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		Ps 18:1 "I love You, O LORD, my strength."
		Ps 18:2 The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
		Ps 18:3 I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies.
		Ps 18:4 ¶ The cords of death encompassed me, And the torrents of ungodliness terrified me.
		Ps 18:5 The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.
		Ps 18:6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, And cried to my God for help; He heard my voice out of His temple, And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.
		Ps 18:7 ¶ Then the earth shook and quaked; And the foundations of the mountains were trembling And were shaken, because He was angry.
		Ps 18:8 Smoke went up out of His nostrils, And fire from His mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it.
		Ps 18:9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His feet.
		Ps 18:10 He rode upon a cherub and flew; And He sped upon the wings of the wind.
		Ps 18:11 He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
		Ps 18:12 From the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds, Hailstones and coals of fire.
		Ps 18:13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.
		Ps 18:14 He sent out His arrows, and scattered them, And lightning flashes in abundance, and routed them.
		Ps 18:15 Then the channels of water appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare At Your rebuke, O LORD, At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
		Ps 18:16 ¶ He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.
		Ps 18:17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
		Ps 18:18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the LORD was my stay.
		Ps 18:19 He brought me forth also into a broad place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me.
		Ps 18:20 ¶ The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
		Ps 18:21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
		Ps 18:22 For all His ordinances were before me, And I did not put away His statutes from me.
		Ps 18:23 I was also blameless with Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity.
		Ps 18:24 Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.
		Ps 18:25 ¶ With the kind You show Yourself kind; With the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
		Ps 18:26 With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.
		Ps 18:27 For You save an afflicted people, But haughty eyes You abase.
		Ps 18:28 For You light my lamp; The LORD my God illumines my darkness.
		Ps 18:29 For by You I can run upon a troop; And by my God I can leap over a wall.
		Ps 18:30 ¶ As for God, His way is blameless; The word of the LORD is tried; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
		Ps 18:31 For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God,
		Ps 18:32 The God who girds me with strength And makes my way blameless?
		Ps 18:33 He makes my feet like hinds' feet, And sets me upon my high places.
		Ps 18:34 He trains my hands for battle, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
		Ps 18:35 You have also given me the shield of Your salvation, And Your right hand upholds me; And Your gentleness makes me great.
		Ps 18:36 You enlarge my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.
		Ps 18:37 ¶ I pursued my enemies and overtook them, And I did not turn back until they were consumed.
		Ps 18:38 I shattered them, so that they were not able to rise; They fell under my feet.
		Ps 18:39 For You have girded me with strength for battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
		Ps 18:40 You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, And I destroyed those who hated me.
		Ps 18:41 They cried for help, but there was none to save, Even to the LORD, but He did not answer them.
		Ps 18:42 Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind; I emptied them out as the mire of the streets.
		Ps 18:43 ¶ You have delivered me from the contentions of the people; You have placed me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me.
		Ps 18:44 As soon as they hear, they obey me; Foreigners submit to me.
		Ps 18:45 Foreigners fade away, And come trembling out of their fortresses.
		Ps 18:46 ¶ The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God of my salvation,
		Ps 18:47 The God who executes vengeance for me, And subdues peoples under me.
		Ps 18:48 He delivers me from my enemies; Surely You lift me above those who rise up against me; You rescue me from the violent man.
		Ps 18:49 Therefore I will give thanks to You among the nations, O LORD, And I will sing praises to Your name.
		Ps 18:50 He gives great deliverance to His king, And shows lovingkindness to His anointed, To David and his descendants forever.

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