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<a href="../psalms/28.htm">Psalm 28:1-9</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; 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 Jehovah, 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 upon 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 Jehovah, 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; The foundations also of the mountains quaked 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 soared 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>Jehovah 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 Jehovah, 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 Jehovah 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>Jehovah hath 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 Jehovah, 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 ordinances 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 Jehovah 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 show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show 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 show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show 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: Jehovah 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 Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge 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 Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides 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, so 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 Jehovah, 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 foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>The foreigners 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>Jehovah 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 Jehovah, 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 showeth lovingkindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, for evermore. </p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">American Standard Version, 1901<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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