David praiseth God for his manifold and marvellous blessings.
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  18:1 ¶
[[For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David the servant of Jehovah, who spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: and he said,]] I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength. |
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18:1 ¶
[[To the chief Musician,°°
[A Psalm] of David,°
the servant°
of the LORD,°
who°
spake°°
unto the LORD°°
the words°
of this°
song°
in the day°
[that] the LORD°
delivered°°
him from the hand°°
of all°
his enemies,°°
and from the hand°°
of Saul:°
And he said,]]°°
I will love°°
thee, O LORD,°
my strength.° |
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18:2
Jehovah 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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18:2
The LORD°
[is] my rock,°
and my fortress,°
and my deliverer;°°
my God,°
my strength,°
in whom I will trust;°°
my buckler,°
and the horn°
of my salvation,°
[and] my high tower.° |
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18:3
I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies. |
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18:3
I will call°°
upon the LORD,°
[who is worthy] to be praised:°°
so shall I be saved°°
from°
mine enemies.°° |
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18:4
The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid. |
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18:4
The sorrows°
of death°
compassed°°
me, and the floods°
of ungodly men°
made me afraid.°° |
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18:5
The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me. |
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18:5
The sorrows°
of hell°
compassed me about:°°
the snares°
of death°
prevented°°
me. |
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18:6
In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears. |
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18:6
In my distress°
I called°°
upon°
the LORD,°
and cried°°
unto°
my God:°
he heard°°
my voice°
out of his temple,°°
and my cry°
came°°
before°
him, [even] into his ears.° |
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18:7
Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth. |
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18:7
Then the earth°
shook°°
and trembled;°°
the foundations°
also of the hills°
moved°°
and were shaken,°°
because°
he was wroth.°° |
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18:8
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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18:8
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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18:9
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet. |
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18:9
He bowed°°
the heavens°
also, and came down:°°
and darkness°
[was] under°
his feet.° |
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18:10
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind. |
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18:10
And he rode°°
upon°
a cherub,°
and did fly:°°
yea, he did fly°°
upon°
the wings°
of the wind.° |
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18:11
He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. |
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18:11
He made°°
darkness°°
his secret place;°
his pavilion°
round about°
him [were] dark°
waters°
[and] thick clouds°
of the skies.° |
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18:12
At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire. |
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18:12
At the brightness°°
[that was] before°
him his thick clouds°
passed,°°
hail°
[stones] and coals°
of fire.° |
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18:13
Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire. |
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18:13
The LORD°
also thundered°°
in the heavens,°
and the Highest°
gave°°
his voice;°
hail°
[stones] and coals°
of fire.° |
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18:14
And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them. |
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18:14
Yea, he sent out°°
his arrows,°
and scattered°°
them; and he shot out°°
lightnings,°
and discomfited°°
them. |
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18:15
Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. |
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18:15
Then the channels°
of waters°
were seen,°°
and the foundations°
of the world°
were discovered°°
at thy rebuke,°°
O LORD,°
at the blast°°
of the breath°
of thy nostrils.° |
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18:16
He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters. |
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18:16
He sent°°
from above,°°
he took°°
me, he drew°°
me out of many°
waters.°°° |
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18:17
He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me. |
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18:17
He delivered°°
me from my strong°
enemy,°°°
and from them which hated°°°
me: for°
they were too strong°°
for°
me. |
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18:18
They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay. |
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18:18
They prevented°°
me in the day°
of my calamity:°
but the LORD°
was°
my stay.° |
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18:19
He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me. |
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18:19
He brought me forth°°
also into a large place;°
he delivered°°
me, because°
he delighted°°
in me. |
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18:20
Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. |
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18:20
The LORD°
rewarded°°
me according to my righteousness;°
according to the cleanness°
of my hands°
hath he recompensed°°
me. |
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18:21
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God. |
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18:21
For°
I have kept°°
the ways°
of the LORD,°
and have not°
wickedly departed°°
from my God.°° |
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18:22
For all his ordinances were before me, And I put not away his statutes from me. |
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18:22
For°
all°
his judgments°
[were] before°
me, and I did not°
put away°°
his statutes°
from°
me. |
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18:23
I was also perfect with him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity. |
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18:23
I was°
also upright°
before°
him, and I kept°°
myself°
from mine iniquity.°° |
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18:24
Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. |
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18:24
Therefore hath the LORD°
recompensed°°
me according to my righteousness,°
according to the cleanness°
of my hands°
in°
his eyesight.° |
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18:25
With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect; |
