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Tahiliym 18

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Book I: The Kinetic Deliverance and the War-Girded Vessel

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of Dawid, the servant of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, who spake unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 the words of this song in the day that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Sha'ul: And he said, I will love thee, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, my strength.
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The Multi-Layered Perimeter

𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my El, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
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I will call upon 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
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The Snares of Sheol

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of wicked men made me afraid.
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The sorrows of Sheol compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
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The Acoustic Breach of the Court

In my distress I called upon 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, and cried unto my Alahiym: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
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The Kinetic Response of the Sovereign

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
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There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
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The Descent of Elyon

He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
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And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
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The Secret Pavilion

He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
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The Arsenal of the Heavens

At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
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𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 also thundered in the heavens, and Elyon gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
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Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
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The Exposure of the Foundations

Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
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The Extraction from the Deep

He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
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He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
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They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 was my stay.
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He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
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The Recompense of Covenantal Integrity

𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
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For I have kept the ways of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, and have not wickedly departed from my Alahiym.
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For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
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I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
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Therefore hath 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
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The Mirror of Sovereign Justice

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
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With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
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For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
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The Illumination of the Perimeter

For thou wilt light my candle: 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 my Alahiym will enlighten my darkness.
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The Supernatural Breach

For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my Alahiym have I leaped over a wall.
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The Perfection of the Word

As for El, his way is perfect: the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
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For who is Eloah save 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄? or who is a rock save our Alahiym?
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The War-Girded Vessel

It is El that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
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He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
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The Engineering of Combat

He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
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Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
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Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
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The Consuming Pursuit

I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
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I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
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The Subjection of the Matrix

For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
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Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
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The Silent Heaven

They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, but he answered them not.
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The Eradication into Dust

Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
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The Messianic Exaltation

Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
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As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
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The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
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The Eternal Rock

𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the Alahiym of my salvation be exalted.
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It is El that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
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He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
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The Universal Frequency of Praise

Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
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The Eternal Guarantee of the Seed

Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth Rachamim to his Mashiach, to Dawid, and to his seed for evermore.