Psalms 18 : 1 (MKJV)
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spoke to Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul; and he said: I love You, O Jehovah, my strength.
Psalms 18 : 2 (MKJV)
Jehovah is my strength, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock; I will trust in Him; He is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
Psalms 18 : 3 (MKJV)
I will call on Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
Psalms 18 : 4 (MKJV)
The sorrows of death hemmed me in, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
Psalms 18 : 5 (MKJV)
The sorrows of hell surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.
Psalms 18 : 6 (MKJV)
In my distress I called on Jehovah, and I cried to my God; He heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry came before Him, into His ears.
Psalms 18 : 7 (MKJV)
Then the earth shook and trembled; and the foundations of the hills moved and were shaken, because He was angry.
Psalms 18 : 8 (MKJV)
A smoke went up out of His nostrils, and fire devoured out of His mouth; coals were kindled by it.
Psalms 18 : 9 (MKJV)
And He bowed the heavens and came down, and darkness was under His feet.
Psalms 18 : 10 (MKJV)
And He rode on a cherub, and flew; yea, He soared on the wings of the wind.
Psalms 18 : 11 (MKJV)
He made darkness His secret place, His pavilion around Him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Psalms 18 : 12 (MKJV)
At the brightness before Him, His dark clouds passed through, hailstones and coals of fire passed.
Psalms 18 : 13 (MKJV)
Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave forth His voice; hailstones and coals of fire.
Psalms 18 : 14 (MKJV)
Yea, He sent out His arrows and scattered them; and He shot out lightnings and crushed them.
Psalms 18 : 15 (MKJV)
Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered, at Your rebuke, O Jehovah, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
Psalms 18 : 16 (MKJV)
He sent from above, He took me, He drew me out of many waters.
Psalms 18 : 17 (MKJV)
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me; for they were too strong for me.
Psalms 18 : 18 (MKJV)
They went before me in the day of my calamity; but Jehovah was my stay.
Psalms 18 : 19 (MKJV)
He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.
Psalms 18 : 20 (MKJV)
Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands He has repaid me.
Psalms 18 : 21 (MKJV)
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Psalms 18 : 22 (MKJV)
For all His judgments were before me, and I did not put away His Precepts from me.
Psalms 18 : 23 (MKJV)
I was also upright before Him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.
Psalms 18 : 24 (MKJV)
And Jehovah has returned to me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.
Psalms 18 : 25 (MKJV)
With the merciful, You will show Yourself merciful; with an upright man You will show Yourself upright;
Psalms 18 : 26 (MKJV)
with the pure You will show Yourself pure; and with the crooked You will show Yourself perverse.
Psalms 18 : 27 (MKJV)
For You will save the afflicted people, but will bring down high looks.
Psalms 18 : 28 (MKJV)
For You will light my candle; Jehovah my God will make my darkness light.
Psalms 18 : 29 (MKJV)
For by You I have run through a troop; and by my God I have leaped over a wall.
Psalms 18 : 30 (MKJV)
As for God, His way is perfect; the Word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield to all those who trust in Him.
Psalms 18 : 31 (MKJV)
For who is God besides Jehovah? Or, who is a Rock except our God?
Psalms 18 : 32 (MKJV)
It is God who girds me with strength and makes my way perfect.
Psalms 18 : 33 (MKJV)
He makes my feet like hinds' feet, and sets me on my high places.
Psalms 18 : 34 (MKJV)
He teaches my hands to war, so that a bow of bronze is bent by my arms.
Psalms 18 : 35 (MKJV)
You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; and Your right hand has held me up, and Your gentleness has made me great.
Psalms 18 : 36 (MKJV)
You have given a wide place for my steps under me, so that my feet have not slipped.
Psalms 18 : 37 (MKJV)
I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them; nor did I turn again until they were destroyed.
Psalms 18 : 38 (MKJV)
I have shattered them, and they cannot rise again; they have fallen under my feet.
Psalms 18 : 39 (MKJV)
For You have girded me with strength for the battle; You have humbled under me those who rose up against me.
Psalms 18 : 40 (MKJV)
You have also given me the neck of my enemies; so that I might destroy those who hate me.
Psalms 18 : 41 (MKJV)
They cried, but there was none to save; even to Jehovah, but He did not answer them.
Psalms 18 : 42 (MKJV)
Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I cast them out like the dirt in the streets.
Psalms 18 : 43 (MKJV)
You have delivered Me from the strivings of the people; You have made Me the head of the nations; a people whom I have not known shall serve Me.
Psalms 18 : 44 (MKJV)
As soon as they hear of Me, they shall obey Me; the sons of strangers shall bow down to Me.
Psalms 18 : 45 (MKJV)
The sons of strangers shall fade away and be afraid out of their strongholds.
Psalms 18 : 46 (MKJV)
Jehovah lives; and blessed be my rock, and let the God of my salvation be praised.
Psalms 18 : 47 (MKJV)
It is God who avenges me, and humbles the people under me.
Psalms 18 : 48 (MKJV)
He delivers me from my enemies; yea, You lift me up above those who rise up against me; You have delivered me from the violent man.
Psalms 18 : 49 (MKJV)
Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Jehovah, among the nations, and sing praises to Your name,
Psalms 18 : 50 (MKJV)
magnifying the salvations to His king, and working mercy to His anointed, to David, and to his seed forevermore.
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