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1 And David spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul,
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David spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul.
2 And he said: The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my saviour.
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He said: The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,
3 God is my strong one, in him will I trust: my shield, and the horn of my salvation: he lifteth me up, and is my refuge: my saviour, thou wilt deliver me from iniquity.
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my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, my savior; you save me from violence.
4 I will call on the Lord who is worthy to be praised: and I shall be saved from my enemies.
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I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
5 For the pangs of death have surrounded me: the floods of Belial have made me afraid.
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For the waves of death encompassed me, the torrents of perdition assailed me;
6 The cords of hell compassed me: the snares of death prevented me.
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the cords of Sheol entangled me, the snares of death confronted me.
7 In my distress I will call upon the Lord, and I will cry to my God: and he will hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry shall come to his ears.
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In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I called. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry came to his ears.
8 The earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the mountains were moved, and shaken, because he was angry with them.
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Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations of the heavens trembled and quaked, because he was angry.
9 A smoke went up from his nostrils, and a devouring fire out of his mouth: coals were kindled by it.
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Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.
10 He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
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He bowed the heavens, and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
11 And he rode upon the cherubims, and flew: and slid upon the wings of the wind.
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He rode on a cherub, and flew; he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
12 He made darkness a covering round about him: dropping waters out of the clouds of the heavens.
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He made darkness around him a canopy, thick clouds, a gathering of water.
13 By the brightness before him, the coals of fire were kindled.
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Out of the brightness before him coals of fire flamed forth.
14 The Lord shall thunder from heaven: and the most high shall give forth his voice.
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The Lord thundered from heaven; the Most High uttered his voice.
15 He shot arrows and scattered them: lightning, and consumed them.
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He sent out arrows, and scattered them —lightning, and routed them.
16 And the overflowings of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid open at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the spirit of his wrath.
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Then the channels of the sea were seen, the foundations of the world were laid bare at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
17 He sent from on high, and took me, and drew me out of many waters.
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He reached from on high, he took me, he drew me out of mighty waters.
18 He delivered me from my most mighty enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
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He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
19 He prevented me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my stay.
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They came upon me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my stay.
20 And he brought me forth into a large place, he delivered me, because I pleased him.
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He brought me out into a broad place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
21 The Lord will reward me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands he will render to me.
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The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.
22 Because I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
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For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For all his judgments are in my sight: and his precepts I have not removed from me.
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For all his ordinances were before me, and from his statutes I did not turn aside.
24 And I shall be perfect with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.
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I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from guilt.
25 And the Lord will recompense me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands in the sight of his eyes.
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Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight.
26 With the holy one thou wilt be holy: and with the valiant perfect.
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With the loyal you show yourself loyal; with the blameless you show yourself blameless;
27 With the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.
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with the pure you show yourself pure, and with the crooked you show yourself perverse.
28 And the poor people thou wilt save: and with thy eyes thou shalt humble the haughty.
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You deliver a humble people, but your eyes are upon the haughty to bring them down.
29 For thou art my lamp O Lord: and thou, O Lord, wilt enlighten my darkness.
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Indeed, you are my lamp, O Lord, the Lord lightens my darkness.
30 For in thee I will run girded: in my God I will leap over the wall.
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By you I can crush a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.
31 God, his way is immaculate, the word of the Lord is tried by fire: he is the shield of all that trust in him.
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This God—his way is perfect; the promise of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all who take refuge in him.
32 Who is God but the Lord: and who is strong but our God?
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For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God?
33 God who hath girded me with strength, and made my way perfect.
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The God who has girded me with strength has opened wide my path.
34 Making my feet like the feet of harts, and setting me upon my high places.
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He made my feet like the feet of deer, and set me secure on the heights.
35 He teacheth my hands to war: and maketh my arms like a bow of brass.
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He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
36 Thou hast given me the shield of my salvation: and thy mildness hath multiplied me.
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You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your help has made me great.
37 Thou shalt enlarge my steps under me: and my ankles shall not fail.
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You have made me stride freely, and my feet do not slip;
38 I will pursue after my enemies, and crush them: and will not return again till I consume them.
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I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, and did not turn back until they were consumed.
39 I will consume them and break them in pieces, so that they shall not rise: they shall fall under my feet.
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I consumed them; I struck them down, so that they did not rise; they fell under my feet.
40 Thou hast girded me with strength to battle: thou hast made them that resisted me to bow under me.
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For you girded me with strength for the battle; you made my assailants sink under me.
41 My enemies thou hast made to turn their back to me: them that hated me, and I shall destroy them.
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You made my enemies turn their backs to me, those who hated me, and I destroyed them.
42 They shall cry, and there shall be none to save: to the Lord, and he shall not hear them.
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They looked, but there was no one to save them; they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
43 I shall beat them as small as the dust of the earth: I shall crush them and spread them abroad like the mire of the streets.
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I beat them fine like the dust of the earth, I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets.
44 Thou wilt save me from the contradictions of my people: thou wilt keep me to be the head of the Gentiles: the people which I know not, shall serve me,
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You delivered me from strife with the peoples; you kept me as the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.
45 The sons of the stranger will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will obey me.
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Foreigners came cringing to me; as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.
46 The strangers are melted away, and shall be straitened in their distresses.
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Foreigners lost heart, and came trembling out of their strongholds.
47 The Lord liveth, and my God is blessed: and the strong God of my salvation shall be exalted:
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The Lord lives! Blessed be my rock, and exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation,
48 God who giveth me revenge, and bringest down people under me,
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the God who gave me vengeance and brought down peoples under me,
49 Who bringest me forth from my enemies, and liftest me up from them that resist me: from the wicked man thou shalt deliver me.
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who brought me out from my enemies; you exalted me above my adversaries, you delivered me from the violent.
50 Therefore will I give thanks to thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and will sing to thy name.
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For this I will extol you, O Lord, among the nations, and sing praises to your name.
51 Giving great salvation to his king, and shewing mercy to David his anointed, and to his seed for ever.
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He is a tower of salvation for his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.
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