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18:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the
servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song in
the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his
enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love
you, O LORD, my strength.
2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my
God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my
salvation, and my high tower.
3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so
shall I be saved from my enemies.
4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men
made me afraid.
5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death
prevented 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
hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his
mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was
under his feet.
10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the
wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were
dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds
passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his
voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out
lightnings, and discomfited them.
15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of
the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the
breath of thy nostrils.
16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated
me: for they were too strong for me.
18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my
stay.
19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me,
because he delighted in me.
20 ¶ The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according
to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly
departed from my God.
22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put
away his statutes from me.
23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine
iniquity.
24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my
righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an
upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward
thou wilt shew thyself froward.
27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down
high looks.
28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my
darkness.
29 ¶ For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I
leaped over a wall.
30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the
LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
31 For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock
save our God?
32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my
way perfect.
33 He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon
my high places.
34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by
mine arms.
35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy
right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I
turn again till they were consumed.
38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are
fallen under my feet.
39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast
subdued under me those that rose up against me.
40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might
destroy them that hate me.
41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even
unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did
cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and
thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have
not known shall serve me.
44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers
shall submit themselves unto me.
45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close
places.
46 The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock; and let the God
of my salvation be exalted.
47 It is God that avenges me, and subdues the people under
me.
48 He delivers me from my enemies: yes, you lift me up
above those that rise up against me: you have delivered me from the
violent man.
49 Therefore will I give thanks unto you, O LORD, among the
heathen, and sing praises to your name.
50 Great deliverance gives he to his king; and shows mercy to
his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
19:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The
heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows his
handy-work.
2 Day unto day utters speech, and night unto night shows
knowledge.
3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice
is not heard.
4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to
the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and
rejoices as a strong man to run a race.
6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his
circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat
thereof.
7 ¶ The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul:
the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart:
the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the
judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much
fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of
them there is great reward.
12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from
secret faults.
13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let
them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall
be innocent from the great transgression.
14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be
acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
20:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The
LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob
defend thee;
2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of
Zion;
3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice;
Selah.
4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy
counsel.
5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we
will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
6 ¶ Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him
from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will
remember the name of the LORD our God.
8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand
upright.
9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.
1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.>> The
king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how
greatly shall he rejoice!
2 Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden
the request of his lips. Selah.
3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou
settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even
length of days for ever and ever.
5 His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty
hast thou laid upon him.
6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him
exceeding glad with thy countenance.
7 ¶ For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of
the most High he shall not be moved.
8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall
find out those that hate thee.
9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger:
the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour
them.
10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed
from among the children of men.
11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous
device, which they are not able to perform.
12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou
shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face
of them.
13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we
sing and praise thy power.
1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of
David.>> My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art
thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my
roaring?
2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the
night season, and am not silent.
3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the
praises of Israel.
4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver
them.
5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee,
and were not confounded.
6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and
despised of the people.
7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip,
they shake the head, saying,
8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him
deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst
make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from
my mother’s belly.
11 ¶ Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there
is none to help.
12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have
beset me round.
13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a
ravening and a roaring lion.
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint:
my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth
to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have
inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee
to help me.
20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the
dog.
21 Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the
horns of the unicorns.
22 ¶ I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the
congregation will I praise thee.
23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob,
glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the
afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried
unto him, he heard.
25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I
will pay my vows before them that fear him.
26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD
that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD:
and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
28 For the kingdom is the LORD’S: and he is the
governor among the nations.
29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship:
all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can
keep alive his own soul.
30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a
generation.
31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a
people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
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