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(A song and a psalm by David.)
With God on Our Side
1 Our God, I am faithful to you
with all my heart,
and you can trust me.
I will sing
and play music for you
with all that I am.
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108
Chapter recording List of all recordings of KJV A Song or Psalm of David.
1 O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
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2 I will start playing my harps
before the sun rises.
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2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
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3 I will praise you, Lord,
for everyone to hear;
I will sing hymns to you
in every nation.
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3 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
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4 Your love reaches higher
than the heavens,
and your loyalty extends
beyond the clouds.
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4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. clouds: or, skies
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5 Our God, may you be honored
above the heavens;
may your glory be seen
everywhere on earth.
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5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;
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6 Answer my prayers
and use your powerful arm
to give us victory.
Then the people you love
will be safe.
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6 That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.
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7 Our God, from your holy place
you made this promise:
“I will gladly divide up
the city of Shechem
and give away Succoth Valley
piece by piece.
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7 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
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8 The lands of Gilead
and Manasseh are mine.
Ephraim is my war helmet,
and Judah is my symbol
of royal power.
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8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
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9 Moab is merely my washbasin,
and Edom belongs to me.
I shout with victory
over the Philistines.”
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9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
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10 Our God, who will bring me
to the fortress
or lead me to Edom?
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10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
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11 Have you rejected us?
You don't lead our armies.
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11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?
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12 Help us defeat our enemies!
No one else can rescue us.
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12 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
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13 You are the one
who gives us victory
and crushes our enemies.
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13 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
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