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The Lord Is My Rock and My Fortress
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who addressed the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said:
I love you, O Lord, my strength.
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who addressed the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said:
I love you, O Lord, my strength.
The Lord is My Rock
{To the chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spoke to Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies and out of the hand of Saul. And he said,} I will love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.
{To the chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spoke to Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies and out of the hand of Saul. And he said,} I will love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.
The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,
and I am saved from my enemies.
and I am saved from my enemies.
I will call upon Jehovah, who is to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid.
the cords of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.
the snares of death confronted me.
The bands of Sheol surrounded me, the cords of death encountered me.
In my distress I called upon the Lord;
to my God I cried for help.
From his temple he heard my voice,
and my cry to him reached his ears.
to my God I cried for help.
From his temple he heard my voice,
and my cry to him reached his ears.
In my distress I called upon Jehovah, and I cried out to my God; he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, into his ears.
Then the earth reeled and rocked;
the foundations also of the mountains trembled
and quaked, because he was angry.
the foundations also of the mountains trembled
and quaked, because he was angry.
Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled and shook, because he was wroth.
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals burned forth from it.
He bowed the heavens and came down;
thick darkness was under his feet.
thick darkness was under his feet.
And he bowed the heavens, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
He rode on a cherub and flew;
he came swiftly on the wings of the wind.
he came swiftly on the wings of the wind.
And he rode upon a cherub and did fly; yea, he flew fast upon the wings of the wind.
He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him,
thick clouds dark with water.
thick clouds dark with water.
He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Out of the brightness before him
hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.
hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.
From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed forth: hail and coals of fire.
The Lord also thundered in the heavens,
and the Most High uttered his voice,
hailstones and coals of fire.
and the Most High uttered his voice,
hailstones and coals of fire.
And Jehovah thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice: hail and coals of fire.
And he sent out his arrows and scattered them;
he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.
he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.
And he sent his arrows, and scattered [mine enemies]; and he shot forth lightnings, and discomfited them.
Then the channels of the sea were seen,
and the foundations of the world were laid bare
at your rebuke, O Lord,
at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
and the foundations of the world were laid bare
at your rebuke, O Lord,
at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
And the beds of the waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered at thy rebuke, Jehovah, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
He sent from on high, he took me;
he drew me out of many waters.
he drew me out of many waters.
He reached forth from above, he took me, he drew me out of great waters:
He rescued me from my strong enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were too mighty for me.
and from those who hated me,
for they were too mighty for me.
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me; for they were mightier than I.
They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
but the Lord was my support.
but the Lord was my support.
They encountered me in the day of my calamity, but Jehovah was my stay.
He brought me out into a broad place;
he rescued me, because he delighted in me.
he rescued me, because he delighted in me.
And he brought me forth into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
and have not wickedly departed from my God.
and have not wickedly departed from my God.
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
For all his ordinances were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me;
I was blameless before him,
and I kept myself from my guilt.
and I kept myself from my guilt.
And I was upright with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity.
So the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
And Jehovah hath recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
With the merciful you show yourself merciful;
with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; with the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright;
with the purified you show yourself pure;
and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
With the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary.
For you save a humble people,
but the haughty eyes you bring down.
but the haughty eyes you bring down.
For it is thou that savest the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes wilt thou bring down.
For it is you who light my lamp;
the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.
For by you I can run against a troop,
and by my God I can leap over a wall.
and by my God I can leap over a wall.
For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
As for God, his way is perfect; the word of Jehovah is tried: he is a shield to all that trust in him.
For who is God, but the Lord?
And who is a rock, except our God? —
And who is a rock, except our God? —
For who is +God save Jehovah? and who is a rock if not our God?
the God who equipped me with strength
and made my way blameless.
and made my way blameless.
The God who girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect,
He made my feet like the feet of a deer
and set me secure on the heights.
and set me secure on the heights.
Who maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], and setteth me upon my high places;
He trains my hands for war,
so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
Who teacheth my hands to war, and mine arms bend a bow of brass;
You have given me the shield of your salvation,
and your right hand supported me,
and your gentleness made me great.
and your right hand supported me,
and your gentleness made me great.
And thou didst give me the shield of thy salvation, and thy right hand held me up; and thy condescending gentleness hath made me great.
You gave a wide place for my steps under me,
and my feet did not slip.
and my feet did not slip.
Thou didst enlarge my steps under me, and mine ankles have not wavered.
I pursued my enemies and overtook them,
and did not turn back till they were consumed.
and did not turn back till they were consumed.
I pursued mine enemies, and overtook them; and I turned not again till they were consumed.
I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise;
they fell under my feet.
they fell under my feet.
I crushed them, and they were not able to rise: they fell under my feet.
For you equipped me with strength for the battle;
you made those who rise against me sink under me.
you made those who rise against me sink under me.
And thou girdedst me with strength to battle; thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against me.
And mine enemies didst thou make to turn their backs unto me, and those that hated me I destroyed.
They cried for help, but there was none to save;
they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
They cried, and there was none to save; -- unto Jehovah, and he answered them not.
I beat them fine as dust before the wind;
I cast them out like the mire of the streets.
I cast them out like the mire of the streets.
And I did beat them small as dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.
You delivered me from strife with the people;
you made me the head of the nations;
people whom I had not known served me.
you made me the head of the nations;
people whom I had not known served me.
Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; thou hast made me the head of the nations: a people I knew not doth serve me.
As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me;
foreigners came cringing to me.
foreigners came cringing to me.
At the hearing of the ear, they obey me: strangers come cringing unto me.
Foreigners lost heart
and came trembling out of their fortresses.
and came trembling out of their fortresses.
Strangers have faded away, and they come trembling forth from their close places.
The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock,
and exalted be the God of my salvation —
and exalted be the God of my salvation —
Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of my salvation,
the God who gave me vengeance
and subdued peoples under me,
and subdued peoples under me,
The God who hath avenged me, and hath subjected the peoples to me;
who rescued me from my enemies;
yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me;
you delivered me from the man of violence.
yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me;
you delivered me from the man of violence.
Who hath delivered me from mine enemies: yea, thou hast lifted me up above them that rose up against me; from the man of violence hast thou delivered me.
For this I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations,
and sing to your name.
and sing to your name.
Therefore will I give thanks to thee, Jehovah, among the nations, and will sing psalms to thy name.