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18:25
With°
the merciful°
thou wilt shew thyself merciful;°°
with°
an upright°
man°
thou wilt shew thyself upright;°° |
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18:26
With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward. |
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18:26
With°
the pure°°
thou wilt shew thyself pure;°°
and with°
the froward°
thou wilt shew thyself froward.°° |
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18:27
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down. |
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18:27
For°
thou wilt°
save°°
the afflicted°
people;°
but wilt bring down°°
high°°
looks.° |
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18:28
For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness. |
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18:28
For°
thou°
wilt light°°
my candle:°
the LORD°
my God°
will enlighten°°
my darkness.° |
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18:29
For by thee I run upon a troop; And by my God do I leap over a wall. |
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18:29
For°
by thee I have run through°°
a troop;°
and by my God°
have I leaped over°°
a wall.° |
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18:30
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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18:30
[As for] God,°
his way°
[is] perfect:°
the word°
of the LORD°
is tried:°°
he°
[is] a buckler°
to all°
those that trust°°
in him. |
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18:31
For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God, |
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18:31
For°
who°
[is] God°
save°°
the LORD?°
or who°
[is] a rock°
save°
our God?° |
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18:32
The God that girdeth me with strength, And maketh my way perfect? |
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18:32
[It is] God°
that girdeth°°
me with strength,°
and maketh°°
my way°
perfect.° |
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18:33
He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet]: And setteth me upon my high places. |
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18:33
He maketh°°
my feet°
like hinds'°
[feet], and setteth°°
me upon°
my high places.° |
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18:34
He teacheth my hands to war; So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass. |
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18:34
He teacheth°°
my hands°
to war,°
so that a bow°
of steel°
is broken°°
by mine arms.° |
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18:35
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; And thy right hand hath holden me up, And thy gentleness hath made me great. |
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18:35
Thou hast also given°°
me the shield°
of thy salvation:°
and thy right hand°
hath holden me up,°°
and thy gentleness°°
hath made me great.°° |
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18:36
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped. |
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18:36
Thou hast enlarged°°
my steps°
under°
me, that my feet°
did not°
slip.°° |
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18:37
I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; Neither will I turn again till they are consumed. |
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18:37
I have pursued°°
mine enemies,°°
and overtaken°°
them: neither°
did I turn again°°
till°
they were consumed.°° |
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18:38
I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet. |
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18:38
I have wounded°°
them that they were not°
able°°
to rise:°°
they are fallen°°
under°
my feet.° |
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18:39
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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18:39
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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18:40
Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me. |
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18:40
Thou hast also given°°
me the necks°
of mine enemies;°°
that I might destroy°°
them that hate°°
me. |
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18:41
They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not. |
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18:41
They cried,°°
but [there was] none°
to save°°
[them: even] unto°
the LORD,°
but he answered°°
them not.° |
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18:42
Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets. |
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18:42
Then did I beat°°
them small°
as the dust°
before°°
the wind:°
I did cast them out°°
as the dirt°
in the streets.° |
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18:43
Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me. |
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18:43
Thou hast delivered°°
me from the strivings°°
of the people;°
[and] thou hast made°°
me the head°
of the heathen:°
a people°
[whom] I have not°
known°°
shall serve°°
me. |
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18:44
As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me. |
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18:44
As soon as they hear°°
of me, they shall obey°°
me: the strangers°°
shall submit°°
themselves unto me. |
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18:45
The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places. |
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18:45
The strangers°°
shall fade away,°°
and be afraid°°
out of°
their close places.° |
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18:46
Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God of my salvation, |
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18:46
The LORD°
liveth;°
and blessed°°
[be] my rock;°
and let the God°
of my salvation°
be exalted.°° |
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18:47
Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And subdueth peoples under me. |
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18:47
[It is] God°
that avengeth°°°
me, and subdueth°°
the people°
under°
me. |
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18:48
He rescueth me 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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18:48
He delivereth°°
me from mine enemies:°°°
yea,°
thou liftest me up°°
above°
those that rise up°°
against me: thou hast delivered°°
me from the violent°
man.°° |
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18:49
Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations, And will sing praises unto thy name. |
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18:49
Therefore°°
will I give thanks°°
unto thee, O LORD,°
among the heathen,°
and sing praises°°
unto thy name.° |
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18:50
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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18:50
Great°°
deliverance°
giveth he to his king;°
and sheweth°°
mercy°
to his anointed,°
to David,°
and to his seed°
for°
evermore.°° |
