Chapter:

The Book of Psalms

Chapter 18

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Ps 18:1	I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.
Ps 18:2	Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
Ps 18:3	I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies.
Ps 18:4	The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
Ps 18:5	The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
Ps 18:6	In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears.
Ps 18:7	Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
Ps 18:8	There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.
Ps 18:9	He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.
Ps 18:10	And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind.
Ps 18:11	He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Ps 18:12	At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire.
Ps 18:13	Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.
Ps 18:14	And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.
Ps 18:15	Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
Ps 18:16	He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters.
Ps 18:17	He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
Ps 18:18	They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.
Ps 18:19	He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
Ps 18:20	Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
Ps 18:21	For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
Ps 18:22	For all his ordinances were before me, And I put not away his statutes from me.
Ps 18:23	I was also perfect with him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity.
Ps 18:24	Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
Ps 18:25	With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;
Ps 18:26	With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.
Ps 18:27	For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.
Ps 18:28	For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.
Ps 18:29	For by thee I run upon a troop; And by my God do I leap over a wall.
Ps 18:30	As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.
Ps 18:31	For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God,
Ps 18:32	The God that girdeth me with strength, And maketh my way perfect?
Ps 18:33	He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: And setteth me upon my high places.
Ps 18:34	He teacheth my hands to war; So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
Ps 18:35	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.
Ps 18:36	Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.
Ps 18:37	I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; Neither will I turn again till they are consumed.
Ps 18:38	I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet.
Ps 18:39	For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Ps 18:40	Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.
Ps 18:41	They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.
Ps 18:42	Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.
Ps 18:43	Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
Ps 18:44	As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.
Ps 18:45	The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places.
Ps 18:46	Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God of my salvation,
Ps 18:47	Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And subdueth peoples under me.
Ps 18:48	He rescueth me from mine enemies; Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.
Ps 18:49	Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations, And will sing praises unto thy name.
Ps 18:50	Great deliverance giveth he to his king, And showeth lovingkindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, for evermore. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.