2 Samuel 22
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Then David a spoke to the LORD the words of this song, on the day when the LORD had b delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul.
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And he c said:
d "The LORD is my rock and my e fortress and my deliverer;
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The God of my strength, f in whom I will trust;
My g shield and the h horn of my salvation,
My i stronghold and my j refuge;
My Savior, You save me from violence.
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I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised;
So shall I be saved from my enemies.
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"When the waves of death surrounded me,
The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
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The k sorrows of Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
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In my distress l I called upon the LORD,
And cried out to my God;
He m heard my voice from His temple,
And my cry entered His ears.
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"Then n the earth shook and trembled;
o The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken,
Because He was angry.
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Smoke went up from His nostrils,
And devouring p fire from His mouth;
Coals were kindled by it.
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He q bowed the heavens also, and came down
With r darkness under His feet.
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He rode upon a cherub, and flew;
And He was seen s upon the wings of the wind.
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He made t darkness canopies around Him,
Dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
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From the brightness before Him
Coals of fire were kindled.
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"The LORD u thundered from heaven,
And the Most High uttered His voice.
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He sent out v arrows and scattered them;
Lightning bolts, and He vanquished them.
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Then the channels of the sea w were seen,
The foundations of the world were uncovered,
At the x rebuke of the LORD,
At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
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"He y sent from above, He took me,
He drew me out of many waters.
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He delivered me from my strong enemy,
From those who hated me;
For they were too strong for me.
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They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
But the LORD was my z support.
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a He also brought me out into a broad place;
He delivered me because He b delighted in me.
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"The c LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the d cleanness of my hands
He has recompensed me.
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For I have e kept the ways of the LORD,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.
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For all His f judgments were before me;
And as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.
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I was also g blameless before Him,
And I kept myself from my iniquity.
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Therefore h the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to my cleanness in His eyes.
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"With i the merciful You will show Yourself merciful;
With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;
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With the pure You will show Yourself pure;
And j with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.
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You will save the k humble people;
But Your eyes are on l the haughty, that You may bring them down.
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"For You are my m lamp, O LORD;
The LORD shall enlighten my darkness.
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For by You I can run against a troop;
By my God I can leap over a n wall.
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As for God, o His way is perfect;
p The word of the LORD is proven;
He is a shield to all who trust in Him.
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"For q who is God, except the LORD?
And who is a rock, except our God?
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God is my r strength and power,
And He s makes my way t perfect.
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He makes my feet u like the feet of deer,
And v sets me on my high places.
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He teaches my hands to make war,
So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
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"You have also given me the shield of Your salvation;
Your gentleness has made me great.
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You w enlarged my path under me;
So my feet did not slip.
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"I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them;
Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.
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And I have destroyed them and wounded them,
So that they could not rise;
They have fallen x under my feet.
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For You have y armed me with strength for the battle;
You have subdued under me z those who rose against me.
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You have also given me the a necks of my enemies,
So that I destroyed those who hated me.
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They looked, but there was none to save;
Even b to the LORD, but He did not answer them.
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Then I beat them as fine c as the dust of the earth;
I trod them d like dirt in the streets,
And I spread them out.
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"You e have also delivered me from the strivings of my people;
You have kept me as the f head of the nations.
g A people I have not known shall serve me.
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The foreigners submit to me;
As soon as they hear, they obey me.
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The foreigners fade away,
And come frightened h from their hideouts.
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"The LORD lives!
Blessed be my Rock!
Let God be exalted,
The i Rock of my salvation!
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It is God who avenges me,
And j subdues the peoples under me;
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He delivers me from my enemies.
You also lift me up above those who rise against me;
You have delivered me from the k violent man.
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Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among l the Gentiles,
And sing praises to Your m name.
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" He n is the tower of salvation to His king,
And shows mercy to His o anointed,
To David and p his descendants forevermore."
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1 Chronicles 20:8
These were born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
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Exodus 15:1
Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the LORD, and spoke, saying: "I will sing to the LORD, For He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea!
Deuteronomy 31:30
Then Moses spoke in the hearing of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song until they were ended:
Judges 5:1
Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying:
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Psalms 18:1
I WILL love You, O LORD, my strength.
Psalms 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the LORD delivers him out of them all.
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Psalms 18:1
I WILL love You, O LORD, my strength.
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Deuteronomy 32:4
He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He.
1 Samuel 2:2
No one is holy like the LORD, For there is none besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God.
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Psalms 91:2
I will say of the LORD, " He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.
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Psalms 7:1
O LORD my God, in You I put my trust; Save me from all those who persecute me; And deliver me.
Hebrews 2:13
And again: "I will put My trust in Him." And again: "Here am I and the children whom God has given Me.
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Genesis 15:1
After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.
