(NIV)
‘The
Lord is my strength and my defence ;
he has become my salvation.
He is my God, and I will praise him,
my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
The
Lord is my
strength and my
song,
and he has become my
salvation;
this is my
God, and I will
praise him,
my
father’s God, and I will
exalt him.
(NIV)
In your unfailing love you will lead
the people you have redeemed.
In your strength you will guide them
to your holy dwelling.
“You have
led in your
steadfast love the
people whom you have
redeemed;
you have
guided them by your
strength to your
holy abode.
(NIV)
I will break down your stubborn pride and make the sky above you like iron and the ground beneath you like bronze.
and I will
break the
pride of your
power, and I will
make your
heavens like
iron and your
earth like
bronze.
(NIV)
The Spirit of the
Lord came on him, so that he became Israel’s judge and went to war. The
Lord gave Cushan-Rishathaim king of Aram into the hands of Othniel, who overpowered him.
The
Spirit of the
Lord was
upon him, and he
judged Israel. He
went out to
war, and the
Lord gave Cushan-rishathaim king of
Mesopotamia into his
hand. And his
hand prevailed over Cushan-rishathaim.
(NIV)
The River Kishon swept them away,
the age-old river, the River Kishon.
March on, my soul; be strong!
The
torrent Kishon swept them
away,
the
ancient torrent, the
torrent Kishon.
March on, my
soul, with
might!
(NIV)
Because the power of Midian was so oppressive, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in mountain clefts, caves and strongholds.
And the
hand of
Midian overpowered Israel, and
because of
Midian the
people of
Israel made for themselves the
dens that are in the
mountains and the
caves and the
strongholds.
(NIV)
Inside the city, however, was a strong tower, to which all the men and women – all the people of the city – had fled. They had locked themselves in and climbed up on the tower roof.
But there was a
strong tower within the
city, and all the
men and
women and all the
leaders of the
city fled to it and
shut themselves in, and they
went up to the
roof of the
tower.
(NIV)
those who oppose the
Lord will be broken.
The Most High will thunder from heaven;
the
Lord will judge the ends of the earth.
‘He will give strength to his king
and exalt the horn of his anointed.’
The
adversaries of the
Lord shall be broken to
pieces;
against them he will
thunder in
heaven.
The
Lord will
judge the
ends of the
earth;
he will
give strength to his
king and
exalt the
horn of his
anointed.”
(NIV)
Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the
Lord with all his might,
And
David danced before the
Lord with
all his
might. And
David was
wearing a
linen ephod.
(NIV)
David and all the Israelites were celebrating with all their might before God, with songs and with harps, lyres, tambourines, cymbals and trumpets.
And
David and
all Israel were
celebrating before God with
all their
might, with
song and
lyres and
harps and
tambourines and
cymbals and
trumpets.
(NIV)
Look to the
Lord and his strength;
seek his face always.
Seek the
Lord and his
strength;
seek his
presence continually!
(NIV)
Splendour and majesty are before him;
strength and joy are in his dwelling-place.
Splendor and
majesty are
before him;
strength and
joy are in his
place.
(NIV)
Ascribe to the
Lord, all you families of nations,
ascribe to the
Lord glory and strength.
Ascribe to the
Lord, O
families of the
peoples,
ascribe to the
Lord glory and
strength!
(NIV)
‘Now arise,
Lord God, and come to your resting place,
you and the ark of your might.
May your priests,
Lord God, be clothed with salvation,
may your faithful people rejoice in your goodness.
“And
now arise, O
Lord God, and go to your
resting place,
you and the
ark of your
might.
Let your
priests, O
Lord God, be
clothed with
salvation,
and let your
saints rejoice in your
goodness.
(NIV)
The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great rejoicing, while the Levites and priests praised the
Lord every day with resounding instruments dedicated to the
Lord.
And the
people of
Israel who were
present at
Jerusalem kept the
Feast of
Unleavened Bread seven days with
great gladness, and the
Levites and the
priests praised the
Lord day by
day, singing with all their
might to the
Lord.
(NIV)
I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told the king, ‘The gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him, but his great anger is against all who forsake him.’
For I was
ashamed to
ask the king for a band of
soldiers and
horsemen to
protect us against the
enemy on our
way,
since we had
told the
king,
“The
hand of our
God is for
good on all who
seek him, and the
power of his
wrath is
against all who
forsake him.”
