Psalm 18:1-2
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Psalm 18
Royal Thanksgiving for Victory
To the leader. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord, who addressed the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said:
1 I love you, O Lord, my strength.
2 The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,
my God, my rock in whom I take refuge,
my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.(A)
Psalm 18:19-29
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19 He brought me out into a broad place;
he delivered me because he delighted in me.(A)
20 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.(B)
21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord
and have not wickedly departed from my God.(C)
22 For all his ordinances were before me,
and his statutes I did not put away from me.(D)
23 I was blameless before him,
and I kept myself from guilt.
24 Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.(E)
25 With the loyal you show yourself loyal;
with the blameless you show yourself blameless;(F)
26 with the pure you show yourself pure;
and with the crooked you show yourself shrewd.(G)
27 For you deliver a humble people,
but the haughty eyes you bring down.(H)
28 It is you who light my lamp;
the Lord, my God, lights up my darkness.(I)
29 By you I can outrun a troop,
and by my God I can leap over a wall.(J)
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