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Of the servant of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, David, who spoke the words of this song to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> on the day the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> rescued him from the grasp of all his enemies and from the power of Saul.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.title"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> He said:</h3><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.1" /><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-1.htm"><b></b></a></span>I love you, L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, my strength.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> is my rock,</p><p class="poem">my fortress, and my deliverer,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">my God, my rock where I seek refuge,</p><p class="poem">my shield<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.2.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> and the horn of my salvation,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.2.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem">my stronghold.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I called to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, who is worthy of praise,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and I was saved from my enemies.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.3.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The ropes of death were wrapped around me;</p><p class="poem">the torrents of destruction terrified me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The ropes of Sheol entangled me;</p><p class="poem">the snares of death confronted me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I called to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> in my distress,</p><p class="poem">and I cried to my God for help.</p><p class="poem">From his temple he heard my voice,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and my cry to him reached his ears.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.6.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then the earth shook and quaked;</p><p class="poem">the foundations of the mountains trembled;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">they shook because he burned with anger.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Smoke rose from his nostrils,</p><p class="poem">and consuming fire came from his mouth;</p><p class="poem">coals were set ablaze by it.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.18.8.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He bent the heavens and came down,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">total darkness beneath his feet.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He rode on a cherub and flew,</p><p class="poem">soaring on the wings of the wind.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He made darkness his hiding place,</p><p class="poem">dark storm clouds his canopy around him.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>From the radiance of his presence,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">his clouds swept onward with hail and blazing coals.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> thundered from<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.18.13.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> heaven;</p><p class="poem">the Most High made his voice heard.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.18.13.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He shot his arrows and scattered them;</p><p class="poem">he hurled<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.18.14.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> lightning bolts and routed them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The depths of the sea became visible,</p><p class="poem">the foundations of the world were exposed,</p><p class="poem">at your rebuke, L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>,</p><p class="poem">at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He reached down from on high</p><p class="poem">and took hold of me;</p><p class="poem">he pulled me out of deep water.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He rescued me from my powerful enemy</p><p class="poem">and from those who hated me,</p><p class="poem">for they were too strong for me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>They confronted me in the day of my calamity,</p><p class="poem">but the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> was my support.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He brought me out to a spacious place;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">he rescued me because he delighted in me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.19.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> rewarded me</p><p class="poem">according to my righteousness;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">he repaid me</p><p class="poem">according to the cleanness of my hands.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.20.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For I have kept the ways of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span></p><p class="poem">and have not turned from my God to wickedness.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Indeed, I let all his ordinances guide me<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.18.22.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">and have not disregarded his statutes.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>I was blameless toward him<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.23.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and kept myself from my iniquity.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>So the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> repaid me</p><p class="poem">according to my righteousness,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.24.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.24.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>With the faithful</p><p class="poem">you prove yourself faithful,</p><p class="poem">with the blameless</p><p class="poem">you prove yourself blameless,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>with the pure</p><p class="poem">you prove yourself pure,</p><p class="poem">but with the crooked</p><p class="poem">you prove yourself shrewd.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.26.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>For you rescue an oppressed people,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.27.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">but you humble those with haughty eyes.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.27.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.28" /> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, you light my lamp;</p><p class="poem">my God illuminates my darkness.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.28.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.29" /> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>With you I can attack a barricade,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.18.29.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">and with my God I can leap over a wall.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.29.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.30" /> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>God — his way is perfect;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.30.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">the word of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> is pure.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.30.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">He is a shield to all who take refuge in him.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.30.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.31" /> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>For who is God besides the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.31.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">And who is a rock? Only our God.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.31.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.32" /> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>God — he clothes me with strength<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.32.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and makes my way perfect.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.33" /> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>He makes my feet like the feet of a deer<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.33.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and sets me securely on the heights.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.18.33.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.33.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.34" /> <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>He trains my hands for war;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.34.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">my arms can bend a bow of bronze.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.34.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.35" /> <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>You have given me the shield of your salvation;</p><p class="poem">your right hand upholds me,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.35.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and your humility exalts me.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.36" /> <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>You make a spacious place beneath me for my steps,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.36.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and my ankles do not give way.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.36.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.37" /> <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>I pursue my enemies and overtake them;</p><p class="poem">I do not turn back until they are wiped out.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.37.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.38" /> <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>I crush them, and they cannot get up;</p><p class="poem">they fall beneath my feet.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.38.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.39" /> <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>You have clothed me with strength for battle;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.39.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">you subdue my adversaries beneath me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.39.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.40" /> <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>You have made my enemies retreat before me;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.18.40.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.40.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">I annihilate those who hate me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.40.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.41" /> <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>They cry for help, but there is no one to save them<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.41.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> —</p><p class="poem">they cry to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, but he does not answer them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.41.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.42" /> <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>I pulverize them like dust before the wind;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.42.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">I trample them<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.18.42.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> like mud in the streets.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.42.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.43" /> <A name="44"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>You have freed me from the feuds among the people;</p><p class="poem">you have appointed me the head of nations;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.43.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">a people I had not known serve me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.43.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.44" /> <A name="45"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>Foreigners submit to me cringing;</p><p class="poem">as soon as they hear they obey me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.44.