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He heareth from His temple my voice, And My cry before Him cometh into His ears.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And shake and tremble doth the earth, And foundations of hills are troubled, And they shake — because He hath wrath.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils, And fire from His mouth consumeth, Coals have been kindled by it.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And He inclineth the heavens, and cometh down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And He rideth on a cherub, and doth fly, And He flieth on wings of wind.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He maketh darkness His secret place, Round about Him His tabernacle, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>From the brightness over-against Him His thick clouds have passed on, Hail and coals of fire.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And thunder in the heavens doth Jehovah, And the Most High giveth forth His voice, Hail and coals of fire.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And He sendeth His arrows and scattereth them, And much lightning, and crusheth them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And seen are the streams of waters, And revealed are foundations of the earth. From Thy rebuke, O Jehovah, From the breath of the spirit of Thine anger.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He sendeth from above — He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He delivereth me from my strong enemy, And from those hating me, For they have been stronger than I.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>They go before me in a day of my calamity And Jehovah is for a support to me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And He bringeth me forth to a large place, He draweth me out, because He delighted in me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Jehovah doth recompense me According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For all His judgments [are] before me, And His statutes I turn not from me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And I am perfect with him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And Jehovah doth return to me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, Over-against his eyes.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>With the kind Thou showest Thyself kind, With a perfect man showest Thyself perfect.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>With the pure Thou showest Thyself pure, And with the perverse showest Thyself a wrestler,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>For Thou a poor people savest, And the eyes of the high causest to fall.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>For Thou — Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>For by Thee I run — a troop! And by my God I leap a wall.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>God! perfect [is] His way, The saying of Jehovah is tried, A shield [is] He to all those trusting in Him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>For who [is] God besides Jehovah? And who [is] a rock save our God?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>God! who is girding me [with] strength, And He maketh perfect my way.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Teaching my hands for battle, And a bow of brass was brought down by my arms.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>And Thou givest to me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy right hand doth support me, And Thy lowliness maketh me great.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Thou enlargest my step under me, And mine ankles have not slidden.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>I pursue mine enemies, and overtake them, And turn back not till they are consumed.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>I smite them, and they are not able to rise, They fall under my feet,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>And Thou girdest me [with] strength for battle, Causest my withstanders to bow under me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>As to mine enemies — Thou hast given to me the neck, As to those hating me — I cut them off.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>They cry, and there is no saviour, On Jehovah, and He doth not answer them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>And I beat them as dust before wind, As mire of the streets I empty them out.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of the people, Thou placest me for a head of nations, A people I have not known do serve me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Sons of a stranger fade away, And are slain out of their close places.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>Jehovah liveth — and blessed [is] my rock, And exalted is the God of my salvation.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>God — who is giving vengeance to me, And He subdueth peoples under me,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>My deliverer from mine enemies, Above my withstanders Thou raisest me, From a man of violence dost deliver me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>Therefore I confess Thee among nations, O Jehovah, And to Thy name I sing praise,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>Magnifying the salvation of His king, And doing kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed — unto the age!</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Young's Literal Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 17" /></a></div><div 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