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And David[H1732]spake[H1696] unto the LORD[H3068] the words[H1697] of this song[H7892] in the day[H3117] that the LORD[H3068] had delivered[H5337] him out of the hand[H3709] of all his enemies[H341], and out of the hand[H3709] of Saul[H7586]:
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And he said[H559], The LORD[H3068] is my rock[H5553], and my fortress[H4686], and my deliverer[H6403];
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The God[H430] of my rock[H6697]; in him will I trust[H2620]: he is my shield[H4043], and the horn[H7161] of my salvation[H3468], my high tower[H4869], and my refuge[H4498], my saviour[H3467]; thou savest[H3467] me from violence[H2555].
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I will call[H7121] on the LORD[H3068], who is worthy to be praised[H1984]: so shall I be saved[H3467] from mine enemies[H341].
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When the waves[H4867] of death[H4194]compassed[H661] me, the floods[H5158] of ungodly men[H1100] made me afraid[H1204];
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The sorrows[H2256] of hell[H7585] compassed me about[H5437]; the snares[H4170] of death[H4194]prevented[H6923] me;
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In my distress[H6862] I called[H7121] upon the LORD[H3068], and cried[H7121] to my God[H430]: and he did hear[H8085] my voice[H6963] out of his temple[H1964], and my cry[H7775] did enter into his ears[H241].
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Then the earth[H776]shook[H1607] and trembled[H7493]; the foundations[H4146] of heaven[H8064]moved[H7264] and shook[H1607], because he was wroth[H2734].
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There went up[H5927] a smoke[H6227] out of his nostrils[H639], and fire[H784] out of his mouth[H6310]devoured[H398]: coals[H1513] were kindled[H1197] by it.
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He bowed[H5186] the heavens[H8064] also, and came down[H3381]; and darkness[H6205] was under his feet[H7272].
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And he rode[H7392] upon a cherub[H3742], and did fly[H5774]: and he was seen[H7200] upon the wings[H3671] of the wind[H7307].
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And he made[H7896]darkness[H2822]pavilions[H5521] round about[H5439] him, dark[H2841]waters[H4325], and thick clouds[H5645] of the skies[H7834].
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Through the brightness[H5051] before him were coals[H1513] of fire[H784]kindled[H1197].
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The LORD[H3068]thundered[H7481] from heaven[H8064], and the most High[H5945]uttered[H5414] his voice[H6963].
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And he sent out[H7971]arrows[H2671], and scattered[H6327] them; lightning[H1300], and discomfited[H2000] them.
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And the channels[H650] of the sea[H3220]appeared[H7200], the foundations[H4146] of the world[H8398] were discovered[H1540], at the rebuking[H1606] of the LORD[H3068], at the blast[H5397] of the breath[H7307] of his nostrils[H639].
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He sent[H7971] from above[H4791], he took[H3947] me; he drew[H4871] me out of many[H7227]waters[H4325];
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He delivered[H5337] me from my strong[H5794]enemy[H341], and from them that hated[H8130] me: for they were too strong[H553] for me.
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They prevented[H6923] me in the day[H3117] of my calamity[H343]: but the LORD[H3068] was my stay[H4937].
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He brought me forth[H3318] also into a large place[H4800]: he delivered[H2502] me, because he delighted[H2654] in me.
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The LORD[H3068]rewarded[H1580] me according to my righteousness[H6666]: according to the cleanness[H1252] of my hands[H3027] hath he recompensed[H7725] me.
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For I have kept[H8104] the ways[H1870] of the LORD[H3068], and have not wickedly departed[H7561] from my God[H430].
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For all his judgments[H4941] were before me: and as for his statutes[H2708], I did not depart[H5493] from them.
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I was also upright[H8549] before him, and have kept[H8104] myself from mine iniquity[H5771].
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Therefore the LORD[H3068] hath recompensed[H7725] me according to my righteousness[H6666]; according to my cleanness[H1252] in his eye sight[H5048].
