Psalm 18
Part II
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The Lord rewarded me because of my righteous dealing; *
because my hands were clean he rewarded me;
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For I have kept the ways of the Lord *
and have not offended against my God;
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For all his judgments are before my eyes, *
and his decrees I have not put away from me;
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For I have been blameless with him *
and have kept myself from iniquity;
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Therefore the Lord rewarded me according to my righteous dealing, *
because of the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
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With the faithful you show yourself faithful, O God; *
with the forthright you show yourself forthright.
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With the pure you show yourself pure, *
but with the crooked you are wily.
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You will save a lowly people, *
but you will humble the haughty eyes.
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You, O Lord, are my lamp; *
my God, you make my darkness bright.
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With you I will break down an enclosure; *
with the help of my God I will scale any wall.
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As for God, his ways are perfect;
the words of the Lord are tried in the fire; *
he is a shield to all who trust in him.
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For who is God, but the Lord? *
who is the Rock, except our God?
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It is God who girds me about with strength *
and makes my way secure.
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He makes me sure-footed like a deer *
and lets me stand firm on the heights.
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He trains my hands for battle *
and my arms for bending even a bow of bronze.
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You have given me your shield of victory; *
your right hand also sustains me;
your loving care makes me great.
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You lengthen my stride beneath me, *
and my ankles do not give way.
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I pursue my enemies and overtake them; *
I will not turn back till I have destroyed them.
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I strike them down, and they cannot rise; *
they fall defeated at my feet.
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You have girded me with strength for the battle; *
you have cast down my adversaries beneath me;
you have put my enemies to flight.
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I destroy those who hate me;
they cry out, but there is none to help them; *
they cry to the Lord, but he does not answer.
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I beat them small like dust before the wind; *
I trample them like mud in the streets.
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You deliver me from the strife of the peoples; *
you put me at the head of the nations.
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A people I have not known shall serve me;
no sooner shall they hear than they shall obey me; *
strangers will cringe before me.
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The foreign peoples will lose heart; *
they shall come trembling out of their strongholds.
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The Lord lives! Blessed is my Rock! *
Exalted is the God of my salvation!
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He is the God who gave me victory *
and cast down the peoples beneath me.
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You rescued me from the fury of my enemies;
you exalted me above those who rose against me; *
you saved me from my deadly foe.
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Therefore will I extol you among the nations, O Lord, *
and sing praises to your Name.
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He multiplies the victories of his king; *
he shows loving-kindness to his anointed,
to David and his descendants for ever.