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Chapter 22 |
| 1 | And David
spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had
delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of
Saul: |
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And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my
deliverer; |
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| The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield,
and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou
savest me from violence. |
| 4 | I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be
praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. |
| 5 | When the waves
of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; |
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The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
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| 7 | In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did
hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears. |
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Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook,
because he was wroth. |
| 9 | There went up a smoke out of his nostrils,
and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. |
| 10 | He
bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
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| 11 | And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings
of the wind. |
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12 | And he made darkness pavilions round about him,
dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies. |
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13 | Through the brightness
before him were coals of fire kindled. |
| 14 | The LORD thundered from
heaven, and the most High uttered his voice. |
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15 | And he sent out arrows,
and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them. |
| 16 | And the
channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at
the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
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| 17 | He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
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| 18 | He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for
they were too strong for me. |
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19 | They prevented me in the day of my
calamity: but the LORD was my stay. |
| 20 | He brought me forth also into
a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me. |
| 21 | The LORD
rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my
hands hath he recompensed me. |
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22 | For I have kept the ways of the LORD,
and have not wickedly departed from my God. |
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23 | For all his judgments
were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. |
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I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
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| 25 | Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness;
according to my cleanness in his eye sight. |
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26 | With the merciful thou
wilt show thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt show thyself
upright. |
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| With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the
froward thou wilt show thyself unsavory. |
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28 | And the afflicted people
thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring
them down. |
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| For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten
my darkness. |
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30 | For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God
have I leaped over a wall. |
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31 | As for God, his way is perfect; the
word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
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| 32 | For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?
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| 33 | God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect. |
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He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places.
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| 35 | He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine
arms. |
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Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy
gentleness hath made me great. |
| 37 | Thou hast enlarged my steps
under me; so that my feet did not slip. |
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38 | I have pursued mine
enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed
them. |
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And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could
not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet. |
| 40 | For thou
hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou
subdued under me. |
| 41 | Thou hast also given me the necks of mine
enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. |
| 42 | They looked,
but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
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| 43 | Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them
as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. |
| 44 | Thou also
hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head
of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me. |
| 45 |
Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be
obedient unto me. |
| 46 | Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be
afraid out of their close places. |
| 47 | The LORD liveth; and blessed
be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation. |
| 48 | It
is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me. |
| 49 |
And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on
high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the
violent man. |
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50 | Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD,
among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name. |
| 51 | He is
the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto
David, and to his seed for evermore. |
