Psalms
18
- I love you, O LORD, my strength.
- The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of
my salvation, my stronghold.
- I call to the LORD, who is worthy of praise,
and I am saved from my enemies.
- The cords of death entangled me; the torrents
of destruction overwhelmed me.
- The cords of the grave coiled around me;
the snares of death confronted me.
- In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried
to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before
him, into his ears.
- The earth trembled and quaked, and the foundations
of the mountains shook; they trembled because he was angry.
- Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire
came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.
- He parted the heavens and came down; dark
clouds were under his feet.
- He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared
on the wings of the wind.
- He made darkness his covering, his canopy
around him--the dark rain clouds of the sky.
- Out of the brightness of his presence clouds
advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning.
- The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice
of the Most High resounded.
- He shot his arrows and scattered the enemies,
great bolts of lightning and routed them.
- The valleys of the sea were exposed and the
foundations of the earth laid bare at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of
breath from your nostrils.
- He reached down from on high and took hold
of me; he drew me out of deep waters.
- He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from
my foes, who were too strong for me.
- They confronted me in the day of my disaster,
but the LORD was my support.
- He brought me out into a spacious place;
he rescued me because he delighted in me.
- The LORD has dealt with me according to my
righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
- For I have kept the ways of the LORD; I have
not done evil by turning from my God.
- All his laws are before me; I have not turned
away from his decrees.
- I have been blameless before him and have
kept myself from sin.
- The LORD has rewarded me according to my
righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
- To the faithful you show yourself faithful,
to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
- to the pure you show yourself pure, but to
the crooked you show yourself shrewd.
- You save the humble but bring low those whose
eyes are haughty.
- You, O LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God
turns my darkness into light.
- With your help I can advance against a troop;
with my God I can scale a wall.
- As for God, his way is perfect; the word
of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in him.
- For who is God besides the LORD? And who
is the Rock except our God ?
- It is God who arms me with strength and makes
my way perfect.
- He makes my feet like the feet of a deer;
he enables me to stand on the heights.
- He trains my hands for battle; my arms can
bend a bow of bronze.
- You give me your shield of victory, and your
right hand sustains me; you stoop down to make me great.
- You broaden the path beneath me, so that
my ankles do not turn.
- I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I
did not turn back till they were destroyed.
- I crushed them so that they could not rise;
they fell beneath my feet.
- You armed me with strength for battle; you
made my adversaries bow at my feet.
- You made my enemies turn their backs in flight,
and I destroyed my foes.
- They cried for help, but there was no one
to save them -- to the LORD, but he did not answer.
- I beat them as fine as dust borne on the
wind; I poured them out like mud in the streets.
- You have delivered me from the attacks of
the people; you have made me the head of nations; people I did not know are
subject to me.
- As soon as they hear me, they obey me; foreigners
cringe before me.
- They all lose heart; they come trembling
from their strongholds.
- The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted
be God my Savior !
- He is the God who avenges me, who subdues
nations under me,
- who saves me from my enemies. You exalted
me above my foes; from violent men you rescued me.
- Therefore I will praise you among the nations,
O LORD; I will sing praises to your name.
- He gives his king great victories; he shows
unfailing kindness to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.
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