The Lord is my Strength and Song

The Lord is my strength and song, and he isHonour and majesty are before him: strength and
become my salvation: he is my God, and I willbeauty are in his sanctuary. Give unto the Lord, O
prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and Iye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord
will exalt him.glory and strength. The king's strength also loveth
Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the peoplejudgment; thou dost establish equity, thou
which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided themexecutest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
in thy strength unto thy holy habitation. GodBless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in
brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it werestrength, that do his commandments, hearkening
the strength of an unicorn.unto the voice of his word. Seek the Lord, and his
But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated forstrength: seek his face evermore. The Lord shall
the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of allsend the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule
that he hath: for he is the beginning of histhou in the midst of thine enemies.
strength; the right of the firstborn is his. ThyThe Lord is my strength and song, and is become
shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, somy salvation. Arise, O Lord, into thy rest; thou,
shall thy strength be.and the ark of thy strength.
The bows of the mighty men are broken, andHe delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he
they that stumbled are girded with strength.taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wickedCounsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am
shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall nounderstanding; I have strength. The way of the
man prevail. The adversaries of the Lord shall beLord is strength to the upright: but destruction
broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thundershall be to the workers of iniquity. Where no oxen
upon them: the Lord shall judge the ends of theare, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the
earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, andstrength of the ox.
exalt the horn of his anointed.Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie norbe afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength
repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.and my song; he also is become my salvation. For
God is my strength and power: and he makeththou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength
my way perfect. For thou hast girded me withto the needy in his distress, a refuge from the
strength to battle: them that rose up against mestorm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast
hast thou subdued under me.of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went inTrust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord
the strength of that meat forty days and fortyJehovah is everlasting strength: Or let him take
nights unto Horeb the mount of God.hold of my strength, that he may make peace
Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his facewith me; and he shall make peace with me. And
continually. Glory and honour are in his presence;for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in
strength and gladness are in his place. Give untojudgment, and for strength to them that turn the
the Lord, ye kindreds of the people, give unto thebattle to the gate. And wisdom and knowledge
Lord glory and strength.shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of
Both riches and honour come of thee, and thousalvation: the fear of the Lord is his treasure.
reignest over all; and in thine hand is power andO Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into
might; and in thine hand it is to make great, andthe high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest
to give strength unto all.good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it
Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy restingup, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah,
place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thyBehold your God!
priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, andHe giveth power to the faint; and to them that
let thy saints rejoice in goodness.have no might he increaseth strength. But they
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: whothat wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength;
hath hardened himself against him, and haththey shall mount up with wings as eagles; they
prospered? If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong:shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk,
and if of judgment, who shall set me a time toand not faint.
plead? With him is wisdom and strength, he hathKeep silence before me, O islands; and let the
counsel and understanding. Will he plead againstpeople renew their strength: let them come near;
me with his great power? No; but he would putthen let them speak: let us come near together
strength in me. How hast thou helped him that isto judgment. Surely, shall one say, in the Lord
without power? how savest thou the arm thathave I righteousness and strength: even to him
hath no strength?shall men come; and all that are incensed against
Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: hehim shall be ashamed.
is mighty in strength and wisdom. For he saith toAnd now, saith the Lord that formed me from
the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to thethe womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again
small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great?be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God
or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? Hath thoushall be my strength.
given the horse strength? hast thou clothed hisAwake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put
neck with thunder? He paweth in the valley, andon thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy
rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet thecity: for henceforth there shall no more come into
armed men.thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force isThe Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by
in the navel of his belly. In his neck remaineththe arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give
strength, and sorrow is turned into joy beforethy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the
him. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklingssons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for
hast thou ordained strength because of thinethe which thou hast laboured.
enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy andWho is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed
the avenger.garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his
The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and myapparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength?
deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I willI that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation,Look down from heaven, and behold from the
and my high tower. It is God that girdeth me withhabitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where
strength, and maketh my way perfect. Let theis thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy
words of my mouth, and the meditation of mybowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they
heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, myrestrained?
strength, and my redeemer.Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the
Now know I that the Lord saveth his anointed; hepastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree
will hear him from his holy heaven with the savingbeareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do
strength of his right hand. Be thou exalted, Lord,yield their strength.
in thine own strength: so will we sing and praiseThe Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his
thy power.voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the
The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heartearth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of
trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore myhis people, and the strength of the children of
heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will IIsrael. And he shall stand and feed in the strength
praise him. The Lord is their strength, and he isof the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the
the saving strength of his anointed. The Lord willLord his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he
give strength unto his people; the Lord will blessbe great unto the ends of the earth.
his people with peace.The Lord God is my strength, and he will make
There is no king saved by the multitude of anmy feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to
host: a mighty man is not delivered by muchwalk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on
strength. An horse is a vain thing for safety:my stringed instruments.
neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord:heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind,
he is their strength in the time of trouble.and with all thy strength: this is the first
Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God iscommandment. And to love him with all the heart,
my defence, and the God of my mercy. Gilead isand with all the understanding, and with all the
mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is thesoul, and with all the strength, and to love his
strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt
Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast outofferings and sacrifices.
my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out
In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock ofof his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and
my strength, and my refuge, is in God. Which byhis countenance was as the sun shineth in his
his strength setteth fast the mountains; beingstrength.
girded with power.And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia
Thy God hath commanded thy strength:write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is
strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wroughttrue, he that hath the key of David, he that
for us.openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and
Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency isno man openeth; I know thy works: behold, I
over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds. Ohave set before thee an open door, and no man
God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: thecan shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast
God of Israel is he that giveth strength andkept my word, and hast not denied my name.
power unto his people. Blessed be God. I will go inBehold, I will make them of the synagogue of
the strength of the Lord God: I will make mentionSatan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but
of thy righteousness, even of thine only.do lie; behold, I will make them to come and
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thouworship before thy feet, and to know that I have
brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.loved thee. Because thou hast kept the word of
Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hastmy patience, I also will keep thee from the hour
declared thy strength among the people. We willof temptation, which shall come upon all the world,
not hide them from their children, shewing to theto try them that dwell upon the earth.
generation to come the praises of the Lord, andBehold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou
his strength, and his wonderful works that hehast, that no man take thy crown. Him that
hath done. Blessed is the man whose strength isovercometh will I make a pillar in the temple of
in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will
They go from strength to strength, every one ofwrite upon him the name of my God, and the
them in Zion appeareth before God. For thou artname of the city of my God, which is new
the glory of their strength: and in thy favour ourJerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven
horn shall be exalted.from my God: and I will write upon him my new
The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; thename. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the
Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hathSpirit saith unto the churches.
girded himself: the world also is stablished, that itGlimpses of God © by Joyce C. Lock
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