Psalms 18 : 1 (ASV)
I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.
Psalms 18 : 2 (ASV)
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.
Psalms 18 : 3 (ASV)
I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies.
Psalms 18 : 4 (ASV)
The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
Psalms 18 : 5 (ASV)
The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
Psalms 18 : 6 (ASV)
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.
Psalms 18 : 7 (ASV)
Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
Psalms 18 : 8 (ASV)
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.
Psalms 18 : 9 (ASV)
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.
Psalms 18 : 10 (ASV)
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind.
Psalms 18 : 11 (ASV)
He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Psalms 18 : 12 (ASV)
At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire.
Psalms 18 : 13 (ASV)
Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.
Psalms 18 : 14 (ASV)
And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.
Psalms 18 : 15 (ASV)
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.
Psalms 18 : 16 (ASV)
He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters.
Psalms 18 : 17 (ASV)
He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
Psalms 18 : 18 (ASV)
They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.
Psalms 18 : 19 (ASV)
He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
Psalms 18 : 20 (ASV)
Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
Psalms 18 : 21 (ASV)
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
Psalms 18 : 22 (ASV)
For all his ordinances were before me, And I put not away his statutes from me.
Psalms 18 : 23 (ASV)
I was also perfect with him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity.
Psalms 18 : 24 (ASV)
Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
Psalms 18 : 25 (ASV)
With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;
Psalms 18 : 26 (ASV)
With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.
Psalms 18 : 27 (ASV)
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.
Psalms 18 : 28 (ASV)
For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.
Psalms 18 : 29 (ASV)
For by thee I run upon a troop; And by my God do I leap over a wall.
Psalms 18 : 30 (ASV)
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.
Psalms 18 : 31 (ASV)
For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God,
Psalms 18 : 32 (ASV)
The God that girdeth me with strength, And maketh my way perfect?
Psalms 18 : 33 (ASV)
He maketh my feet like hinds feet: And setteth me upon my high places.
Psalms 18 : 34 (ASV)
He teacheth my hands to war; So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
Psalms 18 : 35 (ASV)
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.
Psalms 18 : 36 (ASV)
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.
Psalms 18 : 37 (ASV)
I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; Neither will I turn again till they are consumed.
Psalms 18 : 38 (ASV)
I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet.
Psalms 18 : 39 (ASV)
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Psalms 18 : 40 (ASV)
Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.
Psalms 18 : 41 (ASV)
They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.
Psalms 18 : 42 (ASV)
Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.
Psalms 18 : 43 (ASV)
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.
Psalms 18 : 44 (ASV)
As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.
Psalms 18 : 45 (ASV)
The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places.
Psalms 18 : 46 (ASV)
Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God of my salvation,
Psalms 18 : 47 (ASV)
Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And subdueth peoples under me.
Psalms 18 : 48 (ASV)
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.
Psalms 18 : 49 (ASV)
Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations, And will sing praises unto thy name.
Psalms 18 : 50 (ASV)
Great deliverance giveth he to his king, And showeth lovingkindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, for evermore. Psalm 19 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
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