Praise for God’s Deliverance

Then David ^aspoke to the Lord the words of this song, on the day when the Lord had ^bdelivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. 2 And he ^asaid:

^b“The Lord is my rock and my ^cfortress and my deliverer;

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The God of my strength, ^ain whom I will trust;

My ^bshield and the ^chorn¹ of my salvation,

My ^dstronghold and my ^erefuge;

My Savior, You save me from violence.

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I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised;

So shall I be saved from my enemies.

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“When the waves of death surrounded me,

The floods of ungodliness ¹made me afraid.

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The ^asorrows of Sheol surrounded me;

The snares of death confronted me.

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In my distress ^aI called upon the Lord,

And cried out to my God;

He ^bheard my voice from His temple,

And my cry entered His ears.

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“Then ^athe earth shook and trembled;

^bThe foundations of ¹heaven quaked and were shaken,

Because He was angry.

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Smoke went up from His nostrils,

And devouring ^afire from His mouth;

Coals were kindled by it.

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He ^abowed the heavens also, and came down

With ^bdarkness under His feet.

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He rode upon a cherub, and flew;

And He ¹was seen ^aupon the wings of the wind.

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He made ^adarkness canopies around Him,

Dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

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From the brightness before Him

Coals of fire were kindled.

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“The Lord ^athundered from heaven,

And the Most High uttered His voice.

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He sent out ^aarrows and scattered them;

Lightning bolts, and He vanquished them.

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Then the channels of the sea ^awere seen,

The foundations of the world were uncovered,

At the ^brebuke of the Lord,

At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

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“He^a sent from above, He took me,

He drew me out of many waters.

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He delivered me from my strong enemy,

From those who hated me;

For they were too strong for me.

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They confronted me in the day of my calamity,

But the Lord was my ^asupport.

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^aHe also brought me out into a broad place;

He delivered me because He ^bdelighted in me.

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“The^a Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;

According to the ^bcleanness of my hands

He has recompensed me.

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For I have ^akept the ways of the Lord,

And have not wickedly departed from my God.

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For all His ^ajudgments were before me;

And as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.

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I was also ^ablameless before Him,

And I kept myself from my iniquity.

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Therefore ^athe Lord has ¹recompensed me according to my righteousness,

According to ²my cleanness in His eyes.

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“With ^athe merciful You will show Yourself merciful;

With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;

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With the pure You will show Yourself pure;

And ^awith the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.

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You will save the ^ahumble¹ people;

But Your eyes are on ^bthe haughty, that You may bring them down.

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“For You are my ^alamp, O Lord;

The Lord shall enlighten my darkness.

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For by You I can run against a troop;

By my God I can leap over a ^awall.

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As for God, ^aHis way is perfect;

^bThe word of the Lord is proven;

He is a shield to all who trust in Him.

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“For ^awho is God, except the Lord?

And who is a rock, except our God?

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¹God is my ^astrength and power,

And He ^bmakes ²my way ^cperfect.

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He makes ¹my feet ^alike the feet of deer,

And ^bsets me on my high places.

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He teaches my hands ¹to make war,

So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

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“You have also given me the shield of Your salvation;

Your gentleness has made me great.

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You ^aenlarged my path under me;

So my feet did not slip.

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“I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them;

Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.

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And I have destroyed them and wounded them,

So that they could not rise;

They have fallen ^aunder my feet.

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For You have ^aarmed me with strength for the battle;

You have ¹subdued under me ^bthose who rose against me.

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You have also ¹given me the ^anecks of my enemies,

So that I destroyed those who hated me.

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They looked, but there was none to save;

Even ^ato the Lord, but He did not answer them.

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Then I beat them as fine ^aas the dust of the earth;

I trod them ^blike dirt in the streets,

And I ¹spread them out.

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“You^a have also delivered me from the ¹strivings of my people;

You have kept me as the ^bhead of the nations.

^cA people I have not known shall serve me.

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The foreigners submit to me;

As soon as they hear, they obey me.

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The foreigners fade away,

And ¹come frightened ^afrom their hideouts.

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“The Lord lives!

Blessed be my Rock!

Let God be exalted,

The ^aRock of my salvation!

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It is God who avenges me,

And ^asubdues the peoples under me;

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He delivers me from my enemies.

You also lift me up above those who rise against me;

You have delivered me from the ^aviolent man.

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Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among ^athe Gentiles,

And sing praises to Your ^bname.

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“He^a is the tower of salvation to His king,

And shows mercy to His ^banointed,

To David and ^chis descendants forevermore.”