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And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, [and] thick clouds of the skies (22:12) Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled (22:13) The Lord thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice (22:14) And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them (22:15) And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils (22:16) He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters; (22:17) He delivered me from my strong enemy, [and] from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me (22:18) They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay (22:19) He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me (22:20) The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me (22:21) For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God (22:22) For all his judgments [were] before me: and [as for] his statutes, I did not depart from them (22:23) I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity (22:24) Therefore the Lord hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight (22:25) With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful, [and] with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright (22:26) With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt show thyself unsavoury (22:27) And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes [are] upon the haughty, [that] thou mayest bring [them] down (22:28) For thou [art] my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness (22:29) For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall (22:30) [As for] God, his way [is] perfect; the word of the Lord [is] tried: he [is] a buckler to all them that trust in him (22:31) For who [is] God, save the Lord? and who [is] a rock, save our God? (22:32) God [is] my strength [and] power: And he maketh my way perfect (22:33) He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet]: and setteth me upon my high places (22:34) He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms (22:35) Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great (22:36) Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip (22:37) I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them (22:38) And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet (22:39) For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me (22:40) Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me (22:41) They looked, but [there was] none to save; [even] unto the Lord, but he answered them not (22:42) Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, [and] did spread them abroad (22:43) Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me [to be] head of the heathen: a people [which] I knew not shall serve me (22:44) Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me (22:45) Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places (22:46) The Lord liveth; and blessed [be] my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation (22:47) It [is] God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me, (22:48) And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man (22:49) Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name (22:50) [He is] the tower of salvation for his king: and showeth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore
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