(NIV)
To him belong strength and insight;
both deceived and deceiver are his.
With him are
strength and
sound wisdom;
the
deceived and the
deceiver are his.
(NIV)
‘How you have helped the powerless!
How you have saved the arm that is feeble!
“
How you have
helped him who has
no power!
How you have
saved the
arm that has
no strength!
(NIV)
He says to the snow, “Fall on the earth,”
and to the rain shower, “Be a mighty downpour.”
For to the
snow he
says, ‘
Fall on the
earth,’
likewise to the
downpour, his
mighty downpour.
(NIV)
Strength resides in its neck;
dismay goes before it.
In his
neck abides strength,
and
terror dances before him.
(NIV)
Through the praise of children and infants
you have established a stronghold against your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.
Out of the
mouth of
babies and
infants,
you have
established strength because of your
foes,
to
still the
enemy and the
avenger.
(NIV)
Arise,
Lord, do not let mortals triumph;
let the nations be judged in your presence.
Arise, O
Lord! Let not
man prevail;
let the
nations be
judged before you!
(NIV)
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
(ESV)
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
(NIV)
The king rejoices in your strength,
Lord.
How great is his joy in the victories you give!
O
Lord, in your
strength the
king rejoices,
and in your
salvation how
greatly he
exults!
(NIV)
Be exalted in your strength,
Lord;
we will sing and praise your might.
Be
exalted, O
Lord, in your
strength!
We will
sing and
praise your
power.
(NIV)
The
Lord is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and he helps me.
My heart leaps for joy,
and with my song I praise him.
The
Lord is my
strength and my
shield;
in him my
heart trusts, and I am
helped;
my
heart exults,
and with my
song I
give thanks to him.
(NIV)
The
Lord is the strength of his people,
a fortress of salvation for his anointed one.
The
Lord is the
strength of his people;
he is the
saving refuge of his
anointed.
(NIV)
A psalm of David.
(ESV)
A Psalm of David.
(NIV)
Ascribe to the
Lord, you heavenly beings,
ascribe to the
Lord glory and strength.
Ascribe to the
Lord, O
heavenly beings,
ascribe to the
Lord glory and
strength.
(NIV)
The
Lord gives strength to his people;
the
Lord blesses his people with peace.
May the
Lord give strength to his
people!
May the
Lord bless his
people with
peace!
(NIV)
Lord, when you favoured me,
you made my royal mountain stand firm;
but when you hid your face,
I was dismayed.
(ESV)
By your
favor, O
Lord,
you made my
mountain stand strong;
you
hid your
face;
I was
dismayed.
(NIV)
For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth. A song.
(ESV)
To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song.
(NIV)
God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
God is our
refuge and
strength,
a
very present help in
trouble.
(NIV)
‘Here now is the man
who did not make God his stronghold
but trusted in his great wealth
and grew strong by destroying others!’
“
See the
man who would
not make God his
refuge,
but
trusted in the
abundance of his
riches and
sought refuge in his own
destruction!”
(NIV)
You are my strength, I watch for you;
you, God, are my fortress,
O my
Strength, I will
watch for you,
for you, O
God, are my
fortress.
(NIV)
But I will sing of your strength,
in the morning I will sing of your love;
for you are my fortress,
my refuge in times of trouble.
But
I will
sing of your
strength;
I will
sing aloud of your
steadfast love in the
morning.
For you have been to me a
fortress and a
refuge in the
day of my
distress.
(NIV)
You are my strength, I sing praise to you;
you, God, are my fortress,
my God on whom I can rely.
O my
Strength, I will
sing praises to you,
for you, O
God,
are my
fortress,
the
God who shows me
steadfast love.
(NIV)
For you have been my refuge,
a strong tower against the foe.
for you have been my
refuge,
a
strong tower against the
enemy.
(NIV)
My salvation and my honour depend on God ;
he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
On
God rests my
salvation and my
glory;
my
mighty rock,
my
refuge is
God.
(NIV)
One thing God has spoken,
two things I have heard:
‘Power belongs to you, God,
Once God has
spoken;
twice have I
heard this:
that
power belongs to
God,
(NIV)
I have seen you in the sanctuary
and beheld your power and your glory.
