David praiseth God for his manifold and marvellous blessings.
18:1 ¶
[[For the end, [a Psalm] of David, the servant of the Lord; [the words] which he spoke to the Lord, [even] the words of this Song, in the day in which the Lord delivered him out the hand of all his enemies, and out the hand of Saul: and he said:]] I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. |
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18:1 ¶
[[To the chief Musician,°°
[A Psalm] of David,°
the servant°
of Yahweh,°
who°
spake°°
unto Yahweh°°
the words°
of this°
song°
in the day°
[that] Yahweh°
delivered°°
him from the hand°°
of all°
his enemies,°°
and from the hand°°
of Saul:°
And he said,]]°°
I will love°°
thee, O Yahweh,°
my strength.° |
18:2
The Lord is my firm support, and my refuge, and my deliverer; my God is my helper, I will hope in him; [he is] my defender, and the horn of my salvation, and my helper. |
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18:2
Yahweh°
[is] my rock,°
and my fortress,°
and my deliverer;°°
my El,°
my strength,°
in whom I will trust;°°
my buckler,°
and the horn°
of my salvation,°
[and] my high tower.° |
18:3
I will call upon the Lord with praises, and I shall be saved from mine enemies. |
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18:3
I will call°°
upon Yahweh,°
[who is worthy] to be praised:°°
so shall I be saved°°
from°
mine enemies.°° |
18:4
The pangs of death compassed me, and the torrents of ungodliness troubled me exceedingly. |
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18:4
The sorrows°
of death°
compassed°°
me, and the floods°
of ungodly men°
made me afraid.°° |
18:5
The pangs of hell came round about me: the snares of death prevented me. |
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18:5
The sorrows°
of hell°
compassed me about:°°
the snares°
of death°
prevented°°
me. |
18:6
And when I was afflicted I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: he heard my voice out of this holy temple, and my cry shall enter before him, [even] into his ears. |
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18:6
In my distress°
I called°°
upon°
Yahweh,°
and cried°°
unto°
my Elohim:°
he heard°°
my voice°
out of his temple,°°
and my cry°
came°°
before°
him, [even] into his ears.° |
18:7
Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains were disturbed, and were shaken, because God was angry with them. |
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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.°° |
18:8
There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire burst into a flame at his presence: coals were kindled at 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. |
18:9
And he bowed the heaven, 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.° |
18:10
And he mounted on cherubs and flew: he flew on the wings of winds. |
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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.° |
18:11
And he made darkness his secret place: round about him was his tabernacle, [even] dark water in the clouds of the air. |
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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.° |
18:12
At the brightness before him the clouds passed, hail 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.° |
18:13
The Lord also thundered from heaven, and the Highest uttered his voice. |
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18:13
Yahweh°
also thundered°°
in the heavens,°
and Elyon°
gave°°
his voice;°
hail°
[stones] and coals°
of fire.° |
18:14
And he sent forth [his] weapons, and scattered them; and multiplied lightnings, and routed them. |
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18:14
Yea, he sent out°°
his arrows,°
and scattered°°
them; and he shot out°°
lightnings,°
and discomfited°°
them. |
18:15
And the springs of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blasting of the breath of thy wrath. |
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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 Yahweh,°
at the blast°°
of the breath°
of thy nostrils.° |
18:16
He sent from on high and took me, he drew me to himself out of many waters. |
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18:16
He sent°°
from above,°°
he took°°
me, he drew°°
me out of many°
waters.°°° |
18:17
He will deliver me from my mighty enemies, and from them that hate me; for they are stronger than I. |
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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. |
18:18
They prevented me in the day of mine affliction: but the Lord was my stay against [them]. |
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18:18
They prevented°°
me in the day°
of my calamity:°
but Yahweh°
was°
my stay.° |
18:19
And he brought me out into a wide place: he will deliver me, because he has pleasure 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. |
18:20
And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands will he recompense me. |
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18:20
Yahweh°
rewarded°°
me according to my righteousness;°
according to the cleanness°
of my hands°
hath he recompensed°°
me. |
18:21
For I have kept the way of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God. |
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18:21
For°
I have kept°°
the ways°
of Yahweh,°
and have not°
wickedly departed°°
from my Elohim.°° |
18:22
For all his judgments were before me, and his ordinances departed not 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. |
18:23
And I shall be blameless with hem, and shall keep myself from mine iniquity. |
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18:23
I was°
also upright°
before°
him, and I kept°°
myself°
from mine iniquity.°° |
18:24
And the Lord shall recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands before his eyes. |
