A psalm of thanksgiving for God's powerful deliverance, and manifold blessings.
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  22:1 ¶
And David spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: |
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22:1 ¶
And David°
spake°°
unto the LORD°°
the words°
of this°
song°
in the day°
[that] the LORD°
had delivered°°
him out of the hand°°
of all°
his enemies,°°
and out of the hand°°
of Saul:° |
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22:2
and he said, Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine; |
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22:2
And he said,°°
The LORD°
[is] my rock,°
and my fortress,°
and my deliverer;°° |
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22:3
God, my rock, in him will I take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; My saviour, thou savest me from violence. |
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22:3
The God°
of my rock;°
in him will I trust:°°
[he is] my shield,°
and the horn°
of my salvation,°
my high tower,°
and my refuge,°
my saviour;°°
thou savest°°
me from violence.°° |
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22:4
I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies. |
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22:4
I will call°°
on°
the LORD,°
[who is] worthy to be praised:°°
so shall I be saved°°
from mine enemies.°°° |
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22:5
For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid: |
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22:5
When°
the waves°
of death°
compassed°°
me, the floods°
of ungodly°
men°
made me afraid;°° |
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22:6
The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me. |
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22:6
The sorrows°
of hell°
compassed me about;°°
the snares°
of death°
prevented°°
me; |
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22:7
In my distress I called upon Jehovah; Yea, I called unto my God: And he heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry [came] into his ears. |
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22:7
In my distress°
I called°°
upon°
the LORD,°
and cried°°
to°
my God:°
and he did hear°°
my voice°
out of his temple,°°
and my cry°
[did enter] into his ears.° |
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22:8
Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth. |
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22:8
Then the earth°
shook°°°°
and trembled;°°
the foundations°
of heaven°
moved°°
and shook,°°
because°
he was wroth.°° |
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22:9
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it. |
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22:9
There went up°°
a smoke°
out of his nostrils,°
and fire°
out of his mouth°°
devoured:°°
coals°
were kindled°°
by°
it. |
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22:10
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet. |
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22:10
He bowed°°
the heavens°
also, and came down;°°
and darkness°
[was] under°
his feet.° |
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22:11
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he was seen upon the wings of the wind. |
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22:11
And he rode°°
upon°
a cherub,°
and did fly:°°
and he was seen°°
upon°
the wings°
of the wind.° |
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22:12
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies. |
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22:12
And he made°°
darkness°
pavilions°
round about°
him, dark°
waters,°
[and] thick clouds°
of the skies.° |
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22:13
At the brightness before him Coals of fire were kindled. |
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22:13
Through the brightness°°
before°
him were coals°
of fire°
kindled.°° |
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22:14
Jehovah thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered his voice. |
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22:14
The LORD°
thundered°°
from°
heaven,°
and the most High°
uttered°°
his voice.° |
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22:15
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; Lightning, and discomfited them. |
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22:15
And he sent out°°
arrows,°
and scattered°°
them; lightning,°
and discomfited°°
them. |
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22:16
Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare, By the rebuke of Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils. |
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22:16
And the channels°
of the sea°
appeared,°°
the foundations°
of the world°
were discovered,°°
at the rebuking°
of the LORD,°
at the blast°°
of the breath°
of his nostrils.° |
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22:17
He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters; |
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22:17
He sent°°
from above,°°
he took°°
me; he drew°°
me out of many°
waters;°°° |
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22:18
He delivered me from my strong enemy, From them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me. |
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22:18
He delivered°°
me from my strong°
enemy,°°°°
[and] from them that hated°°°
me: for°
they were too strong°°
for°
me. |
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22:19
They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay. |
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22:19
They prevented°°
me in the day°
of my calamity:°
but the LORD°
was°
my stay.° |
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22:20
He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me. |
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22:20
He brought me forth°°
also into a large place:°°
he delivered°°
me, because°
he delighted°°
in me. |
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22:21
Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. |
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22:21
The LORD°
rewarded°°
me according to my righteousness:°
according to the cleanness°
of my hands°
hath he recompensed°°
me. |
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22:22
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God. |
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22:22
For°
I have kept°°
the ways°
of the LORD,°
and have not°
wickedly°
departed°°
from my God.°° |
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22:23
For all his ordinances were before me; And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. |
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22:23
For°
all°
his judgments°
[were] before°
me: and [as for] his statutes,°
I did not°
depart°°
from°
them. |
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22:24
I was also perfect toward him; And I kept myself from mine iniquity. |
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22:24
I was°
also upright°
before him, and have kept°°
myself°
from mine iniquity.°° |
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Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight. |
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22:25
Therefore the LORD°
hath recompensed°°
me according to my righteousness;°
according to my cleanness°
in°
his eye sight.°° |
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22:26
With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect; |
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22:26
With°
the merciful°
thou wilt shew thyself merciful,°°
[and] with°
the upright°
