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For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of YAHUVEH, who
spake unto YAHUVEH the words of this song in the day that YAHUVEH delivered
him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: and he
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I love thee, O YAHUVEH, my strength. |
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YAHUVEH is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My YAHUVEH, my
rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation,
my high tower. |
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I will call upon YAHUVEH, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be
saved from mine enemies. |
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The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of unrighteousness made
me afraid. |
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The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon
me. |
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In my distress I called upon YAHUVEH, And cried unto my YAHUVEH: He heard
my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears. |
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Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains
quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth. |
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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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He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under
his feet. |
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And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he soared upon the wings of
the wind. |
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He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him,
Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. |
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At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and
coals of fire. |
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YAHUVEH also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his
voice, Hailstones and coals of fire. |
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And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings
manifold, and discomfited them. |
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Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world
were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O YAHUVEH, At the blast of the breath of thy
nostrils. |
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He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters. |
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He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from them that hated me; for
they were too mighty for me. |
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They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But YAHUVEH was my stay. |
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He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he
delighted in me. |
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YAHUVEH hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the
cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. |
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For I have kept the ways of YAHUVEH, And have not wickedly departed from
my YAHUVEH. |
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For all his ordinances were before me, And I put not away his statutes
from me. |
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I was also perfect with him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity. |
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Therefore hath YAHUVEH recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. |
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With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man
thou wilt show thyself perfect; |
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With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou
wilt show thyself froward. |
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For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt
bring down. |
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For thou wilt light my lamp: YAHUVEH my YAHUVEH will lighten my darkness. |
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For by thee I run upon a troop; And by my YAHUVEH do I leap over a wall. |
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As for YAHUVEH, his way is perfect: The word of YAHUVEH is tried; He is a
shield unto all them that take refuge in him. |
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For who is YAHUVEH, save YAHUVEH? And who is a rock, besides our YAHUVEH, |
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The YAHUVEH that girdeth me with strength, And maketh my way perfect? |
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He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: And setteth me upon my high
places. |
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He teacheth my hands to war; So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass. |
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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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Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped. |
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I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; Neither will I turn again
till they are consumed. |
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I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They
shall fall under my feet. |
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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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Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might
cut off them that hate me. |
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They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto YAHUVEH, but he
answered them not. |
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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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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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As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; The foreigners shall
submit themselves unto me. |
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The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their
close places. |
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YAHUVEH liveth; and blessed be my rock; And exalted be the YAHUVEH of my
salvation, |
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Even the YAHUVEH that executeth vengeance for me, And subdueth peoples
under me. |
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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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Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O YAHUVEH, among the nations, And
will sing praises unto thy name. |
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Great deliverance giveth he to his king, And showeth lovingkindness to
his anointed, To David and to his seed, for evermore. |