New Living Translation NLT
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 I love you, LORD ; you are my strength.
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To the Overseer. -- By a servant of Jehovah, by David, who hath spoken to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and he saith: -- I love Thee, O Jehovah, my strength.
2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my savior; my God is my rock, in whom I find protection. He is my shield, the power that saves me, and my place of safety.
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Jehovah [is] my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God [is] my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and a horn of my salvation, My high tower.
3 I called on the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and he saved me from my enemies.
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The `Praised One' I call Jehovah, And from my enemies I am saved.
4 The ropes of death entangled me; floods of destruction swept over me.
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Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make me afraid.
5 The grave wrapped its ropes around me; death laid a trap in my path.
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Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been snares of death.
6 But in my distress I cried out to the LORD ; yes, I prayed to my God for help. He heard me from his sanctuary; my cry to him reached his ears.
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In mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God I cry. He heareth from His temple my voice, And My cry before Him cometh into His ears.
7 Then the earth quaked and trembled. The foundations of the mountains shook; they quaked because of his anger.
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And shake and tremble doth the earth, And foundations of hills are troubled, And they shake -- because He hath wrath.
8 Smoke poured from his nostrils; fierce flames leaped from his mouth. Glowing coals blazed forth from him.
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Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils, And fire from His mouth consumeth, Coals have been kindled by it.
9 He opened the heavens and came down; dark storm clouds were beneath his feet.
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And He inclineth the heavens, and cometh down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet.
10 Mounted on a mighty angelic being, he flew, soaring on the wings of the wind.
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And He rideth on a cherub, and doth fly, And He flieth on wings of wind.
11 He shrouded himself in darkness, veiling his approach with dark rain clouds.
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He maketh darkness His secret place, Round about Him His tabernacle, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
12 Thick clouds shielded the brightness around him and rained down hail and burning coals.
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From the brightness over-against Him His thick clouds have passed on, Hail and coals of fire.
13 The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded amid the hail and burning coals.
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And thunder in the heavens doth Jehovah, And the Most High giveth forth His voice, Hail and coals of fire.
14 He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies; great bolts of lightning flashed, and they were confused.
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And He sendeth His arrows and scattereth them, And much lightning, and crusheth them.
15 Then at your command, O LORD, at the blast of your breath, the bottom of the sea could be seen, and the foundations of the earth were laid bare.
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And seen are the streams of waters, And revealed are foundations of the earth. From Thy rebuke, O Jehovah, From the breath of the spirit of Thine anger.
16 He reached down from heaven and rescued me; he drew me out of deep waters.
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He sendeth from above -- He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters.
17 He rescued me from my powerful enemies, from those who hated me and were too strong for me.
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He delivereth me from my strong enemy, And from those hating me, For they have been stronger than I.
18 They attacked me at a moment when I was in distress, but the LORD supported me.
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They go before me in a day of my calamity And Jehovah is for a support to me.
19 He led me to a place of safety; he rescued me because he delights in me.
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And He bringeth me forth to a large place, He draweth me out, because He delighted in me.
20 The LORD rewarded me for doing right; he restored me because of my innocence.
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Jehovah doth recompense me According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me.
21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD ; I have not turned from my God to follow evil.
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For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God.
22 I have followed all his regulations; I have never abandoned his decrees.
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For all His judgments [are] before me, And His statutes I turn not from me.
23 I am blameless before God; I have kept myself from sin.
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And I am perfect with him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity.
24 The LORD rewarded me for doing right. He has seen my innocence.
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And Jehovah doth return to me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, Over-against his eyes.
25 To the faithful you show yourself faithful; to those with integrity you show integrity.
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With the kind Thou showest Thyself kind, With a perfect man showest Thyself perfect.
26 To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.
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With the pure Thou showest Thyself pure, And with the perverse showest Thyself a wrestler,
27 You rescue the humble, but you humiliate the proud.
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For Thou a poor people savest, And the eyes of the high causest to fall.
28 You light a lamp for me. The LORD, my God, lights up my darkness.
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For Thou -- Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.
29 In your strength I can crush an army; with my God I can scale any wall.
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For by Thee I run -- a troop! And by my God I leap a wall.
30 God’s way is perfect. All the LORD ’s promises prove true. He is a shield for all who look to him for protection.
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God! perfect [is] His way, The saying of Jehovah is tried, A shield [is] He to all those trusting in Him.
31 For who is God except the LORD ? Who but our God is a solid rock?
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For who [is] God besides Jehovah? And who [is] a rock save our God?
32 God arms me with strength, and he makes my way perfect.
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God! who is girding me [with] strength, And He maketh perfect my way.
33 He makes me as surefooted as a deer, enabling me to stand on mountain heights.
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Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand.
34 He trains my hands for battle; he strengthens my arm to draw a bronze bow.
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Teaching my hands for battle, And a bow of brass was brought down by my arms.
35 You have given me your shield of victory. Your right hand supports me; your help has made me great.
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And Thou givest to me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy right hand doth support me, And Thy lowliness maketh me great.
36 You have made a wide path for my feet to keep them from slipping.
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Thou enlargest my step under me, And mine ankles have not slidden.
37 I chased my enemies and caught them; I did not stop until they were conquered.
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I pursue mine enemies, and overtake them, And turn back not till they are consumed.
38 I struck them down so they could not get up; they fell beneath my feet.
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I smite them, and they are not able to rise, They fall under my feet,
39 You have armed me with strength for the battle; you have subdued my enemies under my feet.
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And Thou girdest me [with] strength for battle, Causest my withstanders to bow under me.
40 You placed my foot on their necks. I have destroyed all who hated me.
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As to mine enemies -- Thou hast given to me the neck, As to those hating me -- I cut them off.
41 They called for help, but no one came to their rescue. They even cried to the LORD, but he refused to answer.
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They cry, and there is no saviour, On Jehovah, and He doth not answer them.
42 I ground them as fine as dust in the wind. I swept them into the gutter like dirt.
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And I beat them as dust before wind, As mire of the streets I empty them out.
43 You gave me victory over my accusers. You appointed me ruler over nations; people I don’t even know now serve me.
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Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of the people, Thou placest me for a head of nations, A people I have not known do serve me.
44 As soon as they hear of me, they submit; foreign nations cringe before me.
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At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,
45 They all lose their courage and come trembling from their strongholds.
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Sons of a stranger fade away, And are slain out of their close places.
46 The LORD lives! Praise to my Rock! May the God of my salvation be exalted!
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Jehovah liveth -- and blessed [is] my rock, And exalted is the God of my salvation.
47 He is the God who pays back those who harm me; he subdues the nations under me
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God -- who is giving vengeance to me, And He subdueth peoples under me,
48 and rescues me from my enemies. You hold me safe beyond the reach of my enemies; you save me from violent opponents.
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My deliverer from mine enemies, Above my withstanders Thou raisest me, From a man of violence dost deliver me.
49 For this, O LORD, I will praise you among the nations; I will sing praises to your name.
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Therefore I confess Thee among nations, O Jehovah, And to Thy name I sing praise,
50 You give great victories to your king; you show unfailing love to your anointed, to David and all his descendants forever.
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Magnifying the salvation of His king, And doing kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed -- unto the age!