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“I love You, O LORD, my strength.”
For the choir director: A psalm of David, the servant of the LORD. He sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD rescued him from all his enemies and from Saul. He sang:
I love you, LORD;
you are my strength.
I love you, LORD;
you are 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.
The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my savior;
my God is my rock, in whom I find protection.
He is my shield, the power that saves me,
and my place of safety.
my God is my rock, in whom I find protection.
He is my shield, the power that saves me,
and my place of safety.
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 called on the LORD, who is worthy of praise,
and he saved me from my enemies.
and he saved me from my enemies.
The cords of death encompassed me,
And the torrents of ungodliness terrified me.
And the torrents of ungodliness terrified me.
The ropes of death entangled me;
floods of destruction swept over me.
floods of destruction swept over me.
The cords of Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
The snares of death confronted me.
In my distress I called upon the LORD,
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice out of His temple,
And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice out of His temple,
And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.
But in my distress I cried out to the LORD;
yes, I prayed to my God for help.
He heard me from his sanctuary;
my cry to him reached his ears.
yes, I prayed to my God for help.
He heard me from his sanctuary;
my cry to him reached his ears.
Then the earth shook and quaked;
And the foundations of the mountains were trembling
And were shaken, because He was angry.
And the foundations of the mountains were trembling
And were shaken, because He was angry.
Then the earth quaked and trembled.
The foundations of the mountains shook;
they quaked because of his anger.
The foundations of the mountains shook;
they quaked because of his anger.
Smoke went up out of His nostrils,
And fire from His mouth devoured;
Coals were kindled by it.
And fire from His mouth devoured;
Coals were kindled by it.
Smoke poured from his nostrils;
fierce flames leaped from his mouth.
Glowing coals blazed forth from him.
fierce flames leaped from his mouth.
Glowing coals blazed forth from him.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down
With thick darkness under His feet.
With thick darkness under His feet.
He opened the heavens and came down;
dark storm clouds were beneath his feet.
dark storm clouds were beneath his feet.
He rode upon a cherub and flew;
And He sped upon the wings of the wind.
And He sped upon the wings of the wind.
He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him,
Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
He shrouded himself in darkness,
veiling his approach with dark rain clouds.
veiling his approach with dark rain clouds.
From the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds,
Hailstones and coals of fire.
Hailstones 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.
The LORD thundered from heaven;
the voice of the Most High resounded
amid the hail and burning coals.
the voice of the Most High resounded
amid the hail and burning coals.
He sent out His arrows, and scattered them,
And lightning flashes in abundance, and routed them.
And lightning flashes in abundance, and routed them.
He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies;
great bolts of lightning flashed, and they were confused.
great bolts of lightning flashed, and they were confused.
Then the channels of water appeared,
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.
Then at your command, O LORD,
at the blast of your breath,
the bottom of the sea could be seen,
and the foundations of the earth were laid bare.
at the blast of your breath,
the bottom of the sea could be seen,
and the foundations of the earth were laid bare.
He sent from on high, He took me;
He drew me out of many waters.
He drew me out of many waters.
He reached down from heaven and rescued me;
he drew me out of deep waters.
he drew me out of deep waters.
He delivered 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 rescued me from my powerful enemies,
from those who hated me and were too strong for me.
from those who hated me and were too strong for me.
They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
But the LORD was my stay.
But the LORD was my stay.
They attacked me at a moment when I was in distress,
but the LORD supported me.
but the LORD supported me.
He brought me forth also into a broad place;
He rescued me, because He delighted in me.
He rescued me, because He delighted in me.
He led me to a place of safety;
he rescued me because he delights in me.
he rescued me because he delights in me.
The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
The LORD rewarded me for doing right;
he restored me because of my innocence.
he restored me because of my innocence.
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 the LORD;
I have not turned from my God to follow evil.
I have not turned from my God to follow evil.
For all His ordinances were before me,
And I did not put away His statutes from me.
And I did not put away His statutes from me.
I have followed all his regulations;
I have never abandoned his decrees.
I have never abandoned his decrees.
I was also blameless with Him,
And I kept myself from my iniquity.
And I kept myself from my iniquity.
I am blameless before God;
I have kept myself from sin.
I have kept myself from sin.
Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.
According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.
The LORD rewarded me for doing right.
He has seen my innocence.
He has seen my innocence.
With the kind You show Yourself kind;
With the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
With the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
To the faithful you show yourself faithful;
to those with integrity you show integrity.
to those with integrity you show integrity.
With the pure You show Yourself pure,
And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.
And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.
To the pure you show yourself pure,
but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.
but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.
