1And David spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul,

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Judges 5:1, Exodus 15:1, Judges 5:1, Exodus 15:1, Isaiah 12:1

2And he said: The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my saviour.

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Psalms 18:2, Psalms 18:50, Psalms 18:2, Psalms 18:50, Psalms 31:3

3God is my strong one, in him will I trust: my shield, and the horn of my salvation: he lifteth me up, and is my refuge: my saviour, thou wilt deliver me from iniquity.

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Psalms 9:9, Psalms 9:9, Isaiah 12:2, Isaiah 12:2, Proverbs 18:10

4I will call on the Lord who is worthy to be praised: and I shall be saved from my enemies.

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Psalms 18:3, Psalms 18:3, Psalms 96:4, Psalms 116:2, Romans 10:13

5For the pangs of death have surrounded me: the floods of Belial have made me afraid.

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Psalms 69:14, Psalms 69:15, Jonah 2:3, Psalms 69:14, Psalms 69:15

6The cords of hell compassed me: the snares of death prevented me.

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Psalms 116:3, Psalms 116:3, Proverbs 5:22, Job 36:8, Psalms 140:5

7In my distress I will call upon the Lord, and I will cry to my God: and he will hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry shall come to his ears.

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Psalms 18:6, Psalms 18:6, Psalms 116:4, Psalms 116:4, Exodus 3:7

8The earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the mountains were moved, and shaken, because he was angry with them.

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Psalms 97:4, Job 26:11, Psalms 97:4, Job 26:11, Psalms 77:18

9A smoke went up from his nostrils, and a devouring fire out of his mouth: coals were kindled by it.

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Hebrews 12:29, Hebrews 12:29, Exodus 15:7, Exodus 15:8, Job 4:9

10He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

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1 Kings 8:12, 1 Kings 8:12, Psalms 97:2, Psalms 97:2, Psalms 144:5

11And he rode upon the cherubims, and flew: and slid upon the wings of the wind.

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Psalms 104:3, Psalms 104:3, Psalms 18:10, Psalms 18:10, Genesis 3:24

12He made darkness a covering round about him: dropping waters out of the clouds of the heavens.

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Psalms 97:2, 2 Samuel 22:10, Psalms 97:2, 2 Samuel 22:10, Job 36:29

13By the brightness before him, the coals of fire were kindled.

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2 Samuel 22:9, 2 Samuel 22:9

14The Lord shall thunder from heaven: and the most high shall give forth his voice.

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Job 37:2, Job 37:5, Psalms 29:3, Psalms 29:9, 1 Samuel 2:10

15He shot arrows and scattered them: lightning, and consumed them.

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Deuteronomy 32:23, Deuteronomy 32:23, Joshua 10:10, Habakkuk 3:11, Joshua 10:10

16And the overflowings of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid open at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the spirit of his wrath.

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Nahum 1:4, Nahum 1:4, Psalms 114:3, Psalms 114:7, Habakkuk 3:8

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

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Isaiah 43:2, Isaiah 43:2, Psalms 144:7, Psalms 144:7, Psalms 32:6

18He delivered me from my most mighty enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.

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2 Samuel 22:1, Psalms 56:9, 2 Timothy 4:17, 2 Corinthians 1:10, Psalms 3:7

19He prevented me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my stay.

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Psalms 71:20, Psalms 71:21, Psalms 71:20, Psalms 71:21, 1 Samuel 19:11

20And he brought me forth into a large place, he delivered me, because I pleased him.

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Psalms 31:8, Psalms 31:8, Psalms 118:5, 2 Samuel 15:26, Psalms 118:5

21The Lord will reward me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands he will render to me.

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1 Samuel 26:23, Psalms 24:4, 1 Samuel 26:23, Psalms 24:4, 1 Kings 8:32

22Because I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

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Proverbs 8:32, Proverbs 8:32, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 18:19, Psalms 128:1

23For all his judgments are in my sight: and his precepts I have not removed from me.

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Psalms 119:30, Psalms 119:102, Psalms 119:30, Psalms 119:102, John 15:14

24And I shall be perfect with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.

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Genesis 6:9, Genesis 6:9, Job 1:1, Genesis 17:1, Job 1:1

25And the Lord will recompense me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands in the sight of his eyes.

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2 Samuel 22:21, 2 Samuel 22:21, 2 Corinthians 5:10, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Isaiah 3:10

26With the holy one thou wilt be holy: and with the valiant perfect.

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Matthew 5:7, Matthew 5:7, James 2:13, James 2:13

27With the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.

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Matthew 5:8, Matthew 5:8, Psalms 18:26, Psalms 18:26, Leviticus 26:23

28And the poor people thou wilt save: and with thy eyes thou shalt humble the haughty.