Deuteronomy 33:29
Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD, The shield of your help And the sword of your majesty! Your enemies shall submit to you, And you shall tread down their high places.
Psalms 84:11
For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly.
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Luke 1:69
And has raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of His servant David.
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Proverbs 18:10
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; The righteous run to it and are safe.
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Psalms 9:9
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble.
Psalms 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
Psalms 46:7
The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
Psalms 46:11
The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
Jeremiah 16:19
O LORD, my strength and my fortress, My refuge in the day of affliction, The Gentiles shall come to You From the ends of the earth and say, "Surely our fathers have inherited lies, Worthlessness and unprofitable things.
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Psalms 116:3
The pains of death surrounded me, And the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow.
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Psalms 116:4
Then I called upon the name of the LORD: "O LORD, I implore You, deliver my soul!
Psalms 120:1
In my distress I cried to the LORD, And He heard me.
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Exodus 3:7
And the LORD said: "I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
Psalms 34:6
This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.
Psalms 34:15
The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, And His ears are open to their cry.
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Judges 5:4
LORD, when You went out from Seir, When You marched from the field of Edom, The earth trembled and the heavens poured, The clouds also poured water.
Psalms 77:18
The voice of Your thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lit up the world; The earth trembled and shook.
Psalms 97:4
His lightnings light the world; The earth sees and trembles.
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Job 26:11
The pillars of heaven tremble, And are astonished at His rebuke.
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Deuteronomy 32:22
For a fire is kindled in My anger, And shall burn to the lowest hell; It shall consume the earth with her increase, And set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Psalms 97:3
A fire goes before Him, And burns up His enemies round about.
Psalms 97:4
His lightnings light the world; The earth sees and trembles.
Hebrews 12:29
For our God is a consuming fire.
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Exodus 19:16 - 20
Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.
Isaiah 64:1
Oh, that You would rend the heavens! That You would come down! That the mountains might shake at Your presence -
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Exodus 20:21
So the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.
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Psalms 104:3
He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters, Who makes the clouds His chariot, Who walks on the wings of the wind.
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Job 36:29
Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of clouds, The thunder from His canopy?
Psalms 97:2
Clouds and darkness surround Him; Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
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1 Samuel 2:10
The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken in pieces; From heaven He will thunder against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth. "He will give strength to His king, And exalt the horn of His anointed.
Job 37:2 - 5
Hear attentively the thunder of His voice, And the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
Psalms 29:3
The voice of the LORD is over the waters; The God of glory thunders; The LORD is over many waters.
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Deuteronomy 32:23
I will heap disasters on them; I will spend My arrows on them.
Joshua 10:10
So the LORD routed them before Israel, killed them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, chased them along the road that goes to Beth Horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
1 Samuel 7:10
Now as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel. But the LORD thundered with a loud thunder upon the Philistines that day, and so confused them that they were overcome before Israel.
Psalms 7:13
He also prepares for Himself instruments of death; He makes His arrows into fiery shafts.
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Nahum 1:4
He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, And dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel wither, And the flower of Lebanon wilts.
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Exodus 15:8
And with the blast of Your nostrils The waters were gathered together; The floods stood upright like a heap; The depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
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Psalms 144:7
Stretch out Your hand from above; Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, From the hand of foreigners.
Isaiah 43:2
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you.
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Isaiah 10:20
And it shall come to pass in that day That the remnant of Israel, And such as have escaped of the house of Jacob, Will never again depend on him who defeated them, But will depend on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
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Psalms 31:8
And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a wide place.
Psalms 118:5
I called on the LORD in distress; The LORD answered me and set me in a broad place.
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2 Samuel 15:26
"But if He says thus: 'I have no delight in you,' here I am, let Him do to me as seems good to Him."
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1 Samuel 26:23
May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD's anointed.
Psalms 7:8
The LORD shall judge the peoples; Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, And according to my integrity within me.
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Job 17:9
Yet the righteous will hold to his way, And he who has clean hands will be stronger and stronger.
Psalms 24:4
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully.
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Genesis 18:19
"For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice, that the LORD may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him."
2 Chronicles 34:33
Thus Josiah removed all the abominations from all the country that belonged to the children of Israel, and made all who were present in Israel diligently serve the LORD their God. All his days they did not depart from following the LORD God of their fathers.
Psalms 119:3
They also do no iniquity; They walk in His ways.
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Deuteronomy 6:6 - 9
And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.
Deuteronomy 7:12
Then it shall come to pass, because you listen to these judgments, and keep and do them, that the LORD your God will keep with you the covenant and the mercy which He swore to your fathers.
Psalms 119:30
I have chosen the way of truth; Your judgments I have laid before me.
Psalms 119:102
I have not departed from Your judgments, For You Yourself have taught me.
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Genesis 6:9
This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just ...
Genesis 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Come into the ark,...
Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name w...
