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| 18:1 |
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| 18:2 |
The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
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| 18:3 |
I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.
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| 18:4 |
The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear.
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| 18:5 |
The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.
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| 18:6 |
In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came before him, even into his ears.
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| 18:7 |
Then trouble and shock came on the earth; and the bases of the mountains were moved and shaking, because he was angry.
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| 18:8 |
There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it.
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| 18:9 |
The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.
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| 18:10 |
And he went in flight through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind.
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| 18:11 |
He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him was the dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
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| 18:12 |
Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and fire.
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| 18:13 |
The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire.
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| 18:14 |
He sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.
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| 18:15 |
Then the deep beds of the waters were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of your words of wrath, O Lord, because of the breath from your mouth.
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| 18:16 |
He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.
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| 18:17 |
He made me free from my strong hater, and from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.
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| 18:18 |
They came on me in the day of my trouble; but the Lord was my support.
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| 18:19 |
He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.
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| 18:20 |
The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.
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| 18:21 |
For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.
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| 18:22 |
For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.
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| 18:23 |
And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.
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| 18:24 |
Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.
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| 18:25 |
On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;
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| 18:26 |
He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.
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| 18:27 |
For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low.
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| 18:28 |
You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.
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| 18:29 |
By your help I have made a way through the wall which was shutting me in; by the help of my God I have gone over a wall.
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| 18:30 |
As for God, his way is completely good; the word of the Lord is tested; he is a breastplate for all those who put their faith in him.
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| 18:31 |
For who is God but the Lord? or who is a Rock but our God?
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| 18:32 |
God puts a strong band about me, guiding me in a straight way.
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| 18:33 |
He makes my feet like roes' feet, and puts me on high places.
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| 18:34 |
He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.
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| 18:35 |
You have given me the breastplate of your salvation: your right hand has been my support, and your mercy has made me great.
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| 18:36 |
You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.
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| 18:37 |
I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome.
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| 18:38 |
I will give them wounds, so that they are not able to get up: they are stretched under my feet.
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| 18:39 |
For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who come out against me.
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| 18:40 |
By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.
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| 18:41 |
They were crying out, but there was no one to come to their help: even to the Lord, but he gave them no answer.
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| 18:42 |
Then they were crushed as small as dust before the wind; they were drained out like the waste of the streets.
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| 18:43 |
You have made me free from the fightings of the people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.
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| 18:44 |
From the time when my name comes to their ears they will be ruled by me: men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority.
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| 18:45 |
They will be wasting away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear.
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| 18:46 |
The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured.
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| 18:47 |
It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.
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| 18:48 |
He makes me free from my haters; I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.
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| 18:49 |
Because of this I will give you praise, O Lord, among the nations, and will make a song of praise to your name.
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| 18:50 |
Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.
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