Christian Standard Bible

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1I love you, LORD, my strength.

1I love you, O LORD, my strength.

2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock where I seek refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

2The 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.

3I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I was saved from my enemies.

3I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.

4The ropes of death were wrapped around me; the torrents of destruction terrified me.

4The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me;

5The ropes of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

5the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

6I called to the LORD in my distress, and I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.

6In 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.

7Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the mountains trembled; they shook because he burned with anger.

7Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations also of the mountains trembled and quaked, because he was angry.

8Smoke rose from his nostrils, and consuming fire came from his mouth; coals were set ablaze by it.

8Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.

9He bent the heavens and came down, total darkness beneath his feet.

9He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.

10He rode on a cherub and flew, soaring on the wings of the wind.

10He rode on a cherub and flew; he came swiftly on the wings of the wind.

11He made darkness his hiding place, dark storm clouds his canopy around him.

11He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, thick clouds dark with water.

12From the radiance of his presence, his clouds swept onward with hail and blazing coals.

12Out of the brightness before him hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.

13The LORD thundered from heaven; the Most High made his voice heard.

13The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.

14He shot his arrows and scattered them; he hurled lightning bolts and routed them.

14And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.

15The depths of the sea became visible, the foundations of the world were exposed, at your rebuke, LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

15Then 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.

16He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he pulled me out of deep water.

16He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters.

17He rescued me from my powerful enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.

17He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

18They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.

18They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.

19He brought me out to a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.

19He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me.

20The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; he repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

20The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.

21For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not turned from my God to wickedness.

21For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

22Indeed, I let all his ordinances guide me and have not disregarded his statutes.

22For all his rules were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me.

23I was blameless toward him and kept myself from my iniquity.

23I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my guilt.

24So the LORD repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

24So the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

25With the faithful you prove yourself faithful, with the blameless you prove yourself blameless,

25With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;

26with the pure you prove yourself pure; but with the crooked you prove yourself shrewd.

26with the purified you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.

27For you rescue an oppressed people, but you humble those with haughty eyes.

27For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.

28LORD, you light my lamp; my God illuminates my darkness.

28For it is you who light my lamp; the LORD my God lightens my darkness.

29With you I can attack a barricade, and with my God I can leap over a wall.

29For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.

30God--his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is pure. He is a shield to all who take refuge in him.

30This God—his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

31For who is God besides the LORD? And who is a rock? Only our God.

31For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?—

32God--he clothes me with strength and makes my way perfect.

32the God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless.

33He makes my feet like the feet of a deer and sets me securely on the heights.

33He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights.

34He trains my hands for war; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

34He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

35You have given me the shield of your salvation; your right hand upholds me, and your humility exalts me.

35You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great.

36You make a spacious place beneath me for my steps, and my ankles do not give way.

36You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.

37I pursue my enemies and overtake them; I do not turn back until they are wiped out.

37I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and did not turn back till they were consumed.

38I crush them, and they cannot get up; they fall beneath my feet.

38I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet.

39You have clothed me with strength for battle; you subdue my adversaries beneath me.

39For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me.

40You have made my enemies retreat before me; I annihilate those who hate me.

40You made my enemies turn their backs to me, and those who hated me I destroyed.

41They cry for help, but there is no one to save them--they cry to the LORD, but he does not answer them.

41They cried for help, but there was none to save; they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them.

42I pulverize them like dust before the wind; I trample them like mud in the streets.

42I beat them fine as dust before the wind; I cast them out like the mire of the streets.

43You have freed me from the feuds among the people; you have appointed me the head of nations; a people I had not known serve me.

43You delivered me from strife with the people; you made me the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.

44Foreigners submit to me cringing; as soon as they hear they obey me.

44As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me.

45Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their fortifications.

45Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses.

46The LORD lives--blessed be my rock! The God of my salvation is exalted.

46The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation—

47God--he grants me vengeance and subdues peoples under me.

47the God who gave me vengeance and subdued peoples under me,

48He frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my adversaries; you rescue me from violent men.

48who rescued me from my enemies; yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me; you delivered me from the man of violence.

49Therefore I will give thanks to you among the nations, LORD; I will sing praises about your name.

49For this I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations, and sing to your name.

50He gives great victories to his king; he shows loyalty to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.

50Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.

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