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"I love You, O LORD, my strength."
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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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I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies.
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The cords of death encompassed me, And the torrents of ungodliness terrified me.
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The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.
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In my distress I called upon the LORD, And cried to my God for help; He heard my voice out of His temple, And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.
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Then the earth shook and quaked; And the foundations of the mountains were trembling And were shaken, because He was angry.
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Smoke went up out of His nostrils, And fire from His mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it.
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He bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His feet.
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He rode upon a cherub and flew; And He sped upon the wings of the wind.
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He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
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From the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds, Hailstones and coals of fire.
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The LORD also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.
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He sent out His arrows, and scattered them, And lightning flashes in abundance, and routed them.
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Then the channels of water appeared, 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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He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.
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He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
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They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the LORD was my stay.
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He brought me forth also into a broad place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me.
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The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
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For I have kept the ways of the LORD, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
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For all His ordinances were before me, And I did not put away His statutes from me.
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I was also blameless with Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity.
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Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.
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With the kind You show Yourself kind; With the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
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With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.
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For You save an afflicted people, But haughty eyes You abase.
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For You light my lamp; The LORD my God illumines my darkness.
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For by You I can run upon a troop; And by my God I can leap over a wall.
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As for God, His way is blameless; The word of the LORD is tried; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
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For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God,
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The God who girds me with strength And makes my way blameless?
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He makes my feet like hinds' feet, And sets me upon my high places.
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He trains my hands for battle, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
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You have also given me the shield of Your salvation, And Your right hand upholds me; And Your gentleness makes me great.
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You enlarge my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.
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I pursued my enemies and overtook them, And I did not turn back until they were consumed.
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I shattered them, so that they were not able to rise; They fell under my feet.
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For You have girded me with strength for battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
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You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, And I destroyed those who hated me.
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They cried for help, but there was none to save, Even to the LORD, but He did not answer them.
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Then I beat them fine as the dust before * the wind; I emptied them out as the mire of the streets.
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You have delivered me from the contentions of the people; You have placed me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me.
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As soon as they hear *, they obey me; Foreigners * submit to me.
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Foreigners * fade away, And come trembling out of their fortresses.
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The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God of my salvation,
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The God who executes vengeance for me, And subdues peoples under me.
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He delivers me from my enemies; Surely You lift me above those who rise up against me; You rescue me from the violent man.
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Therefore * I will give thanks to You among the nations, O LORD, And I will sing praises to Your name.
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He gives great deliverance to His king, And shows lovingkindness to His anointed, To David and his descendants forever *.
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