NASB95 Psalms 18 Chapter
18:1
"I love You, O Lord, my strength."
18:2
The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
18:3
I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies.
18:4
The cords of death encompassed me, And the torrents of ungodliness terrified me.
18:5
The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.
18:6
In my distress I called upon the Lord, And cried to my God for help; He heard my voice out of His temple, And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.
18:7
Then the earth shook and quaked; And the foundations of the mountains were trembling And were shaken, because He was angry.
18:8
Smoke went up out of His nostrils, And fire from His mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it.
18:9
He bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His feet.
18:10
He rode upon a cherub and flew; And He sped upon the wings of the wind.
18:11
He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
18:12
From the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds, Hailstones and coals of fire.
18:13
The Lord also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.
18:14
He sent out His arrows, and scattered them, And lightning flashes in abundance, and routed them.
18:15
Then the channels of water appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare At Your rebuke, O Lord, At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
18:16
He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.
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He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
18:18
They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the Lord was my stay.
18:19
He brought me forth also into a broad place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me.
18:20
The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
18:21
For I have kept the ways of the Lord, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
18:22
For all His ordinances were before me, And I did not put away His statutes from me.
18:23
I was also blameless with Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity.
18:24
Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.
18:25
With the kind You show Yourself kind; With the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
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With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.
18:27
For You save an afflicted people, But haughty eyes You abase.
18:28
For You light my lamp; The Lord my God illumines my darkness.
18:29
For by You I can run upon a troop; And by my God I can leap over a wall.
18:30
As for God, His way is blameless; The word of the Lord is tried; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
18:31
For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God,
18:32
The God who girds me with strength And makes my way blameless?
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He makes my feet like hinds' feet, And sets me upon my high places.
18:34
He trains my hands for battle, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
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You have also given me the shield of Your salvation, And Your right hand upholds me; And Your gentleness makes me great.
18:36
You enlarge my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.
18:37
I pursued my enemies and overtook them, And I did not turn back until they were consumed.
18:38
I shattered them, so that they were not able to rise; They fell under my feet.
18:39
For You have girded me with strength for battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
18:40
You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, And I destroyed those who hated me.
18:41
They cried for help, but there was none to save, Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.
18:42
Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind; I emptied them out as the mire of the streets.
18:43
You have delivered me from the contentions of the people; You have placed me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me.
18:44
As soon as they hear, they obey me; Foreigners submit to me.
18:45
Foreigners fade away, And come trembling out of their fortresses.
18:46
The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God of my salvation,
18:47
The God who executes vengeance for me, And subdues peoples under me.
18:48
He delivers me from my enemies; Surely You lift me above those who rise up against me; You rescue me from the violent man.
18:49
Therefore I will give thanks to You among the nations, O Lord, And I will sing praises to Your name.
18:50
He gives great deliverance to His king, And shows lovingkindness to His anointed, To David and his descendants forever.