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| 18:1 | [To the chiefe musicion, a psalme of Dauid, the seruant of the Lord, who spake vnto the Lord the words of this song, in the day that the Lord deliuered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,] I will loue thee, O Lord, my strength. |
| 18:2 | The Lord is my rocke, and my fortresse, and my deliuerer: my God, my strength in whome I will trust, my buckler, and the horne of my saluation, and my high tower. |
| 18:3 | I will call vpon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saued from mine enemies. |
| 18:4 | The sorrowes of death compassed me, and the floods of vngodly men made me afraid. |
| 18:5 | The sorrowes of hell compassed me about: the snares of death preuented me. |
| 18:6 | In my distresse I called vpon the Lord, and cryed vnto my God: hee heard my voyce out of his temple, and my crie came before him, euen into his eares. |
| 18:7 | Then the earth shooke and trembled; the foundations also of the hilles mooued and were shaken, because hee was wroth. |
| 18:8 | There went vp a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth deuoured, coales were kindled by it. |
| 18:9 | He bowed the heauens also, and came downe: and darkenesse was vnder his feet. |
| 18:10 | And he rode vpon a Cherub, and did flie: yea he did flie vpon the wings of the wind. |
| 18:11 | He made darkenes his secret place: his pauilion round about him, were darke waters, and thicke cloudes of the skies. |
| 18:12 | At the brightnes that was before him his thicke clouds passed, haile stones and coales of fire. |
| 18:13 | The Lord also thundered in the heauens, and the highest gaue his voyce; hailestones and coales of fire. |
| 18:14 | Yea, he sent out his arrowes, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. |
| 18:15 | Then the chanels of waters were seene, and the foundations of the world were discouered: at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. |
| 18:16 | He sent from aboue, he tooke me, he drew me out of many waters. |
| 18:17 | He deliuered me from my strong enemie, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. |
| 18:18 | They preuented me in the day of my calamitie: but the Lord was my stay. |
| 18:19 | He brought me forth also into a large place: he deliuered me, because he delighted in me. |
| 18:20 | The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousnesse, according to the cleannesse of my hands hath hee recompensed me. |
| 18:21 | For I haue kept the wayes of the Lord, and haue not wickedly departed from my God. |
| 18:22 | For all his iudgements were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. |
| 18:23 | I was also vpright before him: and I kept my selfe from mine iniquity. |
| 18:24 | Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousnesse, according to the cleannesse of my hands in his eye-sight. |
| 18:25 | With the mercifull thou wilt shew thy selfe mercifull, with an vpright man thou wilt shew thy selfe vpright. |
| 18:26 | With the pure thou wilt shewe thy selfe pure, and with the froward thou wilt shew thy selfe froward. |
| 18:27 | For thou wilt saue the afflicted people: but wilt bring downe high lookes. |
| 18:28 | For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkenesse. |
| 18:29 | For by thee I haue run through a troupe? and by my God haue I leaped ouer a wall. |
| 18:30 | 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. |
| 18:31 | For who is God saue the Lord? or who is a rocke saue our God? |
| 18:32 | It is God that girdeth mee with strength, and maketh my way perfect. |
| 18:33 | Hee maketh my feete like hindes feete, and setteth me vpon my high places. |
| 18:34 | He teacheth my hands to warre, so that a bow of steele is broken by mine armes. |
| 18:35 | Thou hast also giuen me the shield of thy saluation: and thy right hand hath holden me vp, and thy gentlenesse hath made me great. |
| 18:36 | Thou hast enlarged my steppes vnder me; that my feete did not slippe. |
| 18:37 | I haue pursued mine enemies, and ouertaken them: neither did I turne againe till they were consumed. |
| 18:38 | I haue wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen vnder my feete. |
| 18:39 | For thou hast girded mee with strength vnto the battell: thou hast subdued vnder me, those that rose vp against me. |
