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2 Samuel 22:29-46 Modern English Version (MEV)

29. For You are my lamp, O Lord;the Lord illuminates my darkness.

30. For by You I can run over a channel;by my God I can leap over a wall.

31. As for God, His way is perfect;the word of the Lord is proven;He is a shieldfor all who take refuge in Him.

32. For who is God except the Lord?And who is a rock except our God?

33. God is my strong fortress,and He sets the blameless on His way.

34. He makes my feet like hinds’ feet;He sets me on my high places.

35. He trains my hand for battle,so that my arm may bend a bow of bronze.

36. You have given me a shield of Your salvation,and Your humility has made me great.

37. You widen my stride under me,and my feet do stagger.

38. I pursued my enemies and destroyed them;I did not turn back until they were consumed.

39. I consumed them and shattered them so that they did not rise;they fell under my feet.

40. You girded me with strength for the battle;You subjugated under me those who rose up against me.

41. You caused my enemies to retreat from me;I destroyed those who hated me.

42. They looked, but there was no one to save them,to the Lord, but He did not respond.

43. I crushed them like the dust of the land,like the mud of the streets, I ground them and stamped them down.

44. You have also delivered me from the strivings of my people;You have kept me as the head of the nations.A people whom I have not known will serve me.

45. Foreigners submit to me, cringing;as soon as they hear, they obey me.

46. Foreigners lose heart;they gird themselves as they leave their fortresses.

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