Psalms 18 : 1 (HCSB)
*For the choir director. Of the servant of the LORD, David, who spoke the words of this song to the LORD on the day the LORD rescued him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, LORD, my strength.
Psalms 18 : 2 (HCSB)
The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my mountain where I seek refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Psalms 18 : 3 (HCSB)
I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I was saved from my enemies.
Psalms 18 : 4 (HCSB)
The ropes of death were wrapped around me; the torrents of destruction terrified me.
Psalms 18 : 5 (HCSB)
The ropes of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
Psalms 18 : 6 (HCSB)
I called to the LORD in my distress, and I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry to Him reached His ears.
Psalms 18 : 7 (HCSB)
Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the mountains trembled; they shook because He burned with anger.
Psalms 18 : 8 (HCSB)
Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire *came from His mouth; coals were set ablaze by it.
Psalms 18 : 9 (HCSB)
He parted the heavens and came down, a dark cloud beneath His feet.
Psalms 18 : 10 (HCSB)
He rode on a cherub and flew, soaring on the wings of the wind.
Psalms 18 : 11 (HCSB)
He made darkness His hiding place, dark storm clouds His canopy around Him.
Psalms 18 : 12 (HCSB)
From the radiance of His presence, His clouds swept onward with hail and blazing coals.
Psalms 18 : 13 (HCSB)
The LORD thundered from heaven; the Most High projected His voice.
Psalms 18 : 14 (HCSB)
He shot His arrows and scattered them; He hurled lightning bolts and routed them.
Psalms 18 : 15 (HCSB)
The depths of the sea became visible, the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
Psalms 18 : 16 (HCSB)
He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He pulled me out of deep waters.
Psalms 18 : 17 (HCSB)
He rescued me from my powerful enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.
Psalms 18 : 18 (HCSB)
They confronted me in the day of my distress, but the LORD was my support.
Psalms 18 : 19 (HCSB)
He brought me out to a wide-open place; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
Psalms 18 : 20 (HCSB)
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; He repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
Psalms 18 : 21 (HCSB)
For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not turned from my God to wickedness.
Psalms 18 : 22 (HCSB)
Indeed, I have kept all His ordinances in mind and have not disregarded His statutes.
Psalms 18 : 23 (HCSB)
I was blameless toward Him and kept myself from sinning.
Psalms 18 : 24 (HCSB)
So the LORD repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.
Psalms 18 : 25 (HCSB)
With the faithful You prove Yourself faithful; with the blameless man You prove Yourself blameless;
Psalms 18 : 26 (HCSB)
with the pure You prove Yourself pure, but with the crooked You prove Yourself shrewd.
Psalms 18 : 27 (HCSB)
For You rescue an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
Psalms 18 : 28 (HCSB)
LORD, You light my lamp; my God illuminates my darkness.
Psalms 18 : 29 (HCSB)
With You I can attack a barrier, and with my God I can leap over a wall.
Psalms 18 : 30 (HCSB)
God-- His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is pure. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
Psalms 18 : 31 (HCSB)
For who is God besides the LORD? And who is a rock? Only our God.
Psalms 18 : 32 (HCSB)
God-- He clothes me with strength and makes my way perfect.
Psalms 18 : 33 (HCSB)
He makes my feet like the feet of a deer and sets me securely on the heights.
Psalms 18 : 34 (HCSB)
He trains my hands for war; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
Psalms 18 : 35 (HCSB)
You have given me the shield of Your salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your humility exalts me.
Psalms 18 : 36 (HCSB)
You widen *a place beneath me for my steps, and my ankles do not give way.
Psalms 18 : 37 (HCSB)
I pursue my enemies and overtake them; I do not turn back until they are wiped out.
Psalms 18 : 38 (HCSB)
I crush them, and they cannot get up; they fall beneath my feet.
Psalms 18 : 39 (HCSB)
You have clothed me with strength for battle; You subdue my adversaries beneath me.
Psalms 18 : 40 (HCSB)
You have made my enemies retreat before me; I annihilate those who hate me.
Psalms 18 : 41 (HCSB)
They cry for help, but there is no one to save *them -- they cry to the LORD, but He does not answer them.
Psalms 18 : 42 (HCSB)
I pulverize them like dust before the wind; I trample them like mud in the streets.
Psalms 18 : 43 (HCSB)
You have freed me from the feuds among the people; You have appointed me the head of nations; a people I had not known serve me.
Psalms 18 : 44 (HCSB)
Foreigners submit to me grudgingly; as soon as they hear, they obey me.
Psalms 18 : 45 (HCSB)
Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their fortifications.
Psalms 18 : 46 (HCSB)
The LORD lives-- may my rock be praised! The God of my salvation is exalted.
Psalms 18 : 47 (HCSB)
God-- He gives me vengeance and subdues peoples under me.
Psalms 18 : 48 (HCSB)
He frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my adversaries; You rescue me from violent men.
Psalms 18 : 49 (HCSB)
Therefore I will praise You, LORD, among the nations; I will sing about Your name.
Psalms 18 : 50 (HCSB)
He gives great victories to His king; He shows loyalty to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.
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