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Psalms 18:1
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I love you, LORD, my strength.
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Psalms 18:2
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The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
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Psalms 18:3
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I call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; And I am saved from my enemies.
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Psalms 18:4
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The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
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Psalms 18:5
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The cords of She'ol were round about me; The snares of death came on me.
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Psalms 18:6
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In my distress I called on the LORD, And cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, My cry before him came into his ears.
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Psalms 18:7
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Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, Because he was angry.
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Psalms 18:8
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Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.
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Psalms 18:9
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He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
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Psalms 18:10
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He rode on a Keruv, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.
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Psalms 18:11
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He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
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Psalms 18:12
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At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire.
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Psalms 18:13
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The LORD also thundered in the sky, The Elyon uttered his voice: Hailstones and coals of fire.
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Psalms 18:14
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He sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yes, great lightning bolts, and routed them.
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Psalms 18:15
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Then the channels of waters appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, LORD, At the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
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Psalms 18:16
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He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters.
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Psalms 18:17
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He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
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Psalms 18:18
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They came on me in the day of my calamity, But the LORD was my support.
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Psalms 18:19
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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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Psalms 18:20
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The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.
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Psalms 18:21
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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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Psalms 18:22
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For all his ordinances were before me. I didn't put away his statutes from me.
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Psalms 18:23
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I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
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Psalms 18:24
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Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
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Psalms 18:25
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With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.
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Psalms 18:26
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With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
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Psalms 18:27
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For you will save the afflicted people, But the haughty eyes you will bring down.
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Psalms 18:28
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For you will light my lamp, the LORD. My God will light up my darkness.
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Psalms 18:29
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For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.
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Psalms 18:30
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As for God, his way is perfect. The word of the LORD is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
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Psalms 18:31
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For who is God, except the LORD? Who is a rock, besides our God,
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Psalms 18:32
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The God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?
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Psalms 18:33
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He makes my feet like deer's feet, And sets me on my high places.
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Psalms 18:34
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He teaches my hands to war; So that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
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Psalms 18:35
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You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.
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Psalms 18:36
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You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.
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Psalms 18:37
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I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. Neither will I turn again until they are consumed.
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Psalms 18:38
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I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.
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Psalms 18:39
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For you have girded me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
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Psalms 18:40
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You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, That I might cut off those who hate me.
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Psalms 18:41
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They cried, but there was none to save; Even to the LORD, but he didn't answer them.
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Psalms 18:42
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Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets.
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Psalms 18:43
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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 whom I have not known shall serve me.
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Psalms 18:44
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As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.
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Psalms 18:45
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The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places.
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Psalms 18:46
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The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,
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Psalms 18:47
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Even the God who executes vengeance for me, And subdues peoples under me.
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Psalms 18:48
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He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.
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Psalms 18:49
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Therefore I will give thanks to you, LORD, among the nations, And will sing praises to your name.
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Psalms 18:50
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He gives great deliverance to his king, And shows loving kindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, forevermore. Psalm 19 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
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