man°
thou wilt shew thyself upright.°° |
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22:27
With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward. |
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22:27
With°
the pure°°°
thou wilt shew thyself pure;°°
and with°
the froward°
thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.°° |
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22:28
And the afflicted people thou wilt save; But thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down. |
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22:28
And the afflicted°
people°
thou wilt save:°°
but thine eyes°
[are] upon°
the haughty,°°
[that] thou mayest bring [them] down.°° |
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22:29
For thou art my lamp, O Jehovah; And Jehovah will lighten my darkness. |
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For°
thou°
[art] my lamp,°
O LORD:°
and the LORD°
will lighten°°
my darkness.° |
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22:30
For by thee I run upon a troop; By my God do I leap over a wall. |
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For°
by thee I have run°°
through a troop:°
by my God°
have I leaped°
over°°
a wall.° |
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22:31
As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him. |
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22:31
[As for] God,°
his way°
[is] perfect;°
the word°
of the LORD°
[is] tried:°°
he°
[is] a buckler°
to all°
them that trust°°
in him. |
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22:32
For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, save our God? |
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22:32
For°
who°
[is] God,°
save°°
the LORD?°
and who°
[is] a rock,°
save°°
our God?° |
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22:33
God is my strong fortress; And he guideth the perfect in his way. |
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22:33
God°
[is] my strength°
[and] power:°
and he maketh°°
my way°
perfect.° |
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22:34
He maketh his feet like hinds' [feet], And setteth me upon my high places. |
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He maketh°°
my feet°
like°°
hinds'°
[feet]: and setteth°°
me upon°
my high places.° |
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22:35
He teacheth my hands to war, So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass. |
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22:35
He teacheth°°
my hands°
to war;°
so that a bow°
of steel°
is broken°°
by mine arms.° |
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22:36
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; And thy gentleness hath made me great. |
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22:36
Thou hast also given°°
me the shield°
of thy salvation:°
and thy gentleness°°°°
hath made me great.°° |
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22:37
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; And my feet have not slipped. |
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22:37
Thou hast enlarged°°
my steps°
under°
me; so that my feet°
did not°
slip.°° |
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22:38
I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; Neither did I turn again till they were consumed. |
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22:38
I have pursued°°
mine enemies,°°
and destroyed°°
them; and turned not again°°°
until°
I had consumed°°
them. |
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22:39
And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, so that they cannot arise: Yea, they are fallen under my feet. |
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22:39
And I have consumed°°
them, and wounded°°
them, that they could not°
arise:°°
yea, they are fallen°°
under°
my feet.° |
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22:40
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. |
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22:40
For thou hast girded°°
me with strength°
to battle:°
them that rose up°°
against me hast thou subdued°°
under°
me. |
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22:41
Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me. |
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22:41
Thou hast also given°°
me the necks°
of mine enemies,°°
that I might destroy°°
them that hate°°
me. |
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22:42
They looked, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not. |
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22:42
They looked,°°
but [there was] none°
to save;°°
[even] unto°
the LORD,°
but he answered°°
them not.° |
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22:43
Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did crush them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad. |
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Then did I beat°°
them as small as the dust°
of the earth,°
I did stamp°°
them as the mire°
of the street,°
[and] did spread them abroad.°° |
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22:44
Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people; Thou hast kept me to be the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me. |
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Thou also hast delivered°°
me from the strivings°°
of my people,°
thou hast kept°°
me [to be] head°
of the heathen:°
a people°
[which] I knew°°
not°
shall serve°°
me. |
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22:45
The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me: As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me. |
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22:45
Strangers°°
shall submit°°
themselves°
unto me: as soon as they hear,°°°
they shall be obedient°°
unto me. |
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The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places. |
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Strangers°°
shall fade away,°°
and they shall be afraid°°
out of their close places.°° |
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22:47
Jehovah liveth; And blessed be my rock; And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation, |
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22:47
The LORD°
liveth;°
and blessed°°
[be] my rock;°
and exalted°°
be the God°
of the rock°
of my salvation.° |
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22:48
Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And that bringeth down peoples under me, |
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22:48
It [is] God°
that avengeth°°°
me, and that bringeth down°°°
the people°
under°
me, |
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22:49
And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man. |
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22:49
And that bringeth me forth°°
from mine enemies:°°°
thou also hast lifted me up on high°°
above them that rose up°°°
against me: thou hast delivered°°
me from the violent°
man.°°° |
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22:50
Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations, And will sing praises unto thy name. |
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22:50
Therefore°°
I will give thanks°°
unto thee, O LORD,°
among the heathen,°
and I will sing praises°°
unto thy name.° |
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22:51
Great deliverance giveth he to his king, And showeth lovingkindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, for evermore. |
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[He is] the tower°°°°
of salvation°
for his king:°
and sheweth°°
mercy°
to his anointed,°
unto David,°
and to his seed°
for°
evermore.°° |
