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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1And David spoke to the LORD the words of this song on the day when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2He said, “The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, my savior; you save me from violence. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5“For the waves of death encompassed me, the torrents of destruction assailed me; |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7“In my distress I called upon the LORD; to my God I called. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry came to his ears. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8“Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations of the heavens trembled and quaked, because he was angry. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11He rode on a cherub and flew; he was seen on the wings of the wind. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12He made darkness around him his canopy, thick clouds, a gathering of water. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Out of the brightness before him coals of fire flamed forth. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14The LORD thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15And he sent out arrows and scattered them; lightning, and routed them. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Then the channels of the sea were seen; the foundations of the world were laid bare, at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17“He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21“The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23For all his rules were before me, and from his statutes I did not turn aside. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from guilt. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25And the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26“With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless; |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27with the purified you deal purely, and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28You save a humble people, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29For you are my lamp, O LORD, and my God lightens my darkness. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31This God—his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32“For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God? |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33This God is my strong refuge and has made my way blameless. |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights. |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. |
| 36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your gentleness made me great. |
| 37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 37You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip; |
| 38[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 38I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, and did not turn back until they were consumed. |
| 39[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 39I consumed them; I thrust them through, so that they did not rise; they fell under my feet. |
| 40[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 40For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me. |
| 41[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 41You made my enemies turn their backs to me, those who hated me, and I destroyed them. |
| 42[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 42They looked, but there was none to save; they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them. |
| 43[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 43I beat them fine as the dust of the earth; I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets. |
| 44[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 44“You delivered me from strife with my people; you kept me as the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me. |
| 45[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 45Foreigners came cringing to me; as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me. |
| 46[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 46Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses. |
| 47[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 47“The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation, |
| 48[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 48the God who gave me vengeance and brought down peoples under me, |
| 49[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 49who brought me out from my enemies; you exalted me above those who rose against me; you delivered me from men of violence. |
| 50[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 50“For this I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations, and sing praises to your name. |
| 51[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 51Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.” |
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