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1 I love you, O LORD, my strength.
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1 I love you, O LORD, my strength.
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2 The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
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2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
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3 I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
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3 I call to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies.
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4 The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me;
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4 The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
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5 the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
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5 The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.
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6 In my distress I called upon the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.
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6 In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.
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7 Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations also of the mountains trembled and quaked, because he was angry.
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7 The earth trembled and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because he was angry.
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8 Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.
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8 Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.
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9 He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
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9 He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.
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10 He rode on a cherub and flew; he came swiftly on the wings of the wind.
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10 He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind.
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11 He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, thick clouds dark with water.
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11 He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him-- the dark rain clouds of the sky.
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12 Out of the brightness before him hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.
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12 Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning.
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13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.
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13 The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
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14 And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.
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14 He shot his arrows and scattered [the enemies], great bolts of lightning and routed them.
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15 Then the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
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15 The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of breath from your nostrils.
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16 He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters.
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16 He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.
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17 He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
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17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.
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18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.
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18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the LORD was my support.
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19 He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me.
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19 He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.
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20 The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
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20 The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
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21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
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21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD; I have not done evil by turning from my God.
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22 For all his rules were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me.
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22 All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees.
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23 I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my guilt.
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23 I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.
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24 So the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
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24 The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
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25 With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
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25 To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
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26 with the purified you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
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26 to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.
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27 For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.
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27 You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.
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28 For it is you who light my lamp; the LORD my God lightens my darkness.
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28 You, O LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.
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29 For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.
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29 With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall.
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30 This God--his way is perfect; the word of the LORDproves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.
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30 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in him.
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31 For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?--
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31 For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
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32 the God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless.
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32 It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect.
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33 He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights.
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33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he enables me to stand on the heights.
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34 He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
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34 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
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35 You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great.
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35 You give me your shield of victory, and your right hand sustains me; you stoop down to make me great.
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36 You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.
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36 You broaden the path beneath me, so that my ankles do not turn.
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37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and did not turn back till they were consumed.
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37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed.
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38 I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet.
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38 I crushed them so that they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.
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39 For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me.
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39 You armed me with strength for battle; you made my adversaries bow at my feet.
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40 You made my enemies turn their backs to me, and those who hated me I destroyed.
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40 You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes.
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41 They cried for help, but there was none to save; they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them.
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41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them-- to the LORD, but he did not answer.
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42 I beat them fine as dust before the wind; I cast them out like the mire of the streets.
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42 I beat them as fine as dust borne on the wind; I poured them out like mud in the streets.
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43 You delivered me from strife with the people; you made me the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.
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43 You have delivered me from the attacks of the people; you have made me the head of nations; people I did not know are subject to me.
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44 As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me.
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44 As soon as they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cringe before me.
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45 Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses.
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45 They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.
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46 The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation--
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46 The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior!
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47 the God who gave me vengeance and subdued peoples under me,
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47 He is the God who avenges me, who subdues nations under me,
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48 who delivered me from my enemies; yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me; you rescued me from the man of violence.
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48 who saves me from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from violent men you rescued me.
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49 For this I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations, and sing to your name.
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49 Therefore I will praise you among the nations, O LORD; I will sing praises to your name.
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50 Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.
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50 He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.
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