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18:24
Therefore hath Yahweh°
recompensed°°
me according to my righteousness,°
according to the cleanness°
of my hands°
in°
his eyesight.° |
18:25
With the holy thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent. |
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18:25
With°
the merciful°
thou wilt shew thyself merciful;°°
with°
an upright°
man°
thou wilt shew thyself upright;°° |
18:26
And with the excellent [man] thou wilt be excellent; and with the perverse thou wilt shew frowardness. |
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18:26
With°
the pure°°
thou wilt shew thyself pure;°°
and with°
the froward°
thou wilt shew thyself froward.°° |
18:27
For thou wilt save the lowly people, and wilt humble the eyes of the proud. |
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18:27
For°
thou wilt°
save°°
the afflicted°
people;°
but wilt bring down°°
high°°
looks.° |
18:28
For thou, O Lord, wilt light my lamp: my God, thou wilt lighten my darkness. |
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18:28
For°
thou°
wilt light°°
my candle:°
Yahweh°
my Elohim°
will enlighten°°
my darkness.° |
18:29
For by thee shall I be delivered from a troop; and by my God I will pass over a wall. |
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18:29
For°
by thee I have run through°°
a troop;°
and by my Elohim°
have I leaped over°°
a wall.° |
18:30
[As for] my God, his way is perfect: the oracles of the Lord are tried in the fire; he is a protector of all them that hope in him. |
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18:30
[As for] El,°
his way°
[is] perfect:°
the word°
of Yahweh°
is tried:°°
he°
[is] a buckler°
to all°
those that trust°°
in him. |
18:31
For who is God but the Lord? and who is a God except our God? |
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18:31
For°
who°
[is] Eloah°
save°°
Yahweh?°
or who°
[is] a rock°
save°
our Elohim?° |
18:32
[It is] God that girds me with strength, and has made my way blameless: |
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18:32
[It is] El°
that girdeth°°
me with strength,°
and maketh°°
my way°
perfect.° |
18:33
who strengthens my feet as hart's feet, and sets me upon high places. |
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18:33
He maketh°°
my feet°
like hinds'°
[feet], and setteth°°
me upon°
my high places.° |
18:34
He instructs my hands for war: and thou hast made my arms [as] a brazen bow. |
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18:34
He teacheth°°
my hands°
to war,°
so that a bow°
of steel°
is broken°°
by mine arms.° |
18:35
And thou hast made me secure in my salvation: and thy right hand has helped me, and thy correction has upheld me to the end; yea, thy correction itself shall instruct me. |
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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.°° |
18:36
Thou has made room for my goings under me, and by footsteps did not fail. |
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18:36
Thou hast enlarged°°
my steps°
under°
me, that my feet°
did not°
slip.°° |
18:37
I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; and I will not turn back until 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.°° |
18:38
I will dash them to pieces and they shall not be able to stand: 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.° |
18:39
For thou hast girded me with strength for war: thou hast beaten down under me all 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. |
18:40
And thou has made mine enemies turn their backs before me; and thou hast destroyed them that hated 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. |
18:41
They cried, but there was no deliverer: [even] to the Lord, but he hearkened not to them. |
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18:41
They cried,°°
but [there was] none°
to save°°
[them: even] unto°
Yahweh,°
but he answered°°
them not.° |
18:42
I will grind them as the mud of the streets: and I will beat them small as dust before the wind. |
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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.° |
18:43
Deliver me from the gain sayings of the people: thou shalt make me head of the Gentiles: a people whom I knew not served 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. |
18:44
at the hearing of the ear they obeyed me: the strange children lied to 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. |
18:45
The strange children waxed old, and fell away from their paths through lameness. |
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18:45
The strangers°°
shall fade away,°°
and be afraid°°
out of°
their close places.° |
18:46
The Lord lives; and blessed [be] my God; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. |
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18:46
Yahweh°
liveth;°
and blessed°°
[be] my rock;°
and let the Elohim°
of my salvation°
be exalted.°° |
18:47
[It is] God that avenges me, and has subdued the nations under me; |
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18:47
[It is] El°
that avengeth°°°
me, and subdueth°°
the people°
under°
me. |
18:48
my deliverer from angry enemies: thou shalt set me on high above them that rise up against me: thou shalt deliver me from the unrighteous 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.°° |
18:49
Therefore will I confess to thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing to thy name. |
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18:49
Therefore°°
will I give thanks°°
unto thee, O Yahweh,°
among the heathen,°
and sing praises°°
unto thy name.° |
18:50
[God] magnifies the deliverances of his king; and deals mercifully with David his anointed, and his seed, for ever. |
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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.°° |