GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
12 He surrounded himself with darkness. He made the dark rain clouds his covering.
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He made darkness his canopy around him— the dark rain clouds of the sky.
13 Out of the brightness in front of him, he made lightning.
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Out of the brightness of his presence bolts of lightning blazed forth.
14 The LORD thundered from heaven. The Most High made his voice heard.
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The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
15 He shot arrows and scattered them. He flashed streaks of lightning and threw them into confusion.
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He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them.
16 Then the ocean floor could be seen. The foundations of the earth were laid bare at the LORD's stern warning, at the blast of the breath from his nostrils.
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The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of breath from his nostrils.
17 He reached down from high above and took hold of me. He pulled me out of the raging water.
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“He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.
18 He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, because they were too strong for me.
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He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.
19 On the day when I faced disaster, they confronted me, but the LORD became my defense.
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They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the LORD was my support.
20 He brought me out to a wide-open place. He rescued me because he was pleased with me.
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He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.
21 The LORD rewarded me because of my righteousness, because my hands are clean. He paid me back
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“The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
22 because I have kept the ways of the LORD and I have not wickedly turned away from my God,
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For I have kept the ways of the LORD; I am not guilty of turning from my God.
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