jub - Psalms:18

jub@Psalms:18:1 @ <<To the Overcomer, [A Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD, who spoke unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,>>I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

jub@Psalms:18:2 @ 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.

jub@Psalms:18:3 @ I will call upon the LORD, [who is worthy] to be praised, so shall I be saved from my enemies.

jub@Psalms:18:4 @ The pain of death compassed me, and the rivers of Belial made me afraid.

jub@Psalms:18:5 @ The pain of Sheol compassed me about: the snares of death came before me.

jub@Psalms:18:6 @ 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.

jub@Psalms:18:7 @ Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains collapsed and were removed because he was wroth.

jub@Psalms:18:8 @ Smoke went up out of his nostrils, and fire devoured out of his mouth; coals were kindled by it.

jub@Psalms:18:9 @ He lowered the heavens and came down; and darkness [was] under his feet.

jub@Psalms:18:10 @ And he rode upon a cherub and flew: yea, he flew upon the wings of the wind.

jub@Psalms:18:11 @ He made darkness his hiding place; in his tabernacle round about him [were] dark waters [and] thick clouds of the heavens.

jub@Psalms:18:12 @ At the brightness [that was] before him his thick clouds passed, hail [stones] and coals of fire.

jub@Psalms:18:13 @ The LORD thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail [stones] and coals of fire.

jub@Psalms:18:14 @ He sent out his arrows and scattered them; he shot out lightnings and destroyed them.

jub@Psalms:18:15 @ Then the depths of the 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.

jub@Psalms:18:16 @ He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

jub@Psalms:18:17 @ He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me, even though they were too strong for me.

jub@Psalms:18:18 @ They were ready for me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my staff.

jub@Psalms:18:19 @ He brought me forth also into a wide place; he delivered me because he delighted in me.

jub@Psalms:18:20 @ The LORD will reward me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he shall recompense me.

jub@Psalms:18:21 @ Because I have kept the ways of the LORD and did not become wicked [departing] in apostasy from my God.

jub@Psalms:18:22 @ For all his judgments [were] before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

jub@Psalms:18:23 @ I was perfect before him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.

jub@Psalms:18:24 @ Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.

jub@Psalms:18:25 @ With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; with a perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;

jub@Psalms:18:26 @ with the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt show thyself adversary.

jub@Psalms:18:27 @ Therefore thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down high looks.

jub@Psalms:18:28 @ For thou wilt light my fire: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

jub@Psalms:18:29 @ For with thee I have scattered armies; and in my God I have overcome walled [defences].

jub@Psalms:18:30 @ [As for] God, his way [is] perfect: the word of the LORD is precise: a shield to all those that wait in him.

jub@Psalms:18:31 @ For who [is] God except the LORD? or who [is] a refuge except our God?

jub@Psalms:18:32 @ [It is] God that girds me with strength and makes my way perfect.

jub@Psalms:18:33 @ He makes my feet like hinds' [feet] and sets me upon my high places.

jub@Psalms:18:34 @ He trains my hands for the battle, so that a bow of bronze shall be broken by my arms.

jub@Psalms:18:35 @ [In the same manner] thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand will hold me up, and thy meekness shall multiply me.

jub@Psalms:18:36 @ Thou shall enlarge my steps under me, and my knees shall not tremble.

jub@Psalms:18:37 @ I shall pursue my enemies and overtake them: neither shall I turn again until they are consumed.

jub@Psalms:18:38 @ I shall smite them, and they will not be able to rise: they shall fall under my feet.

jub@Psalms:18:39 @ For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued my enemies under me.

jub@Psalms:18:40 @ Thou hast also given me the necks of my enemies that I might destroy those that hate me.

jub@Psalms:18:41 @ They cried out, but [there was] no one to save [them]: [even] unto the LORD, but he did not answer them.

jub@Psalms:18:42 @ Then I beat them as small as the dust before the wind: I scattered them as the dirt in the streets.

jub@Psalms:18:43 @ Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; [and] thou hast made me the head of the Gentiles: a people [whom] I did not know served me.

jub@Psalms:18:44 @ As soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me: the sons of strangers submitted themselves unto me even [against their will].

jub@Psalms:18:45 @ The strangers fell away and were afraid in their close places.

jub@Psalms:18:46 @ The LORD lives; and blessed [be] my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

jub@Psalms:18:47 @ [It is] God that avenges me and subdues the peoples under me.

jub@Psalms:18:48 @ He delivers me from my enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the one who would betray me.

jub@Psalms:18:49 @ Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the Gentiles and sing praises unto thy name.

jub@Psalms:18:50 @ He gives great deliverance to his king and shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.: