Psalms 18 NO HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS
18:1 <> I will love You, O LORD, my strength.
18:2 The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
18:3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.
18:4 The pangs of death surrounded me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
18:5 The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.
18:6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, And cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry came before Him, even to His ears.
18:7 Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations of the hills also quaked and were shaken, Because He was angry.
18:8 Smoke went up from His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it.
18:9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down With darkness under His feet.
18:10 And He rode upon a cherub, and flew; He flew upon the wings of the wind.
18:11 He made darkness His secret place; His canopy around Him was dark waters And thick clouds of the skies.
18:12 From the brightness before Him, His thick clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire.
18:13 The LORD thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.
18:14 He sent out His arrows and scattered the foe, Lightnings in abundance, and He vanquished them.
18:15 Then the channels of the sea were seen, The foundations of the world were uncovered At Your rebuke, O LORD, At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
18:16 He sent from above, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.
18:17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me, For they were too strong for me.
18:18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the LORD was my support.
18:19 He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.
18:20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
18:21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
18:22 For all His judgments were before me, And I did not put away His statutes from me.
18:23 I was also blameless before Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity.
18:24 Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.
18:25 With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful; With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;
18:26 With the pure You will show Yourself pure; And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.
18:27 For You will save the humble people, But will bring down haughty looks.
18:28 For You will light my lamp; The LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
18:29 For by You I can run against a troop, By my God I can leap over a wall.
18:30 As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the LORD is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.
18:31 For who is God, except the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?
18:32 It is God who arms me with strength, And makes my way perfect.
18:33 He makes my feet like the feet of deer, And sets me on my high places.
18:34 He teaches my hands to make war, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
18:35 You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; Your right hand has held me up, Your gentleness has made me great.
18:36 You enlarged my path under me, So my feet did not slip.
18:37 I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them; Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.
18:38 I have wounded them, So that they could not rise; They have fallen under my feet.
18:39 For You have armed me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
18:40 You have also given me the necks of my enemies, So that I destroyed those who hated me.
18:41 They cried out, but there was none to save; Even to the LORD, but He did not answer them.
18:42 Then I beat them as fine as the dust before the wind; I cast them out like dirt in the streets.
18:43 You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; You have made me the head of the nations; A people I have not known shall serve me.
18:44 As soon as they hear of me they obey me; The foreigners submit to me.
18:45 The foreigners fade away, And come frightened from their hideouts.
18:46 The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let the God of my salvation be exalted.
18:47 It is God who avenges me, And subdues the peoples under me;
18:48 He delivers me from my enemies. You also lift me up above those who rise against me; You have delivered me from the violent man.
18:49 Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the Gentiles, And sing praises to Your name.
18:50 Great deliverance He gives to His king, And shows mercy to His anointed, To David and his descendants forevermore.