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1 I will love thee, 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 strength, in whom I will trust ; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
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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 will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised : so shall I be saved from mine 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 sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid .
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4 The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
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5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about : the snares of death prevented 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, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into 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 shook and trembled ; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken , because he was wroth .
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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 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured : coals were kindled by it.
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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 also, and came down : and 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 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly : yea, he did fly upon 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 secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
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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 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed , hail stones and coals of fire.
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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 Highest gave his voice; hail stones 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 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited 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 waters were seen , and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy 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 above, 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 delivered me from my strong enemy , and from them which hated me: for they were too strong 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 prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
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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 forth also into a large place; he delivered 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 rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed 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 judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes 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 also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
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23 I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.
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24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
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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 thou wilt shew thyself merciful ; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright ;
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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 pure thou wilt shew thyself pure ; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward .
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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 thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
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27 You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.
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28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten 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 thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped 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 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried : he is a buckler to all those that trust 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 save the LORD? or who is a rock save 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 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
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32 It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect.
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33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
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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 teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
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34 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
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35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up , and thy gentleness hath 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 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that 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 have pursued mine enemies , and overtaken them: neither did I turn again 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 have wounded them that they were not able to rise : they are fallen 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 thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against 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 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies ; that I might destroy them that hate me.
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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 , but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
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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 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in 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 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve 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 hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
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44 As soon as they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cringe before me.
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45 The strangers shall fade away , and be afraid out of their close places.
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45 They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.
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46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted .
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46 The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior!
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47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
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47 He is the God who avenges me, who subdues nations under me,
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48 He delivereth me from mine enemies : yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
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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 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy 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 deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
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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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