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