vw@Psalms:18:2 @ Jehovah is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; my Mighty God, my rock wall, in whom I will trust; He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
vw@Psalms:18:3 @ I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be delivered from my enemies.
vw@Psalms:18:4 @ The cords of death have surrounded me, and the floods of the wicked made me afraid.
vw@Psalms:18:5 @ The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death have confronted me.
vw@Psalms:18:6 @ In my distress I called upon Jehovah, and cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, and my cry came before Him, into His ears.
vw@Psalms:18:7 @ Then the earth shook and trembled; and the foundations of the hills quaked and were shaken, because He was angry.
vw@Psalms:18:8 @ Smoke went up out of His nostrils, and fire devoured out of His mouth; coals were kindled by it.
vw@Psalms:18:9 @ He also bowed the heavens and came down, and darkness was under His feet.
vw@Psalms:18:10 @ And He rode upon a cherub, and soared; yea, He flew swiftly upon the wings of the wind.
vw@Psalms:18:11 @ He made darkness His secret place; His pavilion around Him was dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
vw@Psalms:18:12 @ From the brightness before Him, His dark clouds passed over with hailstones and coals of fire.
vw@Psalms:18:13 @ Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave forth His voice, hailstones and coals of fire.
vw@Psalms:18:14 @ Yea, He sent out His arrows and scattered them; and He shot out lightnings and confounded them.
vw@Psalms:18:15 @ Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered at Your rebuke, O Jehovah, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
vw@Psalms:18:16 @ He sent from above, He took me, He drew me out of many waters.
vw@Psalms:18:17 @ He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me; for they were too strong for me.
vw@Psalms:18:18 @ They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but Jehovah was my support.
vw@Psalms:18:19 @ He brought me forth also into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.
vw@Psalms:18:20 @ Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands He has given back to me.
vw@Psalms:18:21 @ For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
vw@Psalms:18:22 @ For all His judgments were before me, and I did not put away His Statutes from me.
vw@Psalms:18:23 @ I was also perfect before Him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.
vw@Psalms:18:24 @ Therefore Jehovah has given back to me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.
vw@Psalms:18:25 @ With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful; with a perfect man You will show Yourself perfect;
vw@Psalms:18:26 @ with the pure You will show Yourself pure; and with the crooked You will show Yourself twisted.
vw@Psalms:18:27 @ For You will save the lowly people, but will bring down lofty looks.
vw@Psalms:18:28 @ For You will light my lamp; Jehovah my God will cause my darkness to shine.
vw@Psalms:18:29 @ For by You I run against a troop; and by my God I leap over a wall.
vw@Psalms:18:30 @ As for the Mighty God, His way is perfect; the Word of Jehovah is tested; He is a shield to all those who trust in Him.
vw@Psalms:18:31 @ For who is God besides Jehovah? Or, who is a Rock except our God?
vw@Psalms:18:32 @ It is the Mighty God who clasps me with strength and makes my way perfect.
vw@Psalms:18:33 @ He makes my feet like the feet of deer, and sets me on my high places.
vw@Psalms:18:34 @ He teaches my hands to war, so that a bow of bronze is stretched by my arms.
vw@Psalms:18:35 @ You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; and Your right hand has held me up, and Your meekness has made me great.
vw@Psalms:18:36 @ You enlarged the place for my steps under me, so that my feet have not slipped.
vw@Psalms:18:37 @ I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them; nor did I turn back until they were destroyed.
vw@Psalms:18:38 @ I have shattered them, and they cannot rise again; they have fallen under my feet.
vw@Psalms:18:39 @ For You have clasped me with strength for the battle; You bowed down under me those who rose up against me.
vw@Psalms:18:40 @ You have also given me the necks of my enemies; so that I annihilated those who hated me.
vw@Psalms:18:41 @ They cried out for help, but there was no one to deliver; even to Jehovah, but He did not answer them.
vw@Psalms:18:42 @ Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind; I cast them out like the dirt in the streets.
vw@Psalms:18:43 @ You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; You have made me the head of the nations; a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
vw@Psalms:18:44 @ As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; the children of foreigners shall cower before me.
vw@Psalms:18:45 @ The children of foreigners shall fall down and come trembling out of their holes.
vw@Psalms:18:46 @ Jehovah lives! Blessed be my rock! Let the God of my salvation be exalted!
vw@Psalms:18:47 @ It is the Mighty God who avenges me, and puts the people to flight.
vw@Psalms:18:48 @ He delivers me from my enemies; yea, You lift me up above those who rise up against me; You have delivered me from the violent man.
vw@Psalms:18:49 @ Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Jehovah, among the nations, and make music unto Your name,
vw@Psalms:18:50 @ who gives great deliverance to His king, and deals mercy to His anointed, to David and to his seed forevermore.