The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
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1 For the leader. By David the servant of ADONAI, who addressed the words of this song to ADONAI on the day when ADONAI delivered him from the power of all his enemies, including from the power of Sha'ul. He said: "I love you, ADONAI, my strength!
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To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said: I will love You, O Lord, my strength.
2 "ADONAI is my Rock, my fortress and deliverer, my God, my Rock, in whom I find shelter, my shield, the power that saves me, my stronghold.
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The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
3 I call on ADONAI, who is worthy of praise; and I am saved from my enemies.
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I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.
4 "For the cords of death surrounded me, the floods of B'liya'al terrified me,
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The pangs of death surrounded me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
5 the ropes of Sh'ol were wrapped around me, the snares of death lay there before me.
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The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.
6 In my distress I called to ADONAI; I cried out to my God. Out of his temple he heard my voice; my cry reached his ears.
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In my distress I called upon the Lord, And cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry came before Him, even to His ears.
7 "Then the earth quaked and shook, the foundations of the mountains trembled. They were shaken because he was angry.
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Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations of the hills also quaked and were shaken, Because He was angry.
8 Smoke arose in his nostrils; out of his mouth came devouring fire; sparks blazed forth from him.
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Smoke went up from His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it.
9 He lowered heaven and came down with thick darkness under his feet.
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He bowed the heavens also, and came down With darkness under His feet.
10 He rode on a keruv; he flew, swooping down on the wings of the wind.
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And He rode upon a cherub, and flew; He flew upon the wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness his hiding-place, his canopy thick clouds dark with water.
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He made darkness His secret place; His canopy around Him was dark waters And thick clouds of the skies.
12 From the brightness before him, there broke through his thick clouds hailstones and fiery coals.
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From the brightness before Him, His thick clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire.
13 "ADONAI also thundered in heaven, Ha'Elyon sounded his voice -hailstones and fiery coals.
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The Lord thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.
14 He sent out arrows and scattered them, shot out lightning and routed them.
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He sent out His arrows and scattered the foe, Lightnings in abundance, and He vanquished them.
15 The channels of water appeared, the foundations of the world were exposed at your rebuke, ADONAI, at the blast of breath from your nostrils.
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Then the channels of the sea were seen, The foundations of the world were uncovered At Your rebuke, O Lord, At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
16 "He sent from on high, he took me and pulled me out of deep water;
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He sent from above, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.
17 he rescued me from my powerful enemy, from those who hated me, for they were stronger than I.
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He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me, For they were too strong for me.
18 They came against me on my day of disaster, but ADONAI was my support.
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They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the Lord was my support.
19 He brought me out to an open place; he rescued me, because he took pleasure in me.
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He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.
20 ADONAI rewarded me for my uprightness, he repaid me because my hands were clean.
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The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
21 "For I have kept the ways of ADONAI, I have not done evil by leaving my God;
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For I have kept the ways of the Lord, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 for all his rulings were before me, I did not distance his regulations from me.
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For all His judgments were before me, And I did not put away His statutes from me.
23 I was pure-hearted with him and kept myself from my sin.
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I was also blameless before Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity.
24 "Hence ADONAI repaid me for my uprightness, according to the purity of my hands in his view.
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Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.
25 With the merciful, you are merciful; with a man who is sincere, you are sincere;
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With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful; With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;
26 with the pure, you are pure; but with the crooked you are cunning.
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With the pure You will show Yourself pure; And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.
27 People afflicted, you save; but haughty eyes, you humble.
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For You will save the humble people, But will bring down haughty looks.
28 "For you, ADONAI, light my lamp; ADONAI, my God, lights up my darkness.
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For You will light my lamp; The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
29 With you I can run through a whole troop of men, with my God I can leap a wall.
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For by You I can run against a troop, By my God I can leap over a wall.
30 "As for God, his way is perfect, the word of ADONAI has been tested by fire; he shields all who take refuge in him.
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As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the Lord is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.
31 "For who is God but ADONAI? Who is a Rock but our God?
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For who is God, except the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God?
32 "It is God who girds me with strength; he makes my way go straight.
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It is God who arms me with strength, And makes my way perfect.
33 He makes me swift, sure-footed as a deer, and enables me to stand on my high places.
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He makes my feet like the feet of deer, And sets me on my high places.
34 He trains my hands for war until my arms can bend a bow of bronze;
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He teaches my hands to make war, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
35 "You give me your shield, which is salvation, your right hand holds me up, your humility makes me great.
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You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; Your right hand has held me up, Your gentleness has made me great.
36 You lengthen the steps I can take, yet my ankles do not turn.
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You enlarged my path under me, So my feet did not slip.
37 "I pursued my enemies and overtook them, without turning back until they were destroyed.
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I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them; Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.
38 I crushed them, so that they can't get up; they have fallen under my feet.
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I have wounded them, So that they could not rise; They have fallen under my feet.
39 "For you braced me with strength for the battle and bent down my adversaries beneath me.
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For You have armed me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
40 You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed those who hated me.
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You have also given me the necks of my enemies, So that I destroyed those who hated me.
41 "They cried out, but there was no one to help, even to ADONAI, but he didn't answer.
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They cried out, but there was none to save; Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.
42 I pulverized them like dust in the wind, threw them out like mud in the streets.
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Then I beat them as fine as the dust before the wind; I cast them out like dirt in the streets.
43 "You also freed me from the quarrels of my people. You made me head of the nations; a people I did not know now serve me
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You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; You have made me the head of the nations; A people I have not known shall serve me.
44 the moment they hear of me, they obey me, foreigners come cringing to me.
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As soon as they hear of me they obey me; The foreigners submit to me.
45 Foreigners lose heart as they come trembling from their fortresses.
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The foreigners fade away, And come frightened from their hideouts.
46 "ADONAI is alive! Blessed is my Rock! Exalted be the God of my salvation,
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The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let the God of my salvation be exalted.
47 the God who avenges me and subdues peoples under me.
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It is God who avenges me, And subdues the peoples under me;
48 He delivers me from my enemies. You lift me high above my enemies, you rescue me from violent men.
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He delivers me from my enemies. You also lift me up above those who rise against me; You have delivered me from the violent man.
49 "So I give thanks to you, ADONAI, among the nations; I sing praises to your name.
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Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the Gentiles, And sing praises to Your name.
50 Great salvation he gives to his king; he displays grace to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever."
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Great deliverance He gives to His king, And shows mercy to His anointed, To David and his descendants forevermore.