| Chapter 18 |
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I love you, Yahweh, my strength. --
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Yahweh is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. --
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I will call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies. --
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The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid. --
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The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came on me. --
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In my distress I called on Yahweh, And cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, My cry before him came into his ears. --
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Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, Because he was angry. --
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There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, Fire out of his mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it. --
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He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet. --
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He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind. --
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He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion around him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. --
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At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire. --
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Yahweh also thundered in the sky, The Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire. --
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He sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yes, lightnings manifold, and routed them. --
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Then the channels of waters appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare, At your rebuke, Yahweh, At the blast of the breath of your nostrils. --
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He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters. --
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He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me. --
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They came on me in the day of my calamity, But Yahweh was my support. --
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He brought me forth also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me. --
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Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me. --
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For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, And have not wickedly departed from my God. --
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For all his ordinances were before me. I didn't put away his statutes from me. --
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I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity. --
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Therefore has Yahweh recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. --
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With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect. --
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With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd. --
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For you will save the afflicted people, But the haughty eyes you will bring down. --
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For you will light my lamp. Yahweh, my God, will light up my darkness. --
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For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall. --
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As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Yahweh is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him. --
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For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God, --
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The God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect? --
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He makes my feet like hinds' feet, And sets me on my high places. --
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He teaches my hands to war; So that my arms bend a bow of bronze. --
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You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great. --
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You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped. --
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I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. Neither will I turn again until they are consumed. --
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I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet. --
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For you have girded me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me. --
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You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, That I might cut off those who hate me. --
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They cried, but there was none to save; Even to Yahweh, but he didn't answer them. --
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Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets. --
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You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me. --
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As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me. --
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The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places. --
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Yahweh lives; and blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation, --
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Even the God who executes vengeance for me, And subdues peoples under me. --
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He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man. --
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Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations, And will sing praises to your name. --
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He gives great deliverance to his king, And shows lovingkindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, forevermore. Psalm 19 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. --
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