123 lines
4.3 KiB
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123 lines
4.3 KiB
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# Chapter 18
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1 I love you, Lord, my strength.
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2 The Lord is my rock,
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my fortress, and my deliverer,
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my God, my rock where I seek refuge,
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my shield and the horn of my salvation,
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my stronghold.
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3 I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,
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and I was saved from my enemies.
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4 The ropes of death were wrapped around me;
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the torrents of destruction terrified me.
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5 The ropes of Sheol entangled me;
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the snares of death confronted me.
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6 I called to the Lord in my distress,
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and I cried to my God for help.
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From his temple he heard my voice,
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and my cry to him reached his ears.
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7 Then the earth shook and quaked;
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the foundations of the mountains trembled;
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they shook because he burned with anger.
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8 Smoke rose from his nostrils,
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and consuming fire came from his mouth;
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coals were set ablaze by it.
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9 He bent the heavens and came down,
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total darkness beneath his feet.
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10 He rode on a cherub and flew,
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soaring on the wings of the wind.
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11 He made darkness his hiding place,
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dark storm clouds his canopy around him.
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12 From the radiance of his presence,
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his clouds swept onward with hail and blazing coals.
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13 The Lord thundered from heaven;
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the Most High made his voice heard.
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14 He shot his arrows and scattered them;
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he hurled lightning bolts and routed them.
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15 The depths of the sea became visible,
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the foundations of the world were exposed,
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at your rebuke, Lord,
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at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
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16 He reached down from on high
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and took hold of me;
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he pulled me out of deep water.
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17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy
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and from those who hated me,
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for they were too strong for me.
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18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
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but the Lord was my support.
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19 He brought me out to a spacious place;
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he rescued me because he delighted in me.
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20 The Lord rewarded me
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according to my righteousness;
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he repaid me
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according to the cleanness of my hands.
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21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord
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and have not turned from my God to wickedness.
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22 Indeed, I let all his ordinances guide me
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and have not disregarded his statutes.
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23 I was blameless toward him
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and kept myself from my iniquity.
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24 So the Lord repaid me
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according to my righteousness,
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according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
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25 With the faithful
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you prove yourself faithful,
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with the blameless
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you prove yourself blameless,
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26 with the pure
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you prove yourself pure,
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but with the crooked
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you prove yourself shrewd.
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27 For you rescue an oppressed people,
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but you humble those with haughty eyes.
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28 Lord, you light my lamp;
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my God illuminates my darkness.
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29 With you I can attack a barricade,
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and with my God I can leap over a wall.
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30 God—his way is perfect;
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the word of the Lord is pure.
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He is a shield to all who take refuge in him.
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31 For who is God besides the Lord?
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And who is a rock? Only our God.
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32 God—he clothes me with strength
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and makes my way perfect.
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33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer
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and sets me securely on the heights.
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34 He trains my hands for war;
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my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
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35 You have given me the shield of your salvation;
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your right hand upholds me,
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and your humility exalts me.
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36 You make a spacious place beneath me for my steps,
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and my ankles do not give way.
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37 I pursue my enemies and overtake them;
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I do not turn back until they are wiped out.
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38 I crush them, and they cannot get up;
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they fall beneath my feet.
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39 You have clothed me with strength for battle;
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you subdue my adversaries beneath me.
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40 You have made my enemies retreat before me;
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I annihilate those who hate me.
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41 They cry for help, but there is no one to save them—
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they cry to the Lord, but he does not answer them.
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42 I pulverize them like dust before the wind;
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I trample them like mud in the streets.
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43 You have freed me from the feuds among the people;
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you have appointed me the head of nations;
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a people I had not known serve me.
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44 Foreigners submit to me cringing;
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as soon as they hear they obey me.
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45 Foreigners lose heart
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and come trembling from their fortifications.
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46 The Lord lives—blessed be my rock!
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The God of my salvation is exalted.
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47 God—he grants me vengeance
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and subdues peoples under me.
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48 He frees me from my enemies.
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You exalt me above my adversaries;
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you rescue me from violent men.
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49 Therefore I will give thanks to you among the nations, Lord;
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I will sing praises about your name.
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50 He gives great victories to his king;
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he shows loyalty to his anointed,
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to David and his descendants forever. |