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Psalms 18:39 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" For you have armed me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me. "
Psalms 18:39
Verse in Context
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37 I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. I won’t turn away until they are consumed.
38 I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.
39 For you have armed me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
40 You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
41 They cried, but there was no one to save; even to the LORD, but he didn’t answer them.
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Psalms 18:1
"I love you, LORD, my strength."
Psalms 18:2
"The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower."
Psalms 18:3
"I call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved from my enemies."
Psalms 18:4
"The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid."
Psalms 18:5
"The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me."
Psalms 18:6
"In my distress I called on the LORD, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears."
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