“The Lord is my strength(A) and my defense[a];
    he has become my salvation.(B)
He is my God,(C) and I will praise him,
    my father’s God, and I will exalt(D) him.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 15:2 Or song

The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.

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29 Blessed are you, Israel!(A)
    Who is like you,(B)
    a people saved by the Lord?(C)
He is your shield and helper(D)
    and your glorious sword.
Your enemies will cower before you,
    and you will tread on their heights.(E)

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29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

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10     those who oppose the Lord will be broken.(A)
The Most High will thunder(B) from heaven;
    the Lord will judge(C) the ends of the earth.

“He will give strength(D) to his king
    and exalt the horn(E) of his anointed.”

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10 The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

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19 But you, Lord, do not be far from me.(A)
    You are my strength;(B) come quickly(C) to help me.(D)

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19 But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

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The Lord is my strength(A) and my shield;
    my heart trusts(B) in him, and he helps me.
My heart leaps for joy,(C)
    and with my song I praise him.(D)

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The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

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You are my strength,(A) I watch for you;
    you, God, are my fortress,(B)

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Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.

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Psalm 81[a]

For the director of music. According to gittith.[b] Of Asaph.

Sing for joy to God our strength;
    shout aloud to the God of Jacob!(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 81:1 In Hebrew texts 81:1-16 is numbered 81:2-17.
  2. Psalm 81:1 Title: Probably a musical term

81 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

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Surely God is my salvation;(A)
    I will trust(B) and not be afraid.
The Lord, the Lord himself,(C) is my strength(D) and my defense[a];
    he has become my salvation.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 12:2 Or song

Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

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And now the Lord says—
    he who formed me in the womb(A) to be his servant
to bring Jacob back to him
    and gather Israel(B) to himself,
for I am[a] honored(C) in the eyes of the Lord
    and my God has been my strength(D)

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  1. Isaiah 49:5 Or him, / but Israel would not be gathered; / yet I will be

And now, saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.

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19 Lord, my strength and my fortress,
    my refuge(A) in time of distress,
to you the nations will come(B)
    from the ends of the earth and say,
“Our ancestors possessed nothing but false gods,(C)
    worthless idols(D) that did them no good.(E)

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19 O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

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