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A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: and he said, I love thee, O LORD, my strength.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strong rock, in him will I trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The cords of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The cords of Sheol were round about me: the snares of death came on me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry before him came into his ears.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then the earth shook and trembled, me foundations also of the mountains moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He bowed the heavens also, and came down, and thick darkness was under his feet.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly, yea, he flew swiftly upon the wings of the wind.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion round about him; 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>At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice; hailstones and coals of fire.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then the channels of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid bare, at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>They came upon me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed 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 the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For all his judgments were before me, and I put not away his statutes from me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>I was also perfect with him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with the perfect man thou wilt shew thyself perfect;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt shew thyself froward.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>For thou wilt light my lamp: the LORD my God will lighten 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 upon a troop; and by my God do I leap over a wall.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried; he is a shield unto all them that trust in him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, beside our God?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>The God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>He teacheth my hands to war; so that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them: neither will I turn again till they are consumed.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>I will smite them through that they shall not be able to rise: they shall fall under my feet.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, that I might cut off them that hate me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>They cried, but there was none to save: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; thou hast made me the head of the nations: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>The strangers shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their close places.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of my salvation:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, and subdueth peoples under me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>He rescueth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me: thou deliverest me from the violent man.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the nations, and will sing praises unto thy name.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth lovingkindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<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 id="right"><a href="../psalms/19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/psalms/18-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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