rsv Psalms:18:2-31 SEEK
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I love thee ,
O LORD ,
my strength .
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The LORD is my rock ,
and my fortress ,
and my deliverer ,
my God ,
my rock ,
in whom I take refuge ,
my shield ,
and the horn of my salvation ,
my stronghold .
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I call upon the LORD ,
who is worthy to be praised ,
and I am saved from my enemies .
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The cords of death encompassed me ,
the torrents of perdition assailed me ;
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the cords of Sheol entangled me ,
the snares of death confronted me .
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In my distress I called upon the LORD ;
to my God I cried for help .
From his temple he heard my voice ,
and my cry to him reached his ears .
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Then the earth reeled and rocked ;
the foundations also of the mountains trembled and quaked ,
because he was angry .
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Smoke went up from his nostrils ,
and devouring fire from his mouth ;
glowing coals flamed forth from him .
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He bowed the heavens ,
and came down ;
thick darkness was under his feet .
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He rode on a cherub ,
and flew ;
he came swiftly upon the wings of the wind .
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He made darkness his covering around him ,
his canopy thick clouds dark with water .
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Out of the brightness before him there broke through his clouds hailstones and coals of fire .
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The LORD also thundered in the heavens ,
and the Most High uttered his voice ,
hailstones and coals of fire .
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And he sent out his arrows ,
and scattered them ;
he flashed forth lightnings ,
and routed them .
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Then the channels of the sea were seen ,
and the foundations of the world were laid bare ,
at thy rebuke ,
O LORD ,
at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils .
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He reached from on high ,
he took me ,
he drew me out of many waters .
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He delivered me from my strong enemy ,
and from those who hated me ;
for they were too mighty for me .
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They came upon me in the day of my calamity ;
but the LORD was my stay .
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He brought me forth into a broad place ;
he delivered me ,
because he delighted in me .
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The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness ;
according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me .
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For I have kept the ways of the LORD ,
and have not wickedly departed from my God .
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For all his ordinances were before me ,
and his statutes I did not put away from me .
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I was blameless before him ,
and I kept myself from guilt .
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Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness ,
according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight .
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With the loyal thou dost show thyself loyal ;
with the blameless man thou dost show thyself blameless ;
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with the pure thou dost show thyself pure ;
and with the crooked thou dost show thyself perverse .
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For thou dost deliver a humble people ;
but the haughty eyes thou dost bring down .
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Yea ,
thou dost light my lamp ;
the LORD my God lightens my darkness .
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Yea ,
by thee I can crush a troop ;
and by my God I can leap over a wall .
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This God--his way is perfect ;
the promise of the LORD proves true ;
he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him .