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1 (17-1) <Unto the end, for David, the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: and he said:> (17-2) I will love thee, O Lord, my strength:
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I love you, O Lord, my strength.
2 (17-3) The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer. My God is my helper, and in him will I put my trust. My protector, and the horn of my salvation, and my support.
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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 (17-4) Praising, I will call upon the Lord: and I shall be saved from my 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 (17-5) The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.
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The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of perdition assailed me;
5 (17-6) The sorrows of hell encompassed me: and the snares of death prevented me.
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the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
6 (17-7) In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my God: And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and my cry before him came 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 (17-8) The earth shook and trembled: the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because he 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 (17-9) There went up a smoke in his wrath: and a fire flamed from his face: 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.
9 (17-10) 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.
10 (17-11) And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the wings of the winds.
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He rode on a cherub, and flew; he came swiftly upon the wings of the wind.
11 (17-12) And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: dark waters 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 (17-13) At the brightness that was 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 (17-14) And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the Highest gave his voice: hail and coals of fire.
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The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice.
14 (17-15) And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: he multiplied lightnings, and troubled them.
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And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings, and routed them.
15 (17-16) Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were discovered: At thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the spirit 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 (17-17) He sent from on high, and took me: and received me 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 (17-18) He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
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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 (17-19) They prevented me in the day of my affliction: and the Lord became my protector.
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They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but the Lord was my support.
19 (17-20) And he brought me forth into a large place: he saved me, because he was well pleased with me.
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He brought me out into a broad place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20 (17-21) And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands:
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The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.
21 (17-22) Because I have kept the ways of the Lord; and have not done wickedly against my God.
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For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 (17-23) For all his judgments are in my sight: and his justices I have not put away from me.
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For all his ordinances were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me.
23 (17-24) And I shall be spotless with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.
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I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from guilt.
24 (17-25) And the Lord will reward me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness 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 (17-26) 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 (17-27) And withe 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.
27 (17-28) For thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down the eyes of the proud.
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For you deliver a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.
28 (17-29) For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God, enlighten my darkness.
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It is you who light my lamp; the Lord, my God, lights up my darkness.
29 (17-30) For by thee I shall be delivered from temptation; and through my God I shall go 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 (17-31) As for my God, his way is undefiled: the words of the Lord are fire-tried: he is the protector 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.
31 (17-32) For who is God but the Lord? or who is God but our God?
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For who is God except the Lord? And who is a rock besides our God?—
32 (17-33) God, who hath girt me with strength; and made my way blameless.
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the God who girded me with strength, and made my way safe.
33 (17-34) Who hath made my feet like the feet of harts: and who setteth 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 (17-35) Who teacheth my hands to war: and thou hast made my arms like a brazen bow.
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He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
35 (17-36) And thou hast given me the protection of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath held me up: And thy discipline hath corrected me unto the end: and thy discipline, the same shall teach 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 (17-37) Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; and my feet are not weakened.
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You gave me a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.
37 (17-38) I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: and I will not turn again till they are consumed.
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I pursued my enemies and overtook them; and did not turn back until they were consumed.
38 (17-39) I will break them, 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 (17-40) And thou hast girded me with strength unto battle; and hast subdued under me them 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 (17-41) And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, and 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 (17-42) They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he heard them not.
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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 (17-43) And I shall beat them as small as the dust before the wind; I shall bring them to nought, like the dirt in the streets.
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I beat them fine, like dust before the wind; I cast them out like the mire of the streets.
43 (17-44) Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people; thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles.
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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 (17-45) A people which I knew not, hath served me: at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me.
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As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me.
45 (17-46) The children that are strangers have lied to me, strange children have faded away, and have halted from their paths.
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Foreigners lost heart, and came trembling out of their strongholds.
46 (17-47) The Lord liveth, and blessed by 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 (17-48) O God, who avengest me, and subduest the people under me, my deliverer from my enraged enemies.
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the God who gave me vengeance and subdued peoples under me;
48 (17-49) And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise up against me: from the unjust man thou wilt deliver me.
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who delivered me from my enemies; indeed, you exalted me above my adversaries; you delivered me from the violent.
49 (17-50) Therefore will I give glory to thee, O Lord, among the nations, and I will sing a psalm 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 (17-51) Giving great deliverance to his king, and shewing mercy to David, his anointed: and to 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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