(A)Out of my distress I (B)called on the Lord;
    the Lord answered me and set me (C)free.

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When hard pressed,(A) I cried to the Lord;
    he brought me into a spacious place.(B)

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13 I was (A)pushed hard,[a] so that I was falling,
    but the Lord helped me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 118:13 Hebrew You (that is, the enemy) pushed me hard

13 I was pushed back and about to fall,
    but the Lord helped me.(A)

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14 The Lord is my strength and my song;
    (A)he has become my salvation.

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14 The Lord is my strength(A) and my defense[a];
    he has become my salvation.(B)

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  1. Psalm 118:14 Or song

17 (A)I shall not die, but I shall live,
    and (B)recount the deeds of the Lord.

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17 I will not die(A) but live,
    and will proclaim(B) what the Lord has done.

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19 (A)Open to me the gates of righteousness,
    that I may enter through them
    and give thanks to the Lord.

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19 Open for me the gates(A) of the righteous;
    I will enter(B) and give thanks to the Lord.

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