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Psalms 72:12, Psalms 72:13, Psalms 72:12, Psalms 72:13, Isaiah 5:15

29For thou art my lamp O Lord: and thou, O Lord, wilt enlighten my darkness.

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Psalms 27:1, Psalms 27:1, John 8:12, John 8:12, Revelation 21:23

30For in thee I will run girded: in my God I will leap over the wall.

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Psalms 18:29, Psalms 18:29, Philippians 4:13, Philippians 4:13, Psalms 118:10

31God, his way is immaculate, the word of the Lord is tried by fire: he is the shield of all that trust in him.

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Deuteronomy 32:4, Deuteronomy 32:4, Proverbs 30:5, Proverbs 30:5, Psalms 18:30

32Who is God but the Lord: and who is strong but our God?

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1 Samuel 2:2, 1 Samuel 2:2, Deuteronomy 32:31, Deuteronomy 32:31, Isaiah 44:8

33God who hath girded me with strength, and made my way perfect.

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Ephesians 6:10, Ephesians 6:10, Psalms 27:1, Psalms 27:1, Philippians 4:13

34Making my feet like the feet of harts, and setting me upon my high places.

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Isaiah 58:14, Deuteronomy 32:13, Isaiah 58:14, Deuteronomy 32:13, Habakkuk 3:19

35He teacheth my hands to war: and maketh my arms like a bow of brass.

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Psalms 144:1, Psalms 144:1, Psalms 18:33, Psalms 18:34, Psalms 18:33

36Thou hast given me the shield of my salvation: and thy mildness hath multiplied me.

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Ephesians 6:16, Ephesians 6:16, Psalms 115:14, Psalms 18:35, Psalms 84:11

37Thou shalt enlarge my steps under me: and my ankles shall not fail.

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Proverbs 4:12, Proverbs 4:12, Psalms 17:5, 1 Samuel 2:9, Psalms 17:5

38I will pursue after my enemies, and crush them: and will not return again till I consume them.

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Psalms 21:8, Psalms 21:9, Psalms 21:8, Psalms 21:9, 2 Samuel 10:14

39I will consume them and break them in pieces, so that they shall not rise: they shall fall under my feet.

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Malachi 4:3, Malachi 4:3, Psalms 118:10, Psalms 118:12, Psalms 110:1

40Thou hast girded me with strength to battle: thou hast made them that resisted me to bow under me.

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Psalms 44:5, Psalms 44:5, Colossians 1:11, Psalms 18:39, Isaiah 60:14

41My enemies thou hast made to turn their back to me: them that hated me, and I shall destroy them.

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Exodus 23:27, Exodus 23:27, Joshua 10:24, Joshua 10:24, Psalms 21:8

42They shall cry, and there shall be none to save: to the Lord, and he shall not hear them.

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Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 1:15, 1 Samuel 28:6, 1 Samuel 28:6, Micah 3:4

43I shall beat them as small as the dust of the earth: I shall crush them and spread them abroad like the mire of the streets.

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Micah 7:10, Micah 7:10, Isaiah 10:6, Isaiah 10:6, 2 Kings 13:7

44Thou wilt save me from the contradictions of my people: thou wilt keep me to be the head of the Gentiles: the people which I know not, shall serve me,

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2 Samuel 8:1, 2 Samuel 8:14, Isaiah 55:5, 2 Samuel 8:1, 2 Samuel 8:14

45The sons of the stranger will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will obey me.

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Psalms 81:15, Psalms 81:15, Psalms 66:3, Psalms 66:3, Acts 8:13

46The strangers are melted away, and shall be straitened in their distresses.

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Micah 7:17, Micah 7:17, Isaiah 2:19, Isaiah 64:6, James 1:11

47The Lord liveth, and my God is blessed: and the strong God of my salvation shall be exalted:

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Psalms 89:26, Psalms 89:26, 2 Samuel 22:3, 2 Samuel 22:3, Job 19:25

48God who giveth me revenge, and bringest down people under me,

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Psalms 144:2, Psalms 144:2, Psalms 94:1, Psalms 94:1, Psalms 110:1

49Who bringest me forth from my enemies, and liftest me up from them that resist me: from the wicked man thou shalt deliver me.

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Psalms 140:1, Psalms 140:1, Psalms 18:48, Numbers 24:17, Numbers 24:19

50Therefore will I give thanks to thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and will sing to thy name.

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Romans 15:9, Romans 15:9, Psalms 145:1, Psalms 145:2, Psalms 18:49

51Giving great salvation to his king, and shewing mercy to David his anointed, and to his seed for ever.

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Psalms 18:50, Psalms 144:10, Psalms 89:20, Psalms 89:29, 2 Samuel 7:12