Ephesians 1:4
Just as He chose us in Him before the foundatio...
Colossians 1:21
And you, who once were alienated and enemies in...
Colossians 1:22
In the body of His flesh through death, to pres...
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2 Samuel 22:21
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
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Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy.
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Leviticus 26:23
And if by these things you are not reformed by Me, but walk contrary to Me.
Leviticus 26:24
Then I also will walk contrary to you, and I will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
Romans 1:28
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting.
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Psalms 72:12
For He will deliver the needy when he cries, The poor also, and him who has no helper.
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Job 40:11
Disperse the rage of your wrath; Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.
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Psalms 119:105
Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.
Psalms 132:17
There I will make the horn of David grow; I will prepare a lamp for My Anointed.
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2 Samuel 5:6 - 8
And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, "You shall not come in here; but the blind and the lame will repel you," thinking, "David cannot come in here.
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Deuteronomy 32:4
He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He.
Daniel 4:37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all of whose works are truth, and His ways justice. And those who walk in pride He is able to put down.
Matthew 5:48
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
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Psalms 12:6
The words of the LORD are pure words, Like silver tried in a furnace of earth, Purified seven times.
Proverbs 30:5
Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.
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Isaiah 45:5
I am the LORD, and there is no other; There is no God besides Me. I will gird you, though you have not known Me.
Isaiah 45:6
That they may know from the rising of the sun to its setting That there is none besides Me. I am the LORD, and there is no other.
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Psalms 27:1
The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?
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Hebrews 13:21
Make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
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Psalms 101:2
I will behave wisely in a perfect way. Oh, when will You come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
Psalms 101:6
My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land, That they may dwell with me; He who walks in a perfect way, He shall serve me.
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2 Samuel 2:18
Now the three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab and Abishai and Asahel. And Asahel was as fleet of foot as a wild gazelle.
Habakkuk 3:19
The LORD God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer's feet, And He will make me walk on my high hills. To the Chief Musician. With my stringed instruments.
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Isaiah 33:16
He will dwell on high; His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks; Bread will be given him, His water will be sure.
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2 Samuel 22:20
He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.
Proverbs 4:12
When you walk, your steps will not be hindered, And when you run, you will not stumble.
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Malachi 4:3
You shall trample the wicked, For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet On the day that I do this, " Says the LORD of hosts.
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Psalms 18:32
It is God who arms me with strength, And makes my way perfect.
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Psalms 44:5
Through You we will push down our enemies; Through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us.
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Genesis 49:8
Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise; Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; Your father's children shall bow down before you.
Joshua 10:24
So it was, when they brought out those kings to Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the captains of the men of war who went with him, "Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings." And they drew near and put their feet on their necks.
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1 Samuel 28:6
And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by the prophets.
Proverbs 1:28
Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.
Isaiah 1:15
When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; Even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
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2 Kings 13:7
For He left of the army of Jehoahaz only fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers; for the king of Syria had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.
Psalms 18:42
Then I beat them as fine as the dust before the wind; I cast them out like dirt in the streets.
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Isaiah 10:6
I will send him against an ungodly nation, And against the people of My wrath I will give him charge, To seize the spoil, to take the prey, And to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
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2 Samuel 3:1
Now there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. But David grew stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.
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Deuteronomy 28:13
And the LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them.
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Isaiah 55:5
Surely you shall call a nation you do not know, And nations who do not know you shall run to you, Because of the LORD your God, And the Holy One of Israel; For He has glorified you.
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1 Samuel 14:11
So both of them showed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines. And the Philistines said, "Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hidden.
Micah 7:17
They shall lick the dust like a serpent; They shall crawl from their holes like snakes of the earth. They shall be afraid of the LORD our God, And shall fear because of You.
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2 Samuel 22:3
The God of my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, My stronghold and my refuge; My Savior, You save me from violence.
Psalms 89:26
He shall cry to Me, 'You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.
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1 Samuel 24:12
Let the LORD judge between you and me, and let the LORD avenge me on you. But my hand shall not be against you.
Psalms 144:2
My lovingkindness and my fortress, My high tower and my deliverer, My shield and the One in whom I take refuge, Who subdues my people under me.
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Psalms 140:1
Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men; Preserve me from violent men.
Psalms 140:4
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from violent men, Who have purposed to make my steps stumble.
Psalms 140:11
Let not a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
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2 Samuel 8:1 - 14
After this it came to pass that David attacked the Philistines and subdued them. And David took Metheg Ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
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Psalms 57:7
My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and give praise.
Romans 15:9
And that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy, as it is written: "For this reason I will confess to You among the Gentiles, And sing to Your name.
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Psalms 144:10
The One who gives salvation to kings, Who delivers David His servant From the deadly sword.
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Psalms 89:20
I have found My servant David; With My holy oil I have anointed him.
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