style="font-size:15px;"> 19:017:004 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
19:017:005 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
19:017:006 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
19:017:007 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.
19:017:008 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
19:017:009 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
19:017:010 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
19:017:011 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
19:017:012 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
19:017:013 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
19:017:014 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
19:017:015 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
19:018:001 I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
19:018:002 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
19:018:003 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
19:018:004 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
19:018:005 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
19:018:006 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
19:018:007 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
19:018:008 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
19:018:009 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
19:018:010 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
19:018:011 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
19:018:012 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
19:018:013 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
19:018:014 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
19:018:015 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
19:018:016 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
19:018:017 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
19:018:018 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
19:018:019 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
19:018:020 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
19:018:021 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
19:018:022 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
19:018:023 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
19:018:024 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
19:018:025 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
19:018:026 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
19:018:027 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
19:018:028 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
19:018:029 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
19:018:030 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
19:018:031 For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
19:018:032 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
19:018:033 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
19:018:034 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
19:018:035 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
19:018:036 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
19:018:037 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
19:018:038 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
19:018:039 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
19:018:040 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
19:018:041 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
19:018:042 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
19:018:043 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
19:018:044 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
19:018:045 The strangers