| 18:40 | Thou hast also giuen mee the neckes of mine enemies: that I might destroy them that hate me. |
| 18:41 | They cried, but there was none to saue them: euen vnto the Lord, but he answered them not. |
| 18:42 | Then did I beate them small as the dust before the winde: I did cast them out, as the dirt in the streetes. |
| 18:43 | Thou hast deliuered me from the striuings of the people, and thou hast made mee the head of the heathen: a people whom I haue not knowen, shall serue me. |
| 18:44 | As soone as they heare of mee, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselues vnto me. |
| 18:45 | The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places. |
| 18:46 | The Lord liueth, and blessed be my rocke: and let the God of my saluation be exalted. |
| 18:47 | It is God that auengeth mee, and subdueth the people vnder me. |
| 18:48 | He deliuereth me from mine enemies: yea thou liftest mee vp aboue those that rise vp against me; thou hast deliuered me from the violent man. |
| 18:49 | Therfore will I giue thankes vnto thee, (O Lord) among the heathen: and sing prayses vnto thy name. |
| 18:50 | Great deliuerance giueth he to his King: and sheweth mercy to his Annointed, to Dauid, and to his seede for euermore. |
| 18:1 | (18:1a) I wyll entirely loue thee O God my strength |
| 18:2 | (18:1b) God is my stony rocke & my fortresse, and my delyuerer: my Lorde, my castell in whom I wyll trust, my buckler, the horne of my saluation, & my refuge |
| 18:3 | (18:2) I wyll call vpon God, who is most worthy to be praysed: so I shall be safe from myne enemies |
| 18:4 | (18:3) The panges of death haue compassed me about: and the outragiousnes of the wicked haue astonyed me with feare |
| 18:5 | (18:4) The panges of a graue haue compassed me about: the snares of death ouertoke me |
| 18:6 | (18:5) But in this my distresse I dyd call vppon God, and I made my complaynt vnto my Lorde: he hearde my voyce out of his temple, and my crye came before his face, euen vnto his eares |
| 18:7 | (18:6) The earth trembled and quaked: the very foundations of the hylles tottered and shooke, because he was wroth |
| 18:8 | (18:7) In his anger a smoke ascended vp: and a fire out of his mouth dyd cosume, and euery cole therof dyd set a fire |
| 18:9 | (18:8) He bowed the heauens also, and he came downe: and it was darke vnder his feete |
| 18:10 | (18:9) He ridde vpon the Cherub, and he dyd flee: he came fleeyng vpon the wynges of the wynde |
| 18:11 | (18:10) For his secrete place he dyd put darkenesse: and for his pauilion rounde about hym, he dyd put darknesse of waters in cloudes of the ayre |
| 18:12 | (18:11) His cloudes, haylestones, and coles of fire: fell downe before hym after lyghtnyng |
| 18:13 | (18:12) God also thundred out of heauen: and the most hyghest made his voyce to sounde, haylestones, and coles of fire |
| 18:14 | (18:13) He shot out his arrowes, and scattered them: he cast foorth much lyghtnynges, and destroyed them |
| 18:15 | (18:14) And the bottomes of waters appeared, and the foundations of the rounde worlde were discouered at thy chidyng, O God: at the blast of the breath of thine anger |
| 18:16 | (18:15) He hath sent downe from aboue to fetch me: he hath taken me out of many waters |
| 18:17 | (18:16) He hath deliuered me from my strong enemie: and from them which hate me, for they were to stout for me |
| 18:18 | (18:17) They preuented me in the day of my trouble: but God was vnto me a sure stay |
| 18:19 | (18:18) He brought me also foorth into a place of libertie: he brought me foorth, because he had a fauour vnto me |
| 18:20 | (18:19) God rewarded me after my righteous dealyng: accordyng to the cleannesse of myne handes he recompensed me |
| 18:21 | (18:20) Because I had kept the wayes of God: and had not wickedly shronke from my God |
| 18:22 | (18:21) For all his lawes were before me: and I reiected none of his commaundementes from me |
| 18:23 | (18:22) And I was sounde & pure towardes hym: and I was weery lest I shoulde offende hym with my wickednesse |
| 18:24 | (18:23) Therfore hath God rewarded me after my righteous dealyng: and accordyng to my cleannesse of my handes in his syght |
| 18:25 | (18:24) With the holy thou wylt be holy: with a perfect man thou wylt be perfect |
| 18:26 | (18:25) With the cleane thou wylt be cleane: and with the frowarde thou wylt be frowarde |
