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¹ "I love You, O Lord, ^(a)my strength."
² The Lord is ^(b)my ^[b]rock and ^(c)my fortress and my ^(d)deliverer,
My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
My ^(e)shield and the ^(f)horn of my salvation, my ^(g)stronghold.
³ I call upon the Lord, who is ^(h)worthy to be praised,
And I am ⁽ⁱ⁾saved from my enemies.

⁴ The ^(j)cords of death encompassed me,
And the ^(k)torrents of ^[c]ungodliness ^[d]terrified me.
⁵ The ^(l)cords of ^[e]Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
⁶ In my ^(m)distress I called upon the Lord,
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice ⁽ⁿ⁾out of His temple,
And my ^(o)cry for help before Him came into His ears.

⁷ Then the ^(p)earth shook and quaked;
And the ^(q)foundations of the mountains were trembling
And were shaken, because He was angry.
⁸ Smoke went up ^[f]out of His nostrils,
And ^(r)fire from His mouth devoured;
Coals were kindled by it.
⁹ He ^(s)bowed the heavens also, and came down
With thick ^(t)darkness under His feet.
¹⁰ He rode upon a ^(u)cherub and flew;
And He sped upon the ^(v)wings of the wind.
¹¹ He made ^(w)darkness His hiding place, ^(x)His ^[g]canopy around Him,
Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
¹² From the ^(y)brightness before Him passed His thick clouds,
Hailstones and ^(z)coals of fire.
¹³ The Lord also ^(aa)thundered in the heavens,
And the Most High uttered His voice,
Hailstones and coals of fire.
¹⁴ He ^(ab)sent out His arrows, and scattered them,
And lightning flashes in abundance, and ^[h]routed them.
¹⁵ Then the ^(ac)channels of water appeared,
And the foundations of the world were ^[i]laid bare
At Your ^(ad)rebuke, O Lord,
At the blast of the ^(ae)breath of Your nostrils.

¹⁶ He ^(af)sent from on high, He took me;
He drew me out of ^(ag)many waters.
¹⁷ He ^(ah)delivered me from my strong enemy,
And from those who hated me, for they were ^(ai)too mighty for me.
¹⁸ They confronted me in ^(aj)the day of my calamity,
But ^(ak)the Lord was my stay.
¹⁹ He brought me forth also into a ^(al)broad place;
He rescued me, because ^(am)He delighted in me.

²⁰ The Lord has ^(an)rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the ^(ao)cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
²¹ For I have ^(ap)kept the ways of the Lord,
And have ^(aq)not wickedly departed from my God.
²² For all ^(ar)His ordinances were before me,
And I did not put away His ^(as)statutes from me.
²³ I was also ^[j](at)blameless with Him,
And I ^(au)kept myself from my iniquity.
²⁴ Therefore the Lord has ^(av)recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.

²⁵ With ^(aw)the kind You show Yourself kind;
With the ^[k]blameless ^(ax)You show Yourself blameless;
²⁶ With the pure You show Yourself ^(ay)pure,
And with the crooked ^(az)You show Yourself ^[l]astute.
²⁷ For You ^(ba)save an afflicted people,
But ^(bb)haughty eyes You abase.
²⁸ For You ^(bc)light my lamp;
The Lord my God ^(bd)illumines my darkness.
²⁹ For by You I can ^[m](be)run upon a troop;
And by my God I can ^(bf)leap over a wall.

³⁰ As for God, His way is ^[n](bg)blameless;
The ^(bh)word of the Lord is tried;
He is a ^(bi)shield to all who take refuge in Him.
³¹ For ^(bj)who is God, but the Lord?
And who is a ^(bk)rock, except our God,
³² The God who ^(bl)girds me with strength
And ^[o]makes my way ^[p](bm)blameless?
³³ He ^(bn)makes my feet like hinds' feet,
And ^(bo)sets me upon my high places.
³⁴ He ^(bp)trains my hands for battle,
So that my arms can ^(bq)bend a bow of bronze.
³⁵ You have also given me ^(br)the shield of Your salvation,
And Your ^(bs)right hand upholds me;
And ^(bt)Your ^[q]gentleness makes me great.
³⁶ You ^(bu)enlarge my steps under me,
And my ^[r](bv)feet have not slipped.

³⁷ I ^(bw)pursued my enemies and overtook them,
And I did not turn back ^(bx)until they were consumed.
³⁸ I shattered them, so that they were ^(by)not able to rise;
They fell ^(bz)under my feet.
³⁹ For You have ^(ca)girded me with strength for battle;
You have ^[s](cb)subdued under me those who rose up against me.
⁴⁰ You have also made my enemies ^(cc)turn their backs to me,
And I ^[t](cd)destroyed those who hated me.
⁴¹ They cried for help, but there was ^(ce)none to save,
Even to the Lord, but ^(cf)He did not answer them.
⁴² Then I beat them fine as the ^(cg)dust before the wind;
I emptied them out as the mire of the streets.

⁴³ You have delivered me from the ^(ch)contentions of the people;
You have placed me as ^(ci)head of the nations;
A ^(cj)people whom I have not known serve me.
⁴⁴ As soon as they hear, they obey me;
Foreigners ^[u](ck)submit to me.
⁴⁵ Foreigners ^(cl)fade away,
And ^(cm)come trembling out of their ^[v]fortresses.

⁴⁶ The Lord ^(cn)lives, and blessed be ^(co)my rock;
And exalted be ^(cp)the God of my salvation,
⁴⁷ The God who ^(cq)executes vengeance for me,
And ^(cr)subdues peoples under me.
⁴⁸ He ^(cs)delivers me from my enemies;
Surely You ^(ct)lift me above those who rise up against me;
You rescue me from the ^(cu)violent man.
⁴⁹ Therefore I will ^(cv)give thanks to You among the nations, O Lord,
And I will ^(cw)sing praises to Your name.
⁵⁰ He gives great ^[w](cx)deliverance to His king,
And shows lovingkindness to ^(cy)His anointed,
To David and ^(cz)his ^[x]descendants forever.