Psalms 18 : 1 (NLV)
I love You, O Lord, my strength.
Psalms 18 : 2 (NLV)
The Lord is my rock, and my safe place, and the One Who takes me out of trouble. My God is my rock, in Whom I am safe. He is my safe-covering, my saving strength, and my strong tower.
Psalms 18 : 3 (NLV)
I call to the Lord, Who has the right to be praised. And I am saved from those who hate me.
Psalms 18 : 4 (NLV)
The ropes of death were all around me. The floods of death make me afraid.
Psalms 18 : 5 (NLV)
The ropes of the grave were all around me. The traps of death were set for me.
Psalms 18 : 6 (NLV)
I called to the Lord in my trouble. I cried to God for help. He heard my voice from His holy house. My cry for help came into His ears.
Psalms 18 : 7 (NLV)
Then the earth shook. The mountains were shaking. They shook because He was angry.
Psalms 18 : 8 (NLV)
Smoke went out from His nose and the fire that kept coming from His mouth burned everything around it.
Psalms 18 : 9 (NLV)
He parted the heavens and came down. Dark clouds were under His feet.
Psalms 18 : 10 (NLV)
He sat upon a cherub and flew. He traveled on the wings of the wind.
Psalms 18 : 11 (NLV)
He made darkness His hiding place, the covering around Him, the dark rain clouds of the sky.
Psalms 18 : 12 (NLV)
Through the light before Him passed His dark clouds, hail stones and fire.
Psalms 18 : 13 (NLV)
The Lord made thunder in the heavens. The voice of the Most High spoke out, hail stones and fire.
Psalms 18 : 14 (NLV)
He sent out His arrows and divided them. He threw down lightning and sent them running.
Psalms 18 : 15 (NLV)
Then the deep part of the sea could be seen. And the deep part of the earth was opened up, because of Your sharp words, O Lord, because of the powerful breath from Your nose.
Psalms 18 : 16 (NLV)
He sent from above, and took me. He lifted me out of many waters.
Psalms 18 : 17 (NLV)
He took me away from the powerful one who fights against me, and from those who hated me. They were too strong for me.
Psalms 18 : 18 (NLV)
They stood against me in the day of my trouble. But the Lord was my strength.
Psalms 18 : 19 (NLV)
He brought me out into a big place. He gave me a safe place, because He was pleased with me.
Psalms 18 : 20 (NLV)
The Lord has paid me because of my being right with Him. Because of my clean hands He has paid me.
Psalms 18 : 21 (NLV)
For I have kept the ways of the Lord. And I have not sinned by turning from my God.
Psalms 18 : 22 (NLV)
All His Laws are in front of me. I have not set His Laws aside.
Psalms 18 : 23 (NLV)
Before Him I was without blame. And I have kept myself from sin.
Psalms 18 : 24 (NLV)
So the Lord has paid me back for being right with Him, and for my hands being clean in His eyes.
Psalms 18 : 25 (NLV)
To the faithful, You show Yourself faithful. To those without blame, You show Yourself without blame.
Psalms 18 : 26 (NLV)
With the pure, You show Yourself pure. With the sinful You show Yourself to be against them.
Psalms 18 : 27 (NLV)
You save those who are suffering, but You bring low those who have pride in their eyes.
Psalms 18 : 28 (NLV)
You make my lamp bright. The Lord my God lights my darkness.
Psalms 18 : 29 (NLV)
With Your help I can go against many soldiers. With my God I can jump over a wall.
Psalms 18 : 30 (NLV)
As for God, His way is perfect. The Word of the Lord has stood the test. He is a covering for all who go to Him for a safe place.
Psalms 18 : 31 (NLV)
For Who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock except our God?
Psalms 18 : 32 (NLV)
It is God Who covers me with strength and makes my way perfect.
Psalms 18 : 33 (NLV)
He makes my feet like the feet of a deer. And He sets me on my high places.
Psalms 18 : 34 (NLV)
He teaches me how to fight, so that I can use a bow of brass.
Psalms 18 : 35 (NLV)
You have also given me the covering that saves me. Your right hand holds me up. And Your care has made me great.
Psalms 18 : 36 (NLV)
You make the road wide for my steps, and my feet have not tripped.
Psalms 18 : 37 (NLV)
I went after those who fight against me, and caught them. And I did not return until they were destroyed.
Psalms 18 : 38 (NLV)
I hit them so they were not able to rise. They fell under my feet.
Psalms 18 : 39 (NLV)
You have given me strength for war. You have put under me those who have fought against me.
Psalms 18 : 40 (NLV)
You have made them turn their backs to me also. And I destroyed those who hated me.
Psalms 18 : 41 (NLV)
They cried for help, but there was no one to save. They cried to the Lord, but He did not answer them.
Psalms 18 : 42 (NLV)
Then I beat them as small as the dust in the wind. I emptied them out like mud in the streets.
Psalms 18 : 43 (NLV)
You have taken me away from the fighting of the people. You have made me the leader of nations. People whom I have not known will serve me.
Psalms 18 : 44 (NLV)
As soon as they hear, they obey me. Those from other lands obey me.
Psalms 18 : 45 (NLV)
These people from other lands lose their strength of heart. And they come shaking from behind their walls.
Psalms 18 : 46 (NLV)
The Lord lives! How great is my Rock! Praise be to the God Who saves me!
Psalms 18 : 47 (NLV)
He is the God Who punishes those who have done wrong to me. He puts nations under my rule.
Psalms 18 : 48 (NLV)
He saves me from those who hate me. Yes, You lift me above those who rise up against me. You save me from those who want to hurt me.
Psalms 18 : 49 (NLV)
So I will give thanks to You among the nations, O Lord. And I will sing praises to Your name.
Psalms 18 : 50 (NLV)
He gives His king great power over trouble. And He shows loving-kindness to His chosen one, to David, and to his children after him forever.
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