| 18:27 | (18:26) For thou hast saued the people oppressed: and thou hast brought downe the hygh lokes of the proude |
| 18:28 | (18:27) Thou also hast lyghtened my candell: God my Lorde hath made my darknesse to be lyght |
| 18:29 | (18:28) For in thee I haue discomfited an hoast of men: and with the helpe of my Lorde I haue skipped ouer the wall |
| 18:30 | (18:29) The way of the Lorde is a perfect way, the worde of God is tryed in the fire: he is a shielde vnto all them that put their trust in hym |
| 18:31 | (18:30) For who is a Lorde besides God: or who hath any strength besides our Lorde |
| 18:32 | (18:31) It is God that hath gyrded me with valiauntnesse of warre: and he hath made my way playne |
| 18:33 | (18:32) He hath made my feete lyke Hartes feete: and he hath set me vp on hygh |
| 18:34 | (18:33) He hath taught my handes to fyght: and myne armes to breake a bowe of steele |
| 18:35 | (18:34) Thou hast geuen me the shielde of thy saluation: thy ryght hande also hath helde me vp, and through thy great gentlenesse I haue increased |
| 18:36 | (18:35) Thou hast made me roomth inough for to go on: so that my feete haue not slypt |
| 18:37 | (18:36) I haue pursued myne enemies and onertaken them: neither dyd I returne backe vntyll I had destroyed them |
| 18:38 | (18:37) I smote them downe, and they are not able to aryse: they haue taken such a fall vnder my feete |
| 18:39 | (18:38) Thou hast gyrded me with strength vnto battayle: thou hast made them to bowe downe vnder me who haue rysen vp agaynst me |
| 18:40 | (18:39) Thou hast geuen me myne enemies neckes: and I haue destroyed them that hated me |
| 18:41 | (18:40) They cryed, but there was none to saue them: they cryed vnto God, but he dyd not heare them |
| 18:42 | (18:41) I dyd beat them to powder, like vnto dust in a wynde: I haue brought them as lowe as durt in the streates |
| 18:43 | (18:42a) Thou hast deliuered me from sedition of the people, and thou hast made me head of the heathen: a people whom I haue not knowen serueth me |
| 18:44 | (18:42b) assoone as they hearde of me, they obeyed me |
| 18:45 | (18:43) Children of a straunger haue made a lie vnto me: the heartes of the children of a straunger hath fayled them, and they feared in their strong holdes |
| 18:46 | (18:44) God lyueth, and he is my strength most worthy of blisse: and the Lorde of my saluation ought to be magnified |
| 18:47 | (18:45) It is God that hath geuen me power to take auengeaunce: and he hath subdued the people vnder me |
| 18:48 | (18:46) It is he that is the aucthour of my deliuerie from myne enemies: and he hath set me vp aboue them that rose agaynst me, he hath ridde me from the wicked man |
| 18:49 | (18:47) For this cause I wyll acknowledge thee O God among the gentiles: and syng psalmes vnto thy name |
| 18:50 | (18:48) Who hath wonderfull oft deliuered his kyng: and he hath done mercifully vnto Dauid his annoynted, and vnto his seede for euermore |
| 18:1 | To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid the seruant of the Lord, which spake unto the Lord the wordes of this song (in the day that the Lord delivered him for the hande of all this enemies, and form the and of saul) and sayd, I will loue thee dearely, O Lord my strength. |
| 18:2 | The Lord is my rocke, and my fortresse, and he that deliuereth me, my God and my strength: in him will I trust, my shield, the horne also of my saluation, and my refuge. |
| 18:3 | I will call vpon the Lord, which is worthie to be praysed: so shall I be safe from mine enemies. |
| 18:4 | The sorowes of death compassed me, and the floods of wickednes made me afraide. |
| 18:5 | The sorowes of the graue haue compassed me about: the snares of death ouertooke me. |
| 18:6 | But in my trouble did I call vpon the Lord, and cryed vnto my God: he heard my voyce out of his Temple, and my crye did come before him, euen into his eares. |
| 18:7 | Then the earth trembled, and quaked: the foundations also of the mountaines mooued and shooke, because he was angrie. |
| 18:8 | Smoke went out at his nostrels, and a consuming fire out of his mouth: coales were kindled thereat. |
| 18:9 | He bowed the heauens also and came downe, and darkenes was vnder his feete. |
| 18:10 | And he rode vpon Cherub and did flie, and he came flying vpon the wings of the winde. |