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With the merciful[H2623] thou wilt shew thyself merciful[H2616], and with the upright[H8549]man[H1368] thou wilt shew thyself upright[H8552].
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With the pure[H1305] thou wilt shew thyself pure[H1305]; and with the froward[H6141] thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury[H6617].
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And the afflicted[H6041]people[H5971] thou wilt save[H3467]: but thine eyes[H5869] are upon the haughty[H7311], that thou mayest bring them down[H8213].
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For thou art my lamp[H5216], O LORD[H3068]: and the LORD[H3068] will lighten[H5050] my darkness[H2822].
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For by thee I have run[H7323] through a troop[H1416]: by my God[H430] have I leaped over[H1801] a wall[H7791].
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As for God[H410], his way[H1870] is perfect[H8549]; the word[H565] of the LORD[H3068] is tried[H6884]: he is a buckler[H4043] to all them that trust[H2620] in him.
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For who is God[H410], save[H1107] the LORD?[H3068] and who is a rock[H6697], save[H1107] our God?[H430]
33God[H410] is my strength[H4581] and power[H2428]: and he maketh[H5425] my way[H1870]perfect[H8549].
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He maketh[H7737] my feet[H7272]like[H7737]hinds[H355]' feet[H7272]: and setteth[H5975] me upon my high places[H1116].
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He teacheth[H3925] my hands[H3027] to war[H4421]; so that a bow[H7198] of steel[H5154] is broken[H5181] by mine arms[H2220].
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Thou hast also given[H5414] me the shield[H4043] of thy salvation[H3468]: and thy gentleness[H6031] hath made me great[H7235].
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Thou hast enlarged[H7337] my steps[H6806] under me; so that my feet[H7166] did not slip[H4571].
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I have pursued[H7291] mine enemies[H341], and destroyed[H8045] them; and turned not again[H7725] until I had consumed[H3615] them.
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And I have consumed[H3615] them, and wounded[H4272] them, that they could not arise[H6965]: yea, they are fallen[H5307] under my feet[H7272].
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For thou hast girded[H247] me with strength[H2428] to battle[H4421]: them that rose up[H6965] against me hast thou subdued[H3766] under me.
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Thou hast also given[H5414] me the necks[H6203] of mine enemies[H341], that I might destroy[H6789] them that hate[H8130] me.
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They looked[H8159], but there was none to save[H3467]; even unto the LORD[H3068], but he answered[H6030] them not.
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Then did I beat[H7833] them as small as the dust[H6083] of the earth[H776], I did stamp[H1854] them as the mire[H2916] of the street[H2351], and did spread them abroad[H7554].
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Thou also hast delivered[H6403] me from the strivings[H7379] of my people[H5971], thou hast kept[H8104] me to be head[H7218] of the heathen[H1471]: a people[H5971] which I knew[H3045] not shall serve[H5647] me.
45Strangers[H1121] shall submit[H3584] themselves unto me: as soon as they hear[H8085], they shall be obedient[H8085] unto me.
46Strangers[H1121] shall fade away[H5034], and they shall be afraid[H2296] out of their close places[H4526].
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The LORD[H3068]liveth[H2416]; and blessed[H1288] be my rock[H6697]; and exalted[H7311] be the God[H430] of the rock[H6697] of my salvation[H3468].
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It is God[H410] that avengeth[H5414] me, and that bringeth down[H3381] the people[H5971] under me,
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And that bringeth me forth[H3318] from mine enemies[H341]: thou also hast lifted me up[H6965] on high[H7311] above them that rose up[H6965] against me: thou hast delivered[H5337] me from the violent[H2555]man[H376].
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Therefore I will give thanks[H3034] unto thee, O LORD[H3068], among the heathen[H1471], and I will sing praises[H2167] unto thy name[H8034].
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He is the tower[H4024] of salvation[H3444]for[H5704] his king[H4428]: and sheweth[H6213]mercy[H2617] to his anointed[H4899], unto David[H1732], and to his seed[H2233]for[H5704]evermore[H5769].