Psalms:18

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* I love thee , O LORD , my strength ! * Jehovah is my rock , my fortress , and my deliverer ; My God , my strength , in whom I trust ; My shield , my strong defence , and my high tower . * I called upon the LORD , who is worthy to be praised , And was delivered from my enemies . * The snares of death encompassed me ; The floods of destruction filled me with dismay ; * The snares of the underworld surrounded me , And the nets of death seized upon me . * In my distress I called upon the LORD , And cried unto my God ; He heard my voice from his palace , And my cry came before him into his ears . * Then the earth quaked and trembled ; The foundations of the mountains rocked and were shaken , Because his wrath was kindled . * A smoke went up from his nostrils , And fire from his mouth devoured ; Burning coals shot forth from him . * He bowed the heavens , and came down ; And darkness was under his feet ; * And he rode upon a cherub , and did fly ; Yea , he did fly upon the wings of the wind . * And he made darkness his covering ; His pavilion round about him was dark waters and thick clouds of the skies . * At the brightness before him , his thick clouds passed away ; Then came hailstones and coals of fire . * The LORD also thundered from heaven , And the Most High uttered his voice , Amid hailstones and coals of fire . * He sent forth his arrows , and scattered them ; Continual lightnings , and discomfited them . * Then the channels of the deep were seen , And the foundations of the earth were laid bare At thy rebuke , O LORD ! At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils . * He stretched forth his hand from above ; he took me , And drew me out of deep waters . * He delivered me from my strong enemy ; From my adversaries , who were too powerful for me . * They fell upon me in the day of my calamity ; But the LORD was my stay . * He brought me forth into a large place ; He delivered me , because he delighted in me . * The LORD hath rewarded me according to my righteous ; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me . * For I have kept the ways of the LORD , And have not wickedly departed from my God . * For all his laws were in my sight ; I did not put away his statutes from me . * I was upright before him , And kept myself from iniquity . * Therefore hath the LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness , According to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes . * To the merciful thou showest thyself merciful ; To the upright thou showest thyself upright ; * To the pure thou showest thyself pure , And to the perverse thou showest thyself perverse . * For thou savest the afflicted people , But the haughty countenance thou bringest down . * Thou causest my lamp to shine ; Jehovah , my God , enlighteneth my darkness . * For through thee I have broken through troops ; Through my God I have leaped over walls . * The ways of God are just and true ; His word is pure , tried in the fire ; He is a shield to all who put their trust in him . * Who , then , is God , save Jehovah ? And who is a rock , save our God ? * It is God that girded me with strength , And made my way plain . * He made my feet like the hind ’s , And set me in my high places ; * He taught my hands to war , So that my arm bent the bow of brass . * Thou gavest me the shield of thy protection ; Thy right hand held me up , And thy goodness made me great . * Thou didst make a wide path for my steps , So that my feet did not stumble . * I pursued my enemies and overtook them , And turned not back till I had destroyed them . * I smote them , so that they could not rise ; They fell under my feet . * Thou didst gird me with strength for the battle ; Thou didst cast down my adversaries under me . * Thou didst cause my enemies to turn their backs , So that I destroyed them that hated me . * They cried , but there was none to help ; To Jehovah , but he answered them not . * I beat them small , like dust before the wind ; I cast them out as the dirt of the streets . * Thou hast delivered me from the assaults of the nations ; Thou hast made me the head of the kingdoms . Nations whom I knew not serve me ; * They who have only heard of me obey me ; Yea , men of a strange land submit themselves to me ; * Men of a strange land fade away , like a leaf , And come trembling from their strongholds . * Jehovah is the living God ; blessed be my rock ; Exalted be the God of my salvation ! * It is God who hath given me vengeance , And subdued the nations under me ; * He delivered me from my enemies ; Yea , thou hast lifted me up above my adversaries ; Thou hast saved me from the violent man ! * Therefore I will give thanks to thee , O LORD ! among the nations , And sing praises to thy name . * Great deliverance giveth he to his king , And showeth mercy to his anointed ,––To David and to his posterity for ever .

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