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1 I love you, Lord. You are my strength.
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I love you, O Lord, my strength.
2 The Lord is my rock, my protection, my Savior. My God is my rock. I can run to him for safety. He is my shield and my saving strength, my defender.
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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.
3 I will call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I will 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.
4 The ropes of death came around me; the deadly rivers overwhelmed me.
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The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me;
5 The ropes of death wrapped around me. The traps of death were before me.
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the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
6 In my trouble I called to the Lord. I cried out to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my call for help reached 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 The earth trembled and shook. The foundations of the mountains began to shake. They trembled because the Lord was angry.
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Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations also of the mountains trembled and quaked, because he was angry.
8 Smoke came out of his nose, and burning fire came out of his mouth. Burning coals went before him.
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Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.
9 He tore open the sky and came down with dark clouds under his feet.
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He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
10 He rode a creature with wings and flew. He raced on the wings of the wind.
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He rode on a cherub and flew; he came swiftly on the wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness his covering, his shelter around him, surrounded by fog and clouds.
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He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, thick clouds dark with water.
12 Out of the brightness of his presence came clouds with hail and lightning.
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Out of the brightness before him hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.
13 The Lord thundered from heaven; the Most High raised his voice, and there was hail and lightning.
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The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.
14 He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies. His many bolts of lightning confused them with fear.
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And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.
15 Lord, you spoke strongly. The wind blew from your nose. Then the valleys of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the earth were seen.
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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 The Lord reached down from above and took me; he pulled me from the deep water.
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He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters.
17 He saved me from my powerful enemies, from those who hated me, because they were too strong for me.
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He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
18 They attacked me at my time of trouble, but the Lord supported me.
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They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my support.
19 He took me to a safe place. Because he delights in me, he saved me.
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He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me.
20 The Lord spared me because I did what was right. Because I have not done evil, he has rewarded me.
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The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
21 I have followed the ways of the Lord; I have not done evil by turning away 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 I remember all his laws and have not broken his rules.
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For all his rules were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me.
23 I am innocent before him; I have kept myself from doing evil.
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I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my guilt.
24 The Lord rewarded me because I did what was right, because I did what the Lord said was right.
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So the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
25 Lord, you are loyal to those who are loyal, and you are good to those who are good.
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With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
26 You are pure to those who are pure, but you are against those who are bad.
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with the purified you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
27 You save the humble, but you bring down those who are proud.
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For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.
28 Lord, you give light to my lamp. My God brightens the darkness around me.
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For it is you who light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
29 With your help I can attack an army. With God's help I can jump over a wall.
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For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.
30 The ways of God are without fault. The Lord's words are pure. He is a shield to those who trust him.
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This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.
31 Who is God? Only the Lord. Who is the Rock? Only our God.
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For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God? —
32 God is my protection. He makes my way free from fault.
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the God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless.
33 He makes me like a deer that does not stumble; he helps me stand on the steep mountains.
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He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights.
34 He trains my hands for battle so my arms can bend a bronze bow.
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He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
35 You protect me with your saving shield. You support me with your right hand. You have stooped to make me great.
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You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great.
36 You give me a better way to live, so I live as you want me to.
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You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.
37 I chased my enemies and caught them. I did not quit until they were destroyed.
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I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and did not turn back till they were consumed.
38 I crushed them so they couldn't rise up again. They fell beneath my feet.
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I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet.
39 You gave me strength in battle. You made my enemies bow before me.
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For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me.
40 You made my enemies turn back, and I destroyed those who hated me.
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You made my enemies turn their backs to me, and those who hated me I destroyed.
41 They called for help, but no one came to save them. They called to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
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They cried for help, but there was none to save; they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
42 I beat my enemies into pieces, like dust in the wind. I poured them out like mud in the streets.
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I beat them fine as dust before the wind; I cast them out like the mire of the streets.
43 You saved me when the people attacked me. You made me the leader of nations. People I never knew serve me.
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You delivered me from strife with the people; you made me the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.
44 As soon as they hear me, they obey me. Foreigners obey me.
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As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me.
45 They all become afraid and tremble in their hiding places.
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Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses.
46 The Lord lives! May my Rock be praised.
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The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation—
47 God gives me victory over my enemies and brings people under my rule.
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the God who gave me vengeance and subdued peoples under me,
48 He saves me from my enemies. You set me over those who hate me. You saved me from cruel men.
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who delivered me from my enemies; yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me; you rescued me from the man of violence.
49 So I will praise you, Lord, among the nations. I will sing praises to your name.
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For this I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations, and sing to your name.
50 The Lord gives great victories to his king. He is loyal to his appointed king, to David and his descendants forever. For the director of music. A psalm of David.
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Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.