Psalms 17

1For the End; by the child of the Lord, David; what things he spoke to the Lord, even the words of this ode, in the day the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul;

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2thus he said: "I will love You, O Lord, my strength.

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3The Lord is my foundation, my refuge, my deliverer; My God is my helper, on Him I will hope, My champion, the horn of my salvation, and my protector.

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4I will call upon the Lord and praise Him, And I shall be saved from my enemies.

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5The anguish of death surrounded me; The floods of the lawless troubled me greatly;

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6The anguish of Hades encircled me; The snares of death ran me down.

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7In my affliction I called upon the Lord, And I cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His holy temple, And my cry shall come before Him, into His ears.

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8Then the earth was shaken and was trembling; And the foundations of mountains were stirred up, And they were shaken, because God was angry with them.

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9Smoke ascended in His wrath, And burst into flame from His face; Coals were kindled by Him.

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10He bowed heaven and descended, And darkness was under His feet.

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11And He rode upon the cherubim, and flew; He flew upon the wings of the wind.

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12He made darkness His hiding place; His tabernacle was around Him, Dark water in the clouds of the sky.

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13Because of the brightness before Him, the clouds, The hail and the fiery coals passed through.

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14The Lord thundered from heaven, The Most High gave forth His voice;

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15And He sent forth His arrows, and scattered them; And He multiplied lightning, and threw them into utter confusion.

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16Then the springs of the waters were seen, And the foundations of the world were uncovered By Your rebuke, O Lord, By the breathing of the breath of Your wrath.

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17He sent from on high, and He took me; He drew me out of many waters.

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18He will deliver me from my strong enemies, and from those who hate me, Because they were too strong for me.

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19They overran me in the day of my misfortune, But the Lord became my support,

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20And He led me into a wide place; He will deliver me, because He willed it for me. He will deliver me from my strong enemies and from those who hate me.

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21The Lord will reward me according to my righteousness; And according to the purity of my hands He will recompense me,

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22Because I kept the ways of the Lord And did not act impiously against my God;

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23For all His judgments are before me, And I did not remove His ordinances from me.

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24I will also be blameless before Him, And I will keep myself from my lawlessness.

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25The Lord will reward me according to my righteousness, According to the purity of my hands before His eyes.

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26With the holy You will be holy; And with the innocent man You will be innocent;

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27And with the elect You will be elect; And with the crooked You will be crooked.

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28For You will save a humble people, And You will humble the eyes of the arrogant.

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29For You will light my lamp, O Lord; O my God, You will enlighten my darkness.

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30For in You I shall be delivered from ordeals, And in my God I shall leap over a wall.

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31My God, His way is blameless; The teachings of the Lord are tried by fire; He is the shield of all who set their hope on Him.

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32For who is God besides the Lord? And who is God besides our God?

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33It is God who girds me with power, And He made my way blameless;

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34Who makes my feet like a deer And sets me on high places;

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35Who teaches my hands to make war; And You make my arms a bronze bow;

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36And You gave me the shield of Your salvation; And Your right hand supported me; And Your instruction restored me to the end; And Your instruction will teach me.

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37You widened my steps under me, And my footsteps were not feeble.

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38I shall pursue my enemies and overtake them; And I shall not turn back until they faint;

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39I shall wound them until they cannot stand; They shall fall under my feet.

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40For You armed me with strength for war; You entangled under my feet all who rose up against me,

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41And You gave me the back of my enemies; And You destroyed all who hate me.

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42They cried out, but there was none to save them; Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.

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43I will grind them fine, like the dust that blows in the wind; I will smooth them out, like mud in the streets.

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44Deliver me from the contradictions of the people; You will establish me as the head of the Gentiles; A people I never knew served me;

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45The moment they heard, they obeyed me; Sons who are strangers lied to me;

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46Sons who are strangers became old, And they became lame because of their beaten path.

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47The Lord lives, and blessed is my God. Let the salvation of my God be exalted,

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48The God who vindicates me, And who subdued the peoples under me,

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49My deliverer from the rage of my enemies; Because of those who rise up against me, You will exalt me; You will deliver me from the unrighteous man.

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50Therefore I will give thanks to You among the Gentiles, O Lord, And sing to Your name,

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51He who magnifies the salvation of His king And shows mercy to His anointed, To David and his seed forever."

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