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Psalms 18

For the choir director. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD,  awho spoke to 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,

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"I love You, O LORD,  amy strength."

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The LORD is  amy  1rock and  bmy fortress and my  cdeliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My  dshield and the  ehorn of my salvation, my  fstronghold.

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I call upon the LORD, who is  aworthy to be praised, And I am  bsaved from my enemies.

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The  acords of death encompassed me, And the  btorrents of  1ungodliness  2terrified me.

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The  acords of  1Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.

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In my  adistress I called upon the LORD, And cried to my God for help; He heard my voice  bout of His temple, And my  ccry for help before Him came into His ears.

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Then the  aearth shook and quaked; And the  bfoundations of the mountains were trembling And were shaken, because He was angry.

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Smoke went up  1out of His nostrils, And  afire from His mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it.

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He  abowed the heavens also, and came down With thick  bdarkness under His feet.

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He rode upon a  acherub and flew; And He sped upon the  bwings of the wind.

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He made  adarkness His hiding place,  bHis  1canopy around Him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

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From the  abrightness before Him passed His thick clouds, Hailstones and  bcoals of fire.

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The LORD also  athundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.

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He  asent out His arrows, and scattered them, And lightning flashes in abundance, and  1routed them.

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Then the  achannels of water appeared, And the foundations of the world were  1laid bare At Your  brebuke, O LORD, At the blast of the  cbreath of Your nostrils.

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He  asent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of  bmany waters.

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He  adelivered me from my strong enemy, And from those who hated me, for they were  btoo mighty for me.

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They confronted me in  athe day of my calamity, But  bthe LORD was my stay.

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He brought me forth also into a  abroad place; He rescued me, because  bHe delighted in me.

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The LORD has  arewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the  bcleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.

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For I have  akept the ways of the LORD, And have  bnot wickedly departed from my God.

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For all  aHis ordinances were before me, And I did not put away His  bstatutes from me.

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I was also  1 ablameless with Him, And I  bkept myself from my iniquity.

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Therefore the LORD has  arecompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.

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With  athe kind You show Yourself kind; With the  1blameless  bYou show Yourself blameless;

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With the pure You show Yourself  apure, And with the crooked  bYou show Yourself  1astute.

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For You  asave an afflicted people, But  bhaughty eyes You abase.

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For You  alight my lamp; The LORD my God  billumines my darkness.

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For by You I can  1 arun upon a troop; And by my God I can  bleap over a wall.

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As for God, His way is  1 ablameless; The  bword of the LORD is tried; He is a  cshield to all who take refuge in Him.

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For  awho is God, but the LORD? And who is a  brock, except our God,

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The God who  agirds me with strength And  1makes my way  2 bblameless?

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He  amakes my feet like hinds' feet, And  bsets me upon my high places.

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He  atrains my hands for battle, So that my arms can  bbend a bow of bronze.

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You have also given me  athe shield of Your salvation, And Your  bright hand upholds me; And  cYour  1gentleness makes me great.

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You  aenlarge my steps under me, And my  1 bfeet have not slipped.

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I  apursued my enemies and overtook them, And I did not turn back  buntil they were consumed.

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I shattered them, so that they were  anot able to rise; They fell  bunder my feet.

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For You have  agirded me with strength for battle; You have  1 bsubdued under me those who rose up against me.

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You have also made my enemies  aturn their backs to me, And I  1 bdestroyed those who hated me.

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They cried for help, but there was  anone to save, Even to the LORD, but  bHe did not answer them.

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Then I beat them fine as the  adust before the wind; I emptied them out as the mire of the streets.

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You have delivered me from the  acontentions of the people; You have placed me as  bhead of the nations; A  cpeople whom I have not known serve me.

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As soon as they hear, they obey me; Foreigners  1 asubmit to me.

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Foreigners  afade away, And  bcome trembling out of their  1fortresses.

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The LORD  alives, and blessed be  bmy rock; And exalted be  cthe God of my salvation,

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The God who  aexecutes vengeance for me, And  bsubdues peoples under me.

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He  adelivers me from my enemies; Surely You  blift me above those who rise up against me; You rescue me from the  cviolent man.

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Therefore I will  agive thanks to You among the nations, O LORD, And I will  bsing praises to Your name.

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He gives great  1 adeliverance to His king, And shows lovingkindness to  bHis anointed, To David and  chis  2descendants forever.



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