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\v 1 After Yahweh had rescued David from Saul and his other enemies, David sang a song to Yahweh.
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\v 2 This is what he sang:
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\q1 "Yahweh, you are like a huge rock on top of which I can hide.
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\q2 You are like a fortress, and you rescue me.
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\v 3 Yahweh, you protect me. You are like a shield,
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\q2 and you are the powerful one who saves me.
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\q1 You are like a place where I find refuge.
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\q2 You save me from those who act violently toward me.
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\q1
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\v 4 I call out to you, Yahweh.
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\q2 You deserve to be praised,
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\q2 and you rescue me from my enemies.
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\q1
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\v 5 I almost died. It was as if a huge wave had crashed over me,
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\q1 and almost destroyed me like a flood.
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\q1
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\v 6 I thought that I would die. It was as though death had wrapped ropes around me,
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\q2 and it was as though I were in a trap where I would surely die.
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\q1
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\v 7 But when I was very distressed, I called out to you, Yahweh.
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\q2 I cried out to you, my God.
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\q1 You heard me from your temple.
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\q2 You listened when I called to you to help me.
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\q1
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\v 8 Then it was as though the earth quaked and shook.
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\q2 It was as though the foundations that held up the sky trembled,
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\q2 because you were angry.
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\q1
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\v 9 It was as though smoke poured out of your nostrils
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\q2 and burning coals and fire that burns everything came out of your mouth.
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\q1
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\v 10 You tore open the skies and came down.
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\q2 There was a thick dark cloud under your feet.
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\q1
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\v 11 You rode through the sky on a winged creature.
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\q2 The wind enabled you to travel swiftly, like a bird.
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\q1
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\v 12 The darkness was around you, like a blanket
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\q2 thick clouds that were full of water surrounded you.
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\v 13 Out of the lightning in front of you
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\q2 fire from burning coals flamed.
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\q1
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\v 14 Then, Yahweh, you spoke like thunder from the sky.
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\q2 It was your voice, God, you who are greater than all other gods, that was heard.
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\q1
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\v 15 When you sent flashes of lightning,
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\q2 it was as though you shot your arrows and scattered your enemies.
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\q1
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\v 16 Then the bottom of the ocean was uncovered.
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\q2 The foundations of the world could be seen
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\q1 when you shouted, going into battle against our enemies
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\q2 and angry at them.
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\q1
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\v 17 Yahweh, you reached down from heaven and lifted me up.
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\q2 You pulled me up from the deep water.
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\q1
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\v 18 You rescued me from my strong enemies,
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\q2 from those who hated me.
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\q1 I could not defeat them because they were very strong.
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\q1
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\v 19 They attacked me when I was experiencing troubles,
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\q2 but Yahweh, you protected me.
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\q1
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\v 20 You brought me into a place where I was safe.
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\q2 You rescued me because you were pleased with me.
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\q1
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\v 21 Yahweh, you rewarded me because I do what is right.
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\q2 You did good things for me because I was innocent.
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\v 22 Yahweh, I have obeyed your laws.
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\q2 I have not turned away from you, my God.
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\q1
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\v 23 All of your decrees were in my mind,
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\q2 and I did not turn away from obeying all your decrees.
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\q1
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\v 24 You know that I have not done anything that is evil.
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\q2 I have kept myself from doing things for which you would punish me.
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\q1
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\v 25 So you have rewarded me in return for my doing what is right,
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\q2 because you know that I am innocent of doing wrong things.
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\v 26 Yahweh, you are faithful to those who always trust in you,
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\q2 and you always do what is good to those whose behavior is always good.
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\v 27 You act sincerely toward those whose inner beings are pure,
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\q2 but you are hostile to those who are perverse.
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\v 28 You rescue those who are humble,
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\q2 but you watch those who are proud and humiliate them.
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\q1
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\v 29 Yahweh, you are like a lamp
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\q2 that causes it to become light when I am in the darkness.
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\v 30 With your strength I can break through a line of soldiers blocking my way;
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\q2 I can climb over the wall that surrounds their city.
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\q1
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\v 31 My God whom I worship, everything that you do is perfect.
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\q2 You always do what you promise that you will do.
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\q1 You are like a shield to all those who request you to protect them.
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\v 32 Yahweh, you are the only one who is God.
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\q2 Only you are like a huge rock on top of which which we are protected.
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\q1
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\v 33 God, you whom I worship are a strong refuge for me.
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\q2 You lead anyone who is pure in the way he should go.
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\v 34 When I walk in the mountains,
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\q2 you enable me to walk safely
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\q2 as a deer runs, without stumbling.
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\v 35 You teach me how to fight in a battle
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\q2 in order that I can shoot arrows well from a very strong bow.
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\v 36 It is as though you have given me a shield
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\q2 by which you have saved me,
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\q2 and you have answered my prayers and caused me to become famous.
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\q1
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\v 37 You have not allowed my enemies to capture me,
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\q2 and I have not fallen down during battle.
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\v 38 I pursued my enemies and defeated them.
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\q2 I did not stop fighting them until they were all killed.
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\q1
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\v 39 I struck them down. I stabbed them with my sword,
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\q1 and they fell down at my feet and did not stand up again.
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\v 40 You have given me strength for fighting battles
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\q2 and caused those who were attacking me to fall down; I trampled on them.
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\q1
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\v 41 You caused my enemies to turn and run away from me.
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\q2 I destroyed those who hated me.
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\v 42 They looked for someone to rescue them, but no one did.
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\q2 They cried out to you, Yahweh, for help, but you did not answer them.
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\v 43 I crushed them, and they became like tiny particles of dust.
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\q2 I trampled them, and they became like mud in the streets.
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\v 44 You rescued me from those who tried to rebel against me,
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\q2 and you appointed me to rule many nations.
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\q2 People whom I did not know previously are now under my authority.
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\v 45 Foreigners humbly bowed down in front of me.
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\q2 As soon as they heard about me, they obeyed me.
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\v 46 They became afraid,
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\q2 and they came to me, trembling, from the places where they were hiding.
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\v 47 Yahweh, you are alive! I praise you! You are like a huge rock on top of which I am safe!
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\q2 You are the one who rescues me.
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\q2 Everyone should exalt you.
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\q1
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\v 48 You enable me to conquer my enemies,
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\q2 and you cause people of other nations to be under my authority.
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\v 49 You delivered me from my enemies,
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\q1 and you caused me to be honored more than they were.
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\q2 You rescued me from men who always acted violently.
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\v 50 Because of all this, I praise you among many people groups,
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\q2 and I sing to praise you.
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\v 51 You enable me, whom you appointed to be king, to conquer my enemies.
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\q2 You faithfully love me, David, and you will love my descendants forever."
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