For You save an afflicted people,
But haughty eyes You abase.
But haughty eyes You abase.
You rescue the humble,
but you humiliate the proud.
but you humiliate the proud.
For You light my lamp;
The LORD my God illumines my darkness.
The LORD my God illumines my darkness.
You light a lamp for me.
The LORD, my God, lights up my darkness.
The LORD, my God, lights up my darkness.
For by You I can run upon a troop;
And by my God I can leap over a wall.
And by my God I can leap over a wall.
In your strength I can crush an army;
with my God I can scale any wall.
with my God I can scale any wall.
As for God, His way is blameless;
The word of the LORD is tried;
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
The word of the LORD is tried;
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
God’s way is perfect.
All the LORD’s promises prove true.
He is a shield for all who look to him for protection.
All the LORD’s promises prove true.
He is a shield for all who look to him for protection.
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 except the LORD?
Who but our God is a solid rock?
Who but our God is a solid rock?
The God who girds me with strength
And makes my way blameless?
And makes my way blameless?
God arms me with strength,
and he makes my way perfect.
and he makes my way perfect.
He makes my feet like hinds’ feet,
And sets me upon my high places.
And sets me upon my high places.
He makes me as surefooted as a deer,
enabling me to stand on mountain heights.
enabling me to stand on mountain heights.
He trains my hands for battle,
So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
He trains my hands for battle;
he strengthens my arm to draw a bronze bow.
he strengthens my arm to draw a bronze bow.
You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,
And Your right hand upholds me;
And Your gentleness makes me great.
And Your right hand upholds me;
And Your gentleness makes me great.
You enlarge my steps under me,
And my feet have not slipped.
And my feet have not slipped.
You have made a wide path for my feet
to keep them from slipping.
to keep them from slipping.
I pursued my enemies and overtook them,
And I did not turn back until they were consumed.
And I did not turn back until they were consumed.
I chased my enemies and caught them;
I did not stop until they were conquered.
I did not stop until they were conquered.
I shattered them, so that they were not able to rise;
They fell under my feet.
They fell under my feet.
I struck them down so they could not get up;
they fell beneath my feet.
they fell beneath my feet.
For You have girded me with strength for battle;
You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
You have armed me with strength for the battle;
you have subdued my enemies under my feet.
you have subdued my enemies under my feet.
You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me,
And I destroyed those who hated me.
And I destroyed those who hated me.
You placed my foot on their necks.
I have destroyed all who hated me.
I have destroyed all who hated me.
They cried for help, but there was none to save,
Even to the LORD, but He did not answer them.
Even to the LORD, but He did not answer them.
They called for help, but no one came to their rescue.
They even cried to the LORD, but he refused to answer.
They even cried to the LORD, but he refused to answer.
Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind;
I emptied them out as the mire of the streets.
I emptied them out as the mire of the streets.
I ground them as fine as dust in the wind.
I swept them into the gutter like dirt.
I swept them into the gutter like dirt.
You have delivered me from the contentions of the people;
You have placed me as head of the nations;
A people whom I have not known serve me.
You have placed me as head of the nations;
A people whom I have not known serve me.
You gave me victory over my accusers.
You appointed me ruler over nations;
people I don’t even know now serve me.
You appointed me ruler over nations;
people I don’t even know now serve me.
As soon as they hear, they obey me;
Foreigners submit to me.
Foreigners submit to me.
As soon as they hear of me, they submit;
foreign nations cringe before me.
foreign nations cringe before me.
Foreigners fade away,
And come trembling out of their fortresses.
And come trembling out of their fortresses.
They all lose their courage
and come trembling from their strongholds.
and come trembling from their strongholds.
The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock;
And exalted be the God of my salvation,
And exalted be the God of my salvation,
The LORD lives! Praise to my Rock!
May the God of my salvation be exalted!
May the God of my salvation be exalted!
The God who executes vengeance for me,
And subdues peoples under me.
And subdues peoples under me.
He is the God who pays back those who harm me;
he subdues the nations under me
he subdues the nations under me
He delivers me from my enemies;
Surely You lift me above those who rise up against me;
You rescue me from the violent man.
Surely You lift me above those who rise up against me;
You rescue me from the violent man.
and rescues me from my enemies.
You hold me safe beyond the reach of my enemies;
you save me from violent opponents.
You hold me safe beyond the reach of my enemies;
you save me from violent opponents.
Therefore I will give thanks to You among the nations, O LORD,
And I will sing praises to Your name.
And I will sing praises to Your name.
For this, O LORD, I will praise you among the nations;
I will sing praises to your name.
I will sing praises to your name.