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- I LOVE You fervently and devotedly, O Lord, my Strength.
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- The Lord is my Rock, my Fortress, and my Deliverer; my God, my keen and firm Strength in Whom I will trust and take refuge, my Shield, and the Horn of my salvation, my High Tower. [Heb. 2:13.]
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- I will call upon the Lord, Who is to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies. [Rev. 5:12.]
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- The cords or bands of death surrounded me, and the streams of ungodliness and the torrents of ruin terrified me.
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- The cords of Sheol (the place of the dead) surrounded me; the snares of death confronted and came upon me.
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- In my distress [when seemingly closed in] I called upon the Lord and cried to my God; He heard my voice out of His temple (heavenly dwelling place), and my cry came before Him, into His [very] ears.
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- Then the earth quaked and rocked, the foundations also of the mountains trembled; they moved and were shaken because He was indignant and angry.
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- There went up smoke from His nostrils; and lightning out of His mouth devoured; coals were kindled by it.
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- He bowed the heavens also and came down; and thick darkness was under His feet.
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- And He rode upon a cherub [a storm] and flew [swiftly]; yes, He sped on with the wings of the wind.
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- He made darkness His secret hiding place; as His pavilion (His canopy) round about Him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
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- Out of the brightness before Him there broke forth through His thick clouds hailstones and coals of fire.
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- The Lord also thundered from the heavens, and the Most High uttered His voice, amid hailstones and coals of fire.
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- And He sent out His arrows and scattered them; and He flashed forth lightnings and put them to rout.
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- Then the beds of the sea appeared and the foundations of the world were laid bare at Your rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
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- He reached from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.
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- He delivered me from my strong enemy and from those who hated and abhorred me, for they were too strong for me.
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- They confronted and came upon me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my stay and support.
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- He brought me forth also into a large place; He was delivering me because He was pleased with me and delighted in me.
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- The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness (my conscious integrity and sincerity with Him); according to the cleanness of my hands has He recompensed me.
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- For I have kept the ways of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God.
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- For all His ordinances were before me, and I put not away His statutes from me.
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- I was upright before Him and blameless with Him, ever [on guard] to keep myself free from my sin and guilt.
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- Therefore has the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness (my uprightness and right standing with Him), according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.
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- With the kind and merciful You will show Yourself kind and merciful, with an upright man You will show Yourself upright,
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- With the pure You will show Yourself pure, and with the perverse You will show Yourself contrary.
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- For You deliver an afflicted and humble people but will bring down those with haughty looks.
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- For You cause my lamp to be lighted and to shine; the Lord my God illumines my darkness.
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- For by You I can run through a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.
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- As for God, His way is perfect! The word of the Lord is tested and tried; He is a shield to all those who take refuge and put their trust in Him.
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- For who is God except the Lord? Or who is the Rock save our God,
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- The God who girds me with strength and makes my way perfect?
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- He makes my feet like hinds' feet [able to stand firmly or make progress on the dangerous heights of testing and trouble]; He sets me securely upon my high places.
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- He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
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- You have also given me the shield of Your salvation, and Your right hand has held me up; Your gentleness and condescension have made me great.
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- You have given plenty of room for my steps under me, that my feet would not slip.
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- I pursued my enemies and overtook them; neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
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- I smote them so that they were not able to rise; they fell wounded under my feet.
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- For You have girded me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me and caused to bow down 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 [for help], but there was none to deliver--even unto the Lord, but He answered them not.
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- Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I emptied them out as the dirt and mire of the streets.
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- You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; You made me the head of the nations; a people I had not known served me.
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- As soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me; foreigners submitted themselves cringingly and yielded feigned obedience to me.
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- Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their caves or strongholds.
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- The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted,
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- The God Who avenges me and subdues peoples under me,
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- Who delivers me from my enemies; yes, You lift me up above those who rise up against me; You deliver me from the man of violence.
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- Therefore will I give thanks and extol You, O Lord, among the nations, and sing praises to Your name. [Rom. 15:9.]
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- Great deliverances and triumphs gives He to His king; and He shows mercy and steadfast love to His anointed, to David and his offspring forever. [II Sam. 22:2-51.]
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