psalter - Psalms:18

psalter@Psalms:18:1 @ I will love You, O LORD, my strength.

psalter@Psalms: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.

psalter@Psalms:18:3 @ I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.

psalter@Psalms:18:4 @ The pangs of death surrounded me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

psalter@Psalms:18:5 @ The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.

psalter@Psalms: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.

psalter@Psalms:18:7 @ Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations of the hills also quaked and were shaken, Because He was angry.

psalter@Psalms:18:8 @ Smoke went up from His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it.

psalter@Psalms:18:9 @ He bowed the heavens also, and came down With darkness under His feet.

psalter@Psalms:18:10 @ And He rode upon a cherub, and flew; He flew upon the wings of the wind.

psalter@Psalms:18:11 @ He made darkness His secret place; His canopy around Him was dark waters And thick clouds of the skies.

psalter@Psalms:18:12 @ From the brightness before Him, His thick clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire.

psalter@Psalms:18:13 @ The LORD thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.

psalter@Psalms:18:14 @ He sent out His arrows and scattered the foe, Lightnings in abundance, and He vanquished them.

psalter@Psalms: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.

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

psalter@Psalms:18:17 @ He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me, For they were too strong for me.

psalter@Psalms:18:18 @ They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the LORD was my support.

psalter@Psalms:18:19 @ He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.

psalter@Psalms:18:20 @ The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.

psalter@Psalms:18:21 @ For I have kept the ways of the LORD, And have not wickedly departed from my God.

psalter@Psalms:18:22 @ For all His judgments were before me, And I did not put away His statutes from me.

psalter@Psalms:18:23 @ I was also blameless before Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity.

psalter@Psalms:18:24 @ Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

psalter@Psalms:18:25 @ With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful; With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;

psalter@Psalms:18:26 @ With the pure You will show Yourself pure; And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.

psalter@Psalms:18:27 @ For You will save the humble people, But will bring down haughty looks.

psalter@Psalms:18:28 @ For You will light my lamp; The LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

psalter@Psalms:18:29 @ For by You I can run against a troop, By my God I can leap over a wall.

psalter@Psalms: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.

psalter@Psalms:18:31 @ For who is God, except the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?

psalter@Psalms:18:32 @ It is God who arms me with strength, And makes my way perfect.

psalter@Psalms:18:33 @ He makes my feet like the feet of deer, And sets me on my high places.

psalter@Psalms:18:34 @ He teaches my hands to make war, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

psalter@Psalms: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.

psalter@Psalms:18:36 @ You enlarged my path under me, So my feet did not slip.

psalter@Psalms:18:37 @ I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them; Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.

psalter@Psalms:18:38 @ I have wounded them, So that they could not rise; They have fallen under my feet.

psalter@Psalms:18:39 @ For You have armed me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

psalter@Psalms:18:40 @ You have also given me the necks of my enemies, So that I destroyed those who hated me.

psalter@Psalms:18:41 @ They cried out, but there was none to save; Even to the LORD, but He did not answer them.

psalter@Psalms:18:42 @ Then I beat them as fine as the dust before the wind; I cast them out like dirt in the streets.

psalter@Psalms: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.

psalter@Psalms:18:44 @ As soon as they hear of me they obey me; The foreigners submit to me.

psalter@Psalms:18:45 @ The foreigners fade away, And come frightened from their hideouts.

psalter@Psalms:18:46 @ The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let the God of my salvation be exalted.

psalter@Psalms:18:47 @ It is God who avenges me, And subdues the peoples under me;

psalter@Psalms: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.

psalter@Psalms:18:49 @ Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the Gentiles, And sing praises to Your name.

psalter@Psalms:18:50 @ Great deliverance He gives to His king, And shows mercy to His anointed, To David and his descendants forevermore.