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| [1]I WILL love thee, O LORD, my strength and my trust; |
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| [2]My refuge and my deliverer is the mighty God in whom I trust; he is my helper and the horn of my salvation and my glorious refuge. |
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| [3]I will call upon the LORD; so shall I be saved from mine enemies. |
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| [4]For the pains of death surrounded me, and the rush of ungodly men have confused me. |
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| [5]The travail of Sheol has taken hold of me: the snares of death preceded me. |
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| [6]In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God; he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. |
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| [7]Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken because he was angry. |
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| [8]There went up a smoke out of his wrath, and fire flamed from his face, and coals were kindled by it. |
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| [9]He bowed the heavens and came down; and thick darkness was under his feet. |
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| [10]And he rode upon cherubim and flew; yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind. |
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| [11]He made darkness his covert; his pavilion round about him was darkness of waters and thick clouds of the skies. |
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| [12]Out of the brightness of his shadow his clouds rained hailstones and coals of fire. |
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| [13]The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice: hailstones and coals of fire. |
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| [14]Yea, he sent out his arrows and scattered them; and he multiplied his lightnings and confused them. |
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| [15]Then the brooks appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid open at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thine anger. |
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| [16]He sent from on high and quieted me; he received me out of great waters. |
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| [17]He delivered me from my strong enemies and from them which hated me; for they were too strong for me. |
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| [18]They confronted me in the day of my extremity, but the LORD was my deliverer. |
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| [19]He brought me forth into comfort; he delivered me because he delighted in me. |
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| [20]The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me. |
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| [21]For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not revolted against my God. |
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| [22]For all his judgments were before me, and his laws I did not put away from me. |
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| [23]I was also blameless before him, and I carefully kept myself from my sins. |
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| [24]Therefore has the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyes. |
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| [25]With the pure thou shalt be pure; with an upright man thou shalt be upright. |
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| [26]With the clean thou shalt be clean; and from the crooked thou shalt turn aside. |
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| [27]For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt humble the proud. |
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| [28]For thou wilt light my lamp; the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. |
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| [29]For through thee I have pursued a band of robbers; and through my God have I leaped over a fence. |
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| [30]As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is pure: he is a help to all those that trust in him. |
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| [31]For there is no God save the LORD; and there is no one who is mighty like our God. |
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| [32]It is God that girds me with strength and makes my way perfect. |
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| [33]He makes my feet like hart's feet and sets me upon high places. |
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| [34]He trains my hands to war; and he strengthens my arms like a bow of brass. |
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| [35]Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; and thy right hand hath held me up; and thy discipline hath made me great. |
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| [36]Thou hast steadied my legs under me, that my ankles may not be weakened. |
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| [37]I will pursue my enemies and overtake them; and I will not turn again till they are consumed. |
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| [38]I will smite them so that they shall not be able to stand; they shall fall under my feet. |
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| [39]For thou hast girded me with strength to the battle; thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. |
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| [40]Thou hast also defeated my enemies before me, that I might silence them that hate me. |
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| [41]They shall cry, but there will be none to save them; they shall beg the LORD, but he will not answer them. |
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| [42]Then I will beat them small as the dust before the wind; I will tread over them as the mire of the streets. |
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| [43]Thou wilt deliver me from the judgments of the people; and thou wilt make me the leader of the Gentiles; a people whom I have not known shall serve me. |
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| [44]As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me; strangers shall submit themselves to me. |
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| [45]Strangers shall halt and shall be hindered from walking in their paths. |
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| [46]The LORD lives; blessed be the one who gives me strength; let my God and my Saviour be exalted. |
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| [47]It is God that avenges me and subdues the people under me. |
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| [48]He delivered me from my enemies; yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me; thou hast delivered me from lawless man. |
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| [49]Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the Gentiles, and sing praises unto thy name. |
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| [50]Great deliverance gives he to his king; and shows mercy to his anointed, to David and to his descendants for evermore. |
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