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.45" /> <A name="46"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Foreigners lose heart</p><p class="poem">and come trembling from their fortifications.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.45.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.46" /> <A name="47"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> lives — blessed be my rock!</p><p class="poem">The God of my salvation is exalted.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.46.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.47" /> <A name="48"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>God — he grants me vengeance<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.47.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and subdues peoples under me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.47.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.48" /> <A name="49"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>He frees me from my enemies.</p><p class="poem">You exalt me above my adversaries;</p><p class="poem">you rescue me from violent men.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.48.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.49" /> <A name="50"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>Therefore I will give thanks to you among the nations, L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>;</p><p class="poem">I will sing praises about your name.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.49.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.18.50" /> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>He gives great victories to his king;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.50.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">he shows loyalty to his anointed,</p><p class="poem">to David and his descendants forever.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.18.50.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Psalms.18" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Psalms.18.8.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.8">18:8</a></span> Or <span class="italic">him</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.18.13.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.13">18:13</a></span> Some Hb mss, LXX, Tg, Jer; other Hb mss read <span class="italic">in</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.18.13.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.13">18:13</a></span> Some Hb mss read <span class="italic">voice, with hail and blazing coals</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.18.14.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.14">18:14</a></span> Or <span class="italic">multiplied</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.18.22.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.22">18:22</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">Indeed, all his ordinances have been in front of me</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.18.29.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.29">18:29</a></span> Or <span class="italic">a ridge</span>, or <span class="italic">raiders</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.18.33.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.33">18:33</a></span> Or <span class="italic">on my high places</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.18.40.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.40">18:40</a></span> Or <span class="italic">You gave me the necks of my enemies</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.18.42.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.42">18:42</a></span> Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Tg; other Hb mss read <span class="italic">I poured them out</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Psalms.18" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.title"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#csb-Psalms.18">18:title</a></span> 2Sm 22</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.2">18:2</a></span> Ps 62:7; 94:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.2.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.2">18:2</a></span> Gn 15:1; Dt 33:29; Ps 3:3; 5:12; 28:7; 119:114</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.2.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.2">18:2</a></span> 1Sm 2:1,10; Lk 1:69</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.3">18:3</a></span> Ps 48:1; 96:4; 145:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.3.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.3">18:3</a></span> Ps 138:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.4">18:4</a></span> Ps 124:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.5">18:5</a></span> Ps 116:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.6">18:6</a></span> Ps 3:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.6.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.6">18:6</a></span> Ps 34:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.7">18:7</a></span> Is 13:13; Hg 2:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.8">18:8</a></span> Ps 21:9; 50:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.9">18:9</a></span> Ps 144:5; Is 64:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.10">18:10</a></span> Ps 104:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.11">18:11</a></span> Ps 97:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.12">18:12</a></span> Ps 50:2; Is 60:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.13">18:13</a></span> Ps 29:3; 104:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.14">18:14</a></span> Ps 144:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.15">18:15</a></span> Ex 15:8; Ps 106:9; Nah 1:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.16">18:16</a></span> Ps 144:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.17">18:17</a></span> Ps 35:10; 59:1; 142:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.18">18:18</a></span> Ps 55:22; 59:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.19">18:19</a></span> Ps 31:8; 118:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.19.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.19">18:19</a></span> Ps 41:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.20">18:20</a></span> Ps 7:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.20.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.20">18:20</a></span> Ps 24:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.21">18:21</a></span> Jb 23:11; Ps 119:101</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.22">18:22</a></span> Lv 18:4–5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.23.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.23">18:23</a></span> Dt 18:13; Ps 37:18; 119:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.24.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.24">18:24</a></span> 2Ch 6:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.24.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.24">18:24</a></span> Ps 24:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.26.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.25">18:25-26</a></span> Mt 16:27; Rv 22:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.27.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.27">18:27</a></span> Ps 72:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.27.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.27">18:27</a></span> Ps 138:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.28.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.28">18:28</a></span> Ps 112:4; Is 42:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.29.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.29">18:29</a></span> Mt 19:26; Php 4:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.30.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.30">18:30</a></span> Dt 32:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.30.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.30">18:30</a></span> Ps 19:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.30.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.30">18:30</a></span> Ps 91:4; 144:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.31.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.31">18:31</a></span> Dt 32:39; 1Sm 2:2; Ps 86:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.31.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.31">18:31</a></span> Ps 62:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.32.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.32">18:32</a></span> Is 45:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.33.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.33">18:33</a></span> Hab 3:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.33.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.33">18:33</a></span> Dt 32:13; Is 58:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.34.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.34">18:34</a></span> Ps 144:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.34.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.34">18:34</a></span> Jb 29:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.35.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.35">18:35</a></span> Ps 89:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.36.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.36">18:36</a></span> Ps 31:8; 118:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.36.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.36">18:36</a></span> Ps 66:9; Pr 4:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.37.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.37">18:37</a></span> Ps 44:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.38.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.38">18:38</a></span> Ps 36:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.39.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.39">18:39</a></span> 1Sm 2:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.39.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.39">18:39</a></span> 1Ch 17:10; Ps 81:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.40.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.40">18:40</a></span> Ex 23:27</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.40.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.40">18:40</a></span> Dt 7:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.41.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.41">18:41</a></span> Ps 50:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.41.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.41">18:41</a></span> Mc 3:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.42.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.42">18:42</a></span> 2Kg 13:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.42.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.42">18:42</a></span> Is 10:6; Mc 7:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.43.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.43">18:43</a></span> 2Sm 8:1–14</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.43.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.43">18:43</a></span> Is 55:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.44.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.44">18:44</a></span> Dt 33:29; Ps 66:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.45.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.45">18:45</a></span> Mc 7:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.46.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.46">18:46</a></span> Ps 62:2,6</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.47.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.47">18:47</a></span> 2Sm 4:8; Ps 94:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.47.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.47">18:47</a></span> Ps 47:3; 144:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.48.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.48">18:48</a></span> Ps 59:1; 140:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.49.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.49">18:49</a></span> Rm 15:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.50.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.50">18:50</a></span> Ps 144:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.18.50.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.18.50">18:50</a></span> 2Sm 7:12–13; Ps 89:4,29</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Psalms.18" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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