Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.
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I love you, O Lord, my strength.
2 The Lord is my firm support, and my refuge, and my deliverer; my God is my helper, I will hope in him; he is my defender, and the horn of my salvation, and my helper.
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The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
3 I will call upon the Lord with praises, and I shall be saved from mine enemies.
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I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, so I shall be saved from my enemies.
4 The pangs of death compassed me, and the torrents of ungodliness troubled me exceedingly.
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The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of perdition assailed me;
5 The pangs of hell came round about me: the snares of death prevented me.
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the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
6 And when I was afflicted I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: he heard my voice out of this holy temple, and my cry shall enter before him, even into his ears.
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In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.
7 Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains were disturbed, and were shaken, because God was angry with them.
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Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations also of the mountains trembled and quaked, because he was angry.
8 There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire burst into a flame at his presence: coals were kindled at it.
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Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.
9 And he bowed the heaven, and came down: and thick darkness was under his feet.
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He bowed the heavens, and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
10 And he mounted on cherubs and flew: he flew on the wings of winds.
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He rode on a cherub, and flew; he came swiftly upon the wings of the wind.
11 And he made darkness his secret place: round about him was his tabernacle, even dark water in the clouds of the air.
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He made darkness his covering around him, his canopy thick clouds dark with water.
12 At the brightness before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.
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Out of the brightness before him there broke through his clouds hailstones and coals of fire.
13 The Lord also thundered from heaven, and the Highest uttered his voice.
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The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice.
14 And he sent forth his weapons, and scattered them; and multiplied lightnings, and routed them.
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And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings, and routed them.
15 And the springs of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blasting of the breath of thy wrath.
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Then the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
16 He sent from on high and took me, he drew me to himself out of many waters.
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He reached down from on high, he took me; he drew me out of mighty waters.
17 He will deliver me from my mighty enemies, and from them that hate me; for they are stronger than I.
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He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
18 They prevented me in the day of mine affliction: but the Lord was my stay against them.
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They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but the Lord was my support.
19 And he brought me out into a wide place: he will deliver me, because he has pleasure in me.
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He brought me out into a broad place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20 And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands will he recompense me.
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The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.
21 For I have kept the way 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.
22 For all his judgments were before me, and his ordinances departed not from me.
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For all his ordinances were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me.
23 And I shall be blameless with hem, and shall keep myself from mine iniquity.
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I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from guilt.
24 And the Lord shall recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands before his eyes.
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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 holy thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent.
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With the loyal you show yourself loyal; with the blameless you show yourself blameless;
26 And with the excellent man thou wilt be excellent; and with the perverse thou wilt shew frowardness.
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with the pure you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you show yourself perverse.
27 For thou wilt save the lowly people, and wilt humble the eyes of the proud.
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For you deliver a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.
28 For thou, O Lord, wilt light my lamp: my God, thou wilt lighten my darkness.
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It is you who light my lamp; the Lord, my God, lights up my darkness.
29 For by thee shall I be delivered from a troop; and by my God I will pass over a wall.
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By you I can crush a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.
30 As for my God, his way is perfect: the oracles of the Lord are tried in the fire; he is a protector of all them that hope 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.
31 For who is God but the Lord? and who is a God except our God?
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For who is God except the Lord? And who is a rock besides our God?—
32 It is God that girds me with strength, and has made my way blameless:
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the God who girded me with strength, and made my way safe.
33 who strengthens my feet as hart’s feet, and sets me upon high places.
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He made my feet like the feet of a deer, and set me secure on the heights.
34 He instructs my hands for war: and thou hast made my arms as a brazen bow.
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He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
35 And thou hast made me secure in my salvation: and thy right hand has helped me, and thy correction has upheld me to the end; yea, thy correction itself shall instruct me.
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You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand has supported me; your help has made me great.
36 Thou has made room for my goings under me, and by footsteps did not fail.
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You gave me a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.
37 I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; and I will not turn back until they are consumed.
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I pursued my enemies and overtook them; and did not turn back until they were consumed.
38 I will dash them to pieces and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet.
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I struck them down, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet.
39 For thou hast girded me with strength for war: thou hast beaten down under me all that rose up against me.
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For you girded me with strength for the battle; you made my assailants sink under me.
40 And thou has made mine enemies turn their backs before me; and thou hast destroyed them that hated me.
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You made my enemies turn their backs to me, and those who hated me I destroyed.
41 They cried, but there was no deliverer: even to the Lord, but he hearkened not to them.
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They cried for help, but there was no one to save them; they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
42 I will grind them as the mud of the streets: and I will beat them small as dust before the wind.
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I beat them fine, like dust before the wind; I cast them out like the mire of the streets.
43 Deliver me from the gain sayings of the people: thou shalt make me head of the Gentiles: a people whom I knew not served me,
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You delivered me from strife with the peoples; you made me head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.
44 at the hearing of the ear they obeyed me: the strange children lied to me.
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As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me.
45 The strange children waxed old, and fell away from their paths through lameness.
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Foreigners lost heart, and came trembling out of their strongholds.
46 The Lord lives; and blessed be my God; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
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The Lord lives! Blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation,
47 It is God that avenges me, and has subdued the nations under me;
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the God who gave me vengeance and subdued peoples under me;
48 my deliverer from angry enemies: thou shalt set me on high above them that rise up against me: thou shalt deliver me from the unrighteous man.
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who delivered me from my enemies; indeed, you exalted me above my adversaries; you delivered me from the violent.
49 Therefore will I confess to thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and 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.
50 God magnifies the deliverances of his king; and deals mercifully with David his anointed, and his seed, for ever.
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Great triumphs he gives to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.
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