- 1I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.
- 2Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
- 3I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies.
- 4The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
- 5The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
- 6In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears.
- 7Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
- 8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.
- 9He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.
- 10And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind.
- 11He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
- 12At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire.
- 13Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.
- 14And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.
- 15Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
- 16He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters.
- 17He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
- 18They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.
- 19He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
- 20Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
- 21For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
- 22For all his ordinances were before me, And I put not away his statutes from me.
- 23I was also perfect with him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity.
- 24Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
- 25With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;
- 26With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.
- 27For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.
- 28For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.
- 29For by thee I run upon a troop; And by my God do I leap over a wall.
- 30As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.
- 31For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God,
- 32The God that girdeth me with strength, And maketh my way perfect?
- 33He maketh my feet like hinds` [feet]: And setteth me upon my high places.
- 34He teacheth my hands to war; So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
- 35Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; And thy right hand hath holden me up, And thy gentleness hath made me great.
- 36Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.
- 37I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; Neither will I turn again till they are consumed.
- 38I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet.
- 39For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
- 40Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.
- 41They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.
- 42Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.
- 43Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
- 44As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.
- 45The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places.
- 46Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God of my salvation,
- 47Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And subdueth peoples under me.
- 48He rescueth me from mine enemies; Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.
- 49Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations, And will sing praises unto thy name.
- 50Great deliverance giveth he to his king, And showeth lovingkindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, for evermore. Psalm 19 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
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