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NEW KING JAMES VERSION
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I will love You, O
LORD, my strength. |
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The LORD is my rock
and my fortress and my deliverer;
My God, my strength, in whom I will trust;
My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
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I will call upon the
LORD, who is worthy to be praised;
So shall I be saved from my enemies.
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The pangs of death
surrounded me,
And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
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The sorrows of Sheol
surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
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In my distress I
called upon the LORD,
And cried out to my God;
He heard my voice from His temple,
And my cry came before Him, even to His ears.
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Then the earth shook
and trembled;
The foundations of the hills also quaked and were shaken,
Because He was angry.
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Smoke went up from
His nostrils,
And devouring fire from His mouth;
Coals were kindled by it.
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He bowed the heavens
also, and came down
With darkness under His feet.
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And He rode upon a
cherub, and flew;
He flew upon the wings of the wind.
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He made darkness His
secret place;
His canopy around Him was dark waters
And thick clouds of the skies.
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From the brightness
before Him,
His thick clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire.
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The LORD thundered
from heaven,
And the Most High uttered His voice,
Hailstones and coals of fire.
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He sent out His
arrows and scattered the foe,
Lightnings in abundance, and He vanquished them.
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Then the channels of
the sea were seen,
The foundations of the world were uncovered
At Your rebuke, O LORD,
At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
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He sent from above,
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 strong for me.
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They confronted me
in the day of my calamity,
But the LORD was my support.
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He also brought me
out into a broad place;
He delivered me because He delighted in me.
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The LORD rewarded me
according to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands
He has 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
judgments were before me,
And I did not put away His statutes from me.
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I was also blameless
before Him,
And I kept myself from my iniquity.
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Therefore the LORD
has recompensed me
according to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.
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With the merciful
You will show Yourself merciful;
With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;
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With the pure You
will show Yourself pure;
And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.
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For You will save
the humble people,
But will bring down haughty looks.
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For You will light
my lamp;
The LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
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For by You I can run
against a troop,
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 proven;
He is a shield to all who trust in Him.
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For who is God,
except the LORD?
And who is a rock, except our God?
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It is God who arms
me with strength,
And makes my way perfect.
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He makes my feet
like the feet of deer,
And sets me on my high places.
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He teaches my hands
to make 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;
Your right hand has held me up,
Your gentleness has made me great.
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You enlarged my path
under me,
So my feet did not slip.
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I have pursued my
enemies and overtaken them;
Neither did I turn back again ’til they were destroyed.
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I have wounded them,
So that they could not rise;
They have fallen under my feet.
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For You have armed
me with strength for the battle;
You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
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You have also given
me the necks of my enemies,
So that I destroyed those who hated me.
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They cried out, but
there was none to save;
Even to the LORD, but He did not answer them.
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Then I beat them as
fine as the dust before the wind;
I cast them out like dirt in 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 I have not known shall serve me.
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As soon as they hear
of me they obey me;
The foreigners submit to me.
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The foreigners fade
away,
And come frightened from their hideouts.
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The LORD lives!
Blessed be my Rock!
Let the God of my salvation be exalted.
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It is God who
avenges me,
And subdues the peoples under me;
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He delivers me from
my enemies.
You also lift me up above those who rise against me;
You have delivered me from the violent man.
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Therefore I will
give thanks to You, O LORD, among the Gentiles,
And sing praises to Your name.
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Great deliverance He
gives to His king,
And shows mercy to His anointed,
To David and his descendants forevermore.
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