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Psalm 18
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[For the director of music. Of David the servant of the LORD. He sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said:] I love you, Lord, my strength. SCode Exo 15:1 Deu 31:30 2Sam 7:5 2Sam 3:18 Psa 36:1 Psa 89:3 Psa 89:20
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The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. SCode Gen 15:1 Psa 91:2 Psa 144:2 Psa 31:3 Psa 9:9 Psa 112:9 Psa 19:14 Psa 18:30 Psa 18:31 Psa 18:46 Lk 1:69 Heb 2:13
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I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I have been saved from my enemies. SCode Psa 48:1 Psa 113:3 Psa 145:3 Psa 96:4
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The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me. SCode Psa 116:3 Psa 32:6 Psa 119:61
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The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me. SCode Psa 18:4
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In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears. SCode Psa 120:1 Psa 102:2 Psa 11:4 Psa 66:14 Jon 2:2
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The earth trembled and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because he was angry. SCode Jdg 5:4 Act 16:26 Act 4:31
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Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it. SCode Psa 21:9
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He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet. SCode Exo 20:21 Psa 144:5 Isa 64:1
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He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind. SCode Psa 104:3
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He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him - the dark rain clouds of the sky. SCode Job 36:29~30 Psa 97:2 Psa 29:3
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Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning. SCode Psa 148:8
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The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded. SCode 1Sam 2:10 1Sam 7:10 Job 37:4 Psa 29:3~9 Isa 30:30
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He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them. SCode Exo 14:24 Deu 32:23 Deu 32:42 Jos 10:10~11 Psa 144:6 Psa 64:7 Psa 7:13 Psa 77:17 Hab 3:11
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The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at your rebuke, Lord, at the blast of breath from your nostrils. SCode Exo 15:8 Psa 42:1 Psa 106:9 Jol 1:20 Nah 1:4
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He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters. SCode Exo 2:10 Job 22:11 Psa 32:6 Psa 144:7
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He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me. SCode Psa 142:6
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They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the LORD was my support.
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He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me. SCode 2Sam 15:26 Psa 118:5 Psa 22:8 Psa 31:8 Psa 18:36
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The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me. SCode 1Sam 24:19 1Sam 26:23 1Ki 8:32 Job 22:30 Psa 7:8
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For I have kept the ways of the LORD; I am not guilty of turning from my God. SCode Gen 18:19 Pro 8:32
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All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees. SCode Psa 119:30 Psa 119:102
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I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin. SCode Gen 17:1 1Ki 14:8
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The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
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To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless, SCode Mt 5:7
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to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd. SCode Lev 26:23~24 Psa 81:12 Pro 3:34 Act 7:42 Rom 1:28
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You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty. SCode Exo 3:7 Psa 101:5
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You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light. SCode 2Sam 21:17 1Ki 15:4 1Ki 11:36 2Ki 8:19 Job 18:5~6 Psa 132:17
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With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall. SCode 2Sam 5:6~9 Isa 35:6
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As for God, his way is perfect: The LORD’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him. SCode Deu 32:4 Psa 18:2 Psa 12:6 Psa 17:7 Dan 4:37 Mt 5:48 Rev 15:3
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For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God? SCode Psa 18:2 Psa 86:8
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It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure. SCode 1Sam 2:4 Job 22:3 Psa 119:1 Psa 101:2 Psa 101:6 Isa 45:5
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He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights. SCode Deu 32:13 Isa 58:14 Hab 3:19
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He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. SCode Psa 144:1
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You make your saving help my shield, and your right hand sustains me; your help has made me great. SCode Psa 20:2 Isa 63:9
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You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way. SCode Psa 31:8 Psa 18:19 Pro 4:12
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I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed.
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I crushed them so that they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.
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You armed me with strength for battle; you humbled my adversaries before me.
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You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes. SCode Exo 23:27 Psa 21:12
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They cried for help, but there was no one to save them - to the LORD, but he did not answer. SCode Job 27:9
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I beat them as fine as windblown dust; I trampled them like mud in the streets. SCode 2Ki 13:7 Isa 10:6 Mic 7:10 Zech 10:5
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You have delivered me from the attacks of the people; you have made me the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me, SCode 2Sam 3:1 2Sam 20:1 2Sam 8:1~14 2Sam 19:9 2Sam 19:43 Psa 2:8 Psa 22:27 Isa 55:5
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foreigners cower before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me. SCode Deu 33:29 Psa 66:3 Psa 144:7 Psa 81:15
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They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds. SCode Psa 18:44 Mic 7:17
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The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior!
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He is the God who avenges me, who subdues nations under me, SCode Psa 144:2 Psa 47:3 Isa 45:1
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who saves me from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from a violent man you rescued me. SCode Psa 59:1 Psa 140:1
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Therefore I will praise you, Lord, among the nations; I will sing the praises of your name. SCode Psa 66:4 Rom 15:9
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He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing love to his anointed, to David and to his descendants forever. SCode 2Sam 7:12~13 2Sam 7:29 Psa 2:2 Psa 144:10 Psa 89:29
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