresh start.Indeed, I’ve kept alert to God’s ways;I haven’t taken God for granted.Every day I review the ways he works,I try not to miss a trick.I feel put back together,and I’m watching my step.God rewrote the text of my lifewhen I opened the book of my heart to his eyes.