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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.18.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I love you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my strength.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.18.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.18.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.18.2"><span class="content">my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.18.2"><span class="content">my shield</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">sovereign</span></span></span><span class="content"> and the horn</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:2 </span><span class="fq">Horn </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes strength.</span></span></span><span class="content"> of my salvation, my stronghold.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.18.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.18.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I called to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who is worthy of praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.18.3"><span class="content">and I have been saved from my enemies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.18.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.18.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The cords of death entangled me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.18.4"><span class="content">the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.18.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.18.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The cords of the grave coiled around me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.18.5"><span class="content">the snares of death confronted me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.18.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.18.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">In my distress I called to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.18.6"><span class="content">I cried to my God for help.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.18.6"><span class="content">From his temple he heard my voice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.18.6"><span class="content">my cry came before him, into his ears.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.18.6"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.18.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They confronted me in the day of my disaster,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.18.18"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was my support.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.18.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.18.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He brought me out into a spacious place;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.18.19"><span class="content">he rescued me because he delighted in me.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.18.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">You save the humble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.18.27"><span class="content">but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.18.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.18.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, keep my lamp burning;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.18.28"><span class="content">my God turns my darkness into light.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.18.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.18.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">With your help I can advance against a troop</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:29 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">can run through a barricade</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.18.29"><span class="content">with my God I can scale a wall.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.18.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.18.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">As for God, his way is perfect:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.18.30"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s word is flawless;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.18.30"><span class="content">he shields all who take refuge in him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.18.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.18.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">For who is God besides the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.18.31"><span class="content">And who is the Rock except our God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.18.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.18.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">It is God who arms me with strength</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.18.32"><span class="content">and keeps my way secure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.18.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.18.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">He makes my feet like the feet of a deer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.18.33"><span class="content">he causes me to stand on the heights.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.18.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.18.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">He trains my hands for battle;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.18.34"><span class="content">my arms can bend a bow of bronze.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.18.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.18.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">You make your saving help my shield,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.18.35"><span class="content">and your right hand sustains me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.18.35"><span class="content">your help has made me great.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.18.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.18.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">You provide a broad path for my feet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.18.36"><span class="content">so that my ankles do not give way.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="PSA.18.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lives! Praise be to my Rock!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="PSA.18.46"><span class="content">Exalted be God my Savior!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="PSA.18.46"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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