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PSA 18:1
Psalm 18:1 |
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I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. |
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PSA 18:2
Psalm 18:2 |
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The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my
deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn
of my salvation, and my high tower. |
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PSA 18:3
Psalm 18:3 |
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I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to
be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. |
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PSA 18:4
Psalm 18:4 |
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The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods
of ungodly men made me afraid. |
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PSA 18:5
Psalm 18:5 |
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The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the
snares of death prevented me. |
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PSA 18:6
Psalm 18:6 |
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In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried
unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him,
even into his ears. |
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PSA 18:7
Psalm 18:7 |
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Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations
also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. |
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PSA 18:8
Psalm 18:8 |
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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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PSA 18:9
Psalm 18:9 |
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He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and
darkness was under his feet. |
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PSA 18:10
Psalm 18:10 |
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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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PSA 18:11
Psalm 18:11 |
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He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion
round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. |
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PSA 18:12
Psalm 18:12 |
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At the brightness that was before him his thick
clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire. |
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PSA 18:13
Psalm 18:13 |
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The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and
the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. |
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PSA 18:14
Psalm 18:14 |
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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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PSA 18:15
Psalm 18:15 |
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Then the channels of waters were seen, and the
foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of
the breath of thy nostrils. |
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PSA 18:16
Psalm 18:16 |
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He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out
of many waters. |
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PSA 18:17
Psalm 18:17 |
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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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PSA 18:18
Psalm 18:18 |
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They prevented me in the day of my calamity:
but the LORD was my stay. |
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PSA 18:19
Psalm 18:19 |
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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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PSA 18:20
Psalm 18:20 |
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The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. |
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PSA 18:21
Psalm 18:21 |
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For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have
not wickedly departed from my God. |
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PSA 18:22
Psalm 18:22 |
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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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PSA 18:23
Psalm 18:23 |
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I was also upright before him, and I kept myself
from mine iniquity. |
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PSA 18:24
Psalm 18:24 |
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Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according
to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. |
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PSA 18:25
Psalm 18:25 |
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With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful;
with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright; |
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PSA 18:26
Psalm 18:26 |
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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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PSA 18:27
Psalm 18:27 |
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For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but
wilt bring down high looks. |
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PSA 18:28
Psalm 18:28 |
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For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God
will enlighten my darkness. |
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PSA 18:29
Psalm 18:29 |
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For by thee I have run through a troop; and
by my God have I leaped over a wall. |
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PSA 18:30
Psalm 18:30 |
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As for God, his way is perfect: the word of
the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. |
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PSA 18:31
Psalm 18:31 |
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For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock
save our God? |
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PSA 18:32
Psalm 18:32 |
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It is God that girdeth me with strength, and
maketh my way perfect. |
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PSA 18:33
Psalm 18:33 |
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He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth
me upon my high places. |
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PSA 18:34
Psalm 18:34 |
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He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of
steel is broken by mine arms. |
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PSA 18:35
Psalm 18:35 |
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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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PSA 18:36
Psalm 18:36 |
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Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that
my feet did not slip. |
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PSA 18:37
Psalm 18:37 |
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I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them:
neither did I turn again till they were consumed. |
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PSA 18:38
Psalm 18:38 |
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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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PSA 18:39
Psalm 18:39 |
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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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PSA 18:40
Psalm 18:40 |
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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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PSA 18:41
Psalm 18:41 |
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They cried, but there was none to save them:
even unto the LORD, but he answered them not. |
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PSA 18:42
Psalm 18:42 |
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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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PSA 18:43
Psalm 18:43 |
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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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PSA 18:44
Psalm 18:44 |
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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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PSA 18:45
Psalm 18:45 |
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The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid
out of their close places. |
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PSA 18:46
Psalm 18:46 |
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The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and
let the God of my salvation be exalted. |
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PSA 18:47
Psalm 18:47 |
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It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the
people under me. |
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PSA 18:48
Psalm 18:48 |
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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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PSA 18:49
Psalm 18:49 |
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Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD,
among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name. |
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PSA 18:50
Psalm 18:50 |
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Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and
sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore. |
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