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MAY 25
29 “For You are my lamp, O LORD; Let God be exalted,
The LORD shall enlighten my darkness. The Rock of my salvation!
30 For by You I can run against a troop; 48 It is God who avenges me,
By my God I can leap over a wall. And subdues the peoples under me;
31 As for God, His way is perfect; 49 He delivers me from my enemies.
The word of the LORD is proven; You also lift me up above those who
He is a shield to all who trust in Him. rise against me;
You have delivered me from the violent
32 “For who is God, except the LORD?
And who is a rock, except our God? 50 man.
33 God is my strength and power, Therefore I will give thanks to You,
And He makes my way perfect. O LORD, among the Gentiles,
34 He makes my feet like the feet of deer, And sing praises to Your name.
And sets me on my high places. 51 He is the tower of salvation to His king,
35 He teaches my hands to make war, And shows mercy to His anointed,
So that my arms can bend a bow of To David and his descendants
bronze. forevermore.”
36 “You have also given me the shield of
Your salvation;
Your gentleness has made me great.
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You enlarged my path under me; 22:1–51 David’s song of praise here is almost
So my feet did not slip. identical to Psalm 18.This song also has many
38 “I have pursued my enemies and verbal links to Hannah’s prayer (1 Sam.2:1–10)
destroyed them; and together with it forms the framework for
Neither did I turn back again till they the books of Samuel.This song focuses on the
were destroyed. Lord’s deliverance of David from all his enemies,
39 And I have destroyed them and in response to which David praised the Lord,
wounded them, his deliverer (vv. 2–4). The major part of the
So that they could not rise; song (vv.5–46) states the reason for this praise
of the Lord.David first describes how the Lord
They have fallen under my feet.
For You have armed me with strength then declares why the Lord had delivered him
40 had delivered him from his enemies (vv.5–20),
for the battle; from his enemies (vv. 21–28), then states the
You have subdued under me those extent of the Lord’s deliverance from his ene-
who rose against me. mies (vv. 29–46). The song concludes with
41 You have also given me the necks of David’s resolve to praise his delivering Lord,
my enemies, even among the Gentiles (vv. 47–51).
So that I destroyed those who hated me.
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They looked, but there was none to save;
Even to the LORD, but He did not Psalm 68:1–6
answer them.
Then I beat them as fine as the dust of To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. A Song.
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the earth;
I trod them like dirt in the streets, L et God arise,
Let His enemies be scattered;
And I spread them out.
Let those also who hate Him flee
44 “You have also delivered me from the before Him.
strivings of my people; 2 As smoke is driven away,
You have kept me as the head of the So drive them away;
nations. As wax melts before the fire,
A people I have not known shall serve So let the wicked perish at the
me. presence of God.
The foreigners submit to me; But let the righteous be glad;
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As soon as they hear, they obey me. Let them rejoice before God;
46 The foreigners fade away, Yes, let them rejoice exceedingly.
And come frightened from their 4 Sing to God, sing praises to His name;
hideouts.
Extol Him who rides on the clouds,
47 “The LORD lives! By His name YAH,
Blessed be my Rock! And rejoice before Him.

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