So I have
looked upon you in the
sanctuary,
beholding your
power and
glory.
(NIV)
Say to God, ‘How awesome are your deeds!
So great is your power
that your enemies cringe before you.
Say to
God,
“
How awesome are your
deeds!
So
great is your
power that your
enemies come cringing to you.
(NIV)
Summon your power, God;
show us your strength, our God, as you have done before.
Summon your
power, O
God,
the
power, O
God, by
which you have
worked for us.
(NIV)
to him who rides across the highest heavens, the ancient heavens,
who thunders with mighty voice.
to him who
rides in the
heavens, the
ancient heavens;
behold, he
sends out his
voice, his
mighty voice.
(NIV)
Proclaim the power of God,
whose majesty is over Israel,
whose power is in the heavens.
Ascribe power to
God,
whose
majesty is
over Israel,
and whose
power is in the
skies.
(NIV)
You, God, are awesome in your sanctuary;
the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.
Praise be to God!
Awesome is
God from his
sanctuary;
the
God of
Israel—he is the one who
gives power and
strength to his
people.
Blessed be
God!
(NIV)
I have become a sign to many;
you are my strong refuge.
I have been as a
portent to
many,
but you are my
strong refuge.
(NIV)
It was you who split open the sea by your power;
you broke the heads of the monster in the waters.
You
divided the
sea by your
might;
you
broke the
heads of the
sea monsters on the
waters.
(NIV)
You are the God who performs miracles;
you display your power among the peoples.
You are the
God who
works wonders;
you have made
known your
might among the
peoples.
(NIV)
He let loose the east wind from the heavens
and by his power made the south wind blow.
He caused the
east wind to
blow in the
heavens,
and by his
power he
led out the
south wind;
(NIV)
He sent the ark of his might into captivity,
his splendour into the hands of the enemy.
and
delivered his
power to
captivity,
his
glory to the
hand of the
foe.
(NIV)
For the director of music. According to gittith. Of Asaph.
(ESV)
To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. Of Asaph.
(NIV)
Sing for joy to God our strength;
shout aloud to the God of Jacob!
Sing aloud to
God our
strength;
shout for
joy to the
God of
Jacob!
(NIV)
Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
Blessed are those whose
strength is in you,
in whose
heart are the
highways to Zion.
(NIV)
Turn to me and have mercy on me;
show your strength on behalf of your servant;
save me, because I serve you
just as my mother did.
Turn to me and be
gracious to me;
give your
strength to your
servant,
and
save the
son of your
maidservant.
(NIV)
You crushed Rahab like one of the slain;
with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.
You
crushed Rahab like a
carcass;
you
scattered your
enemies with your
mighty arm.
(NIV)
Your arm is endowed with power;
your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.
You have a
mighty arm;
strong is your
hand,
high your
right hand.
(NIV)
For you are their glory and strength,
and by your favour you exalt our horn.
For you are the
glory of their
strength;
by your
favor our
horn is
exalted.
(NIV)
If only we knew the power of your anger!
Your wrath is as great as the fear that is your due.
Who considers the
power of your
anger,
and your
wrath according to the
fear of you?
(NIV)
The
Lord reigns, he is robed in majesty;
the
Lord is robed in majesty and armed with strength;
indeed, the world is established, firm and secure.
The
Lord reigns; he is
robed in
majesty;
the
Lord is
robed; he has put on
strength as his
belt.
Yes, the
world is
established;
it shall
never be
moved.
(NIV)
Splendour and majesty are before him;
strength and glory are in his sanctuary.
Splendor and
majesty are
before him;
strength and
beauty are in his
sanctuary.
(NIV)
Ascribe to the
Lord, all you families of nations,
ascribe to the
Lord glory and strength.
Ascribe to the
Lord, O
families of the
peoples,
ascribe to the
Lord glory and
strength!
(NIV)
The King is mighty, he loves justice –
you have established equity;
in Jacob you have done
what is just and right.
The
King in his
might loves justice.
You have
established equity;
you have
executed justice and
righteousness in
Jacob.
(NIV)
Look to the
Lord and his strength;
seek his face always.
Seek the
Lord and his
strength;
seek his
presence continually!
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