Psalm 18

1. 1

   I love you, O LORD my strength, *
   O LORD my stronghold, my crag, and my haven.

2. 2

   My God, my rock in whom I put my trust, *
   my shield, the horn of my salvation, and my refuge; you are worthy of praise.

3. 3

   I will call upon the LORD, *
   and so shall I be saved from my enemies.

4. 4

   The breakers of death rolled over me, *
   and the torrents of oblivion made me afraid.

5. 5

   The cords of hell entangled me, *
   and the snares of death were set for me.

6. 6

   I called upon the LORD in my distress *
   and cried out to my God for help.

7. 7

   He heard my voice from his heavenly dwelling; *
   my cry of anguish came to his ears.

8. 8

   The earth reeled and rocked; *
   the roots of the mountains shook; they reeled because of his anger.

9. 9

   Smoke rose from his nostrils and a consuming fire out of his mouth; *
   hot burning coals blazed forth from him.

10. 10

    He parted the heavens and came down *
    with a storm cloud under his feet.

11. 11

    He mounted on cherubim and flew; *
    he swooped on the wings of the wind.

12. 12

    He wrapped darkness about him; *
    he made dark waters and thick clouds his pavilion.

13. 13

    From the brightness of his presence, through the clouds, *
    burst hailstones and coals of fire.

14. 14

    The LORD thundered out of heaven; *
    the Most High uttered his voice.

15. 15

    He loosed his arrows and scattered them; *
    he hurled thunderbolts and routed them.

16. 16

    The beds of the seas were uncovered, and the foundations of the world laid bare, *
    at your battle cry, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

17. 17

    He reached down from on high and grasped me; *
    he drew me out of great waters.

18. 18

    He delivered me from my strong enemies and from those who hated me; *
    for they were too mighty for me.

19. 19

    They confronted me in the day of my disaster; *
    but the LORD was my support.

20. 20

    He brought me out into an open place; *
    he rescued me because he delighted in me.

21. 21

    The LORD rewarded me because of my righteous dealing; *
    because my hands were clean he rewarded me;

22. 22

    For I have kept the ways of the LORD *
    and have not offended against my God;

23. 23

    For all his judgments are before my eyes, *
    and his decrees I have not put away from me;

24. 24

    For I have been blameless with him *
    and have kept myself from iniquity;

25. 25

    Therefore the LORD rewarded me according to my righteous dealing, *
    because of the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

26. 26

    With the faithful you show yourself faithful, O God; *
    with the forthright you show yourself forthright.

27. 27

    With the pure you show yourself pure, *
    but with the crooked you are wily.

28. 28

    You will save a lowly people, *
    but you will humble the haughty eyes.

29. 29

    You, O LORD, are my lamp; *
    my God, you make my darkness bright.

30. 30

    With you I will break down an enclosure; *
    with the help of my God I will scale any wall.

31. 31

    As for God, his ways are perfect; the words of the LORD are tried in the fire; *
    he is a shield to all who trust in him.

32. 32

    For who is God, but the LORD? *
    who is the Rock, except our God?

33. 33

    It is God who girds me about with strength *
    and makes my way secure.

34. 34

    He makes me sure-footed like a deer *
    and lets me stand firm on the heights.

35. 35

    He trains my hands for battle *
    and my arms for bending even a bow of bronze.

36. 36

    You have given me your shield of victory; *
    your right hand also sustains me; your loving care makes me great.

37. 37

    You lengthen my stride beneath me, *
    and my ankles do not give way.

38. 38

    I pursue my enemies and overtake them; *
    I will not turn back till I have destroyed them.

39. 39

    I strike them down, and they cannot rise; *
    they fall defeated at my feet.

40. 40

    You have girded me with strength for the battle; *
    you have cast down my adversaries beneath me; you have put my enemies to flight.

41. 41

    I destroy those who hate me; they cry out, but there is none to help them; *
    they cry to the LORD, but he does not answer.

42. 42

    I beat them small like dust before the wind; *
    I trample them like mud in the streets.

43. 43

    You deliver me from the strife of the peoples; *
    you put me at the head of the nations.

44. 44

    A people I have not known shall serve me; no sooner shall they hear than they shall obey me; *
    strangers will cringe before me.

45. 45

    The foreign peoples will lose heart; *
    they shall come trembling out of their strongholds.

46. 46

    The LORD lives! Blessed is my Rock! *
    Exalted is the God of my salvation!

47. 47

    He is the God who gave me victory *
    and cast down the peoples beneath me.

48. 48

    You rescued me from the fury of my enemies; you exalted me above those who rose against me; *
    you saved me from my deadly foe.

49. 49

    Therefore will I extol you among the nations, O LORD, *
    and sing praises to your Name.

50. 50

    He multiplies the victories of his king; *
    he shows loving-kindness to his anointed, to David and his descendants for ever.

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