| 18:11 | He made darkenes his secrete place, and his pauilion round about him, euen darkenesse of waters, and cloudes of the ayre. |
| 18:12 | At the brightnes of his presence his clouds passed, haylestones and coles of fire. |
| 18:13 | The Lord also thundred in the heauen, and the Highest gaue his voyce, haylestones and coales of fire. |
| 18:14 | Then hee sent out his arrowes and scattred them, and he increased lightnings and destroyed them. |
| 18:15 | And the chanels of waters were seene, and the foundations of the worlde were discouered at thy rebuking, O Lord, at the blasting of the breath of thy nostrels. |
| 18:16 | He hath sent downe from aboue and taken mee: hee hath drawen mee out of many waters. |
| 18:17 | He hath deliuered mee from my strong enemie, and from them which hate me: for they were too strong for me. |
| 18:18 | They preuented me in the day of my calamitie: but the Lord was my stay. |
| 18:19 | Hee brought mee foorth also into a large place: hee deliuered mee because hee fauoured me. |
| 18:20 | The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousnes: according to the purenes of mine hands he recompensed me: |
| 18:21 | Because I kept the wayes of the Lord, and did not wickedly against my God. |
| 18:22 | For all his Lawes were before mee, and I did not cast away his commandements from mee. |
| 18:23 | I was vpright also with him, and haue kept me from my wickednes. |
| 18:24 | Therefore the Lord rewarded me according to my righteousnesse, and according to the purenes of mine hands in his sight. |
| 18:25 | With the godly thou wilt shewe thy selfe godly: with the vpright man thou wilt shew thy selfe vpright. |
| 18:26 | With the pure thou wilt shewe thy selfe pure, and with the froward thou wilt shewe thy selfe froward. |
| 18:27 | Thus thou wilt saue the poore people, and wilt cast downe the proude lookes. |
| 18:28 | Surely thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God wil lighten my darkenes. |
| 18:29 | For by thee I haue broken through an hoste, and by my God I haue leaped ouer a wall. |
| 18:30 | The way of God is vncorrupt: the worde of the Lord is tried in the fire: he is a shield to all that trust in him. |
| 18:31 | For who is God besides the Lord? and who is mightie saue our God? |
| 18:32 | God girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way vpright. |
| 18:33 | He maketh my feete like hindes feete, and setteth me vpon mine high places. |
| 18:34 | He teacheth mine hands to fight: so that a bowe of brasse is broken with mine armes. |
| 18:35 | Thou hast also giuen me the shield of thy saluation, and thy right hand hath stayed me, and thy louing kindenes hath caused me to increase. |
| 18:36 | Thou hast enlarged my steps vnder mee, and mine heeles haue not slid. |
| 18:37 | I haue pursued mine enemies, and taken them, and haue not turned againe till I had consumed them. |
| 18:38 | I haue wounded them, that they were not able to rise: they are fallen vnder my feete. |
| 18:39 | For thou hast girded me with strength to battell: them, that rose against me, thou hast subdued vnder me. |
| 18:40 | And thou hast giuen me the neckes of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. |
| 18:41 | They cryed but there was none to saue them, euen vnto the Lord, but hee answered them not. |
| 18:42 | Then I did beate them small as the dust before the winde: I did treade them flat as the clay in the streetes. |
| 18:43 | Thou hast deliuered me from the contentions of the people: thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people, whom I haue not knowen, shall serue me. |
| 18:44 | As soone as they heare, they shall obey me: the strangers shall be in subiection to me. |
| 18:45 | Strangers shall shrinke away, and feare in their priuie chambers. |
| 18:46 | Let the Lord liue, and blessed be my strength, and the God of my saluation be exalted. |
| 18:47 | It is God that giueth me power to auenge me, and subdueth the people vnder me. |
| 18:48 | O my deliuerer from mine enemies, euen thou hast set mee vp from them, that rose against me: thou hast deliuered mee from the cruell man. |
| 18:49 | Therefore I will prayse thee, O Lord, among the nations, and wil sing vnto thy Name. |
| 18:50 | Great deliuerances giueth hee vnto his King, and sheweth mercie to his anoynted, euen to Dauid, and to his seede for euer. |
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