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¹ I WILL love thee, O LORD, my strength and my trust;² My refuge and my deliverer is the mighty God in whom I trust; he is my helper and the horn of my salvation and my glorious refuge.³ I will call upon the LORD; so shall I be saved from mine enemies.⁴ For the pains of death surrounded me, and the rush of ungodly men have confused me.⁵ The travail of Sheol has taken hold of me: the snares of death preceded me.⁶ In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God; he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.⁷ Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken because he was angry.⁸ There went up a smoke out of his wrath, and fire flamed from his face, and coals were kindled by it.⁹ He bowed the heavens and came down; and thick darkness was under his feet.¹⁰ And he rode upon cherubim and flew; yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind.¹¹ He made darkness his covert; his pavilion round about him was darkness of waters and thick clouds of the skies.¹² Out of the brightness of his shadow his clouds rained hailstones and coals of fire.¹³ The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice: hailstones and coals of fire.¹⁴ Yea, he sent out his arrows and scattered them; and he multiplied his lightnings and confused them.¹⁵ Then the brooks appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid open at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thine anger.¹⁶ He sent from on high and quieted me; he received me out of great waters.¹⁷ He delivered me from my strong enemies and from them which hated me; for they were too strong for me.¹⁸ They confronted me in the day of my extremity, but the LORD was my deliverer.¹⁹ He brought me forth into comfort; he delivered me because he delighted in me.

²⁰ The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.²¹ For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not revolted against my God.²² For all his judgments were before me, and his laws I did not put away from me.²³ I was also blameless before him, and I carefully kept myself from my sins.²⁴ Therefore has the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyes.²⁵ With the pure thou shalt be pure; with an upright man thou shalt be upright.²⁶ With the clean thou shalt be clean; and from the crooked thou shalt turn aside.²⁷ For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt humble the proud.²⁸ For thou wilt light my lamp; the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

²⁹ For through thee I have pursued a band of robbers; and through my God have I leaped over a fence.³⁰ As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is pure: he is a help to all those that trust in him.³¹ For there is no God save the LORD; and there is no one who is mighty like our God.³² It is God that girds me with strength and makes my way perfect.³³ He makes my feet like harts feet and sets me upon high places.³⁴ He trains my hands to war; and he strengthens my arms like a bow of brass.³⁵ Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; and thy right hand hath held me up; and thy discipline hath made me great.³⁶ Thou hast steadied my legs under me, that my ankles may not be weakened.³⁷ I will pursue my enemies and overtake them; and I will not turn again till they are consumed.³⁸ I will smite them so that they shall not be able to stand; they shall fall under my feet.³⁹ For thou hast girded me with strength to the battle; thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.⁴⁰ Thou hast also defeated my enemies before me, that I might silence them that hate me.⁴¹ They shall cry, but there will be none to save them; they shall beg the LORD, but he will not answer them.⁴² Then I will beat them small as the dust before the wind; I will tread over them as the mire of the streets.⁴³ Thou wilt deliver me from the judgments of the people; and thou wilt make me the leader of the Gentiles; a people whom I have not known shall serve me.⁴⁴ As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me; strangers shall submit themselves to me.⁴⁵ Strangers shall halt and shall be hindered from walking in their paths.⁴⁶ The LORD lives; blessed be the one who gives me strength; let my God and my Saviour be exalted.⁴⁷ It is God that avenges me and subdues the people under me.⁴⁸ He delivered me from my enemies; yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me; thou hast delivered me from lawless man.⁴⁹ Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the Gentiles, and sing praises unto thy name.⁵⁰ Great deliverance gives he to his king; and shows mercy to his anointed, to David and to his descendants for evermore.