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[A Psalm] of David the servant of the LORD, who spoke 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;</div><div class="po2"><span class="reftext">2</span>And he said:</div><div class="po2">I love thee, O LORD, my strength.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-2.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;</div><div class="po2">My God, my rock, in Him I take refuge;</div><div class="po2">My shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-3.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Praised, I cry, is the LORD,</div><div class="po2">And I am saved from mine enemies.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-4.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The cords of Death compassed me,</div><div class="po2">And the floods of <span class="fn"><a href="#ftn">a</a></span>Belial assailed me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-5.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The cords of <span class="fn"><a href="#ftn">a</a></span>Sheol surrounded me;</div><div class="po2">The snares of Death confronted me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-6.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>In my distress I called upon the LORD,</div><div class="po2">And cried unto my God;</div><div class="po2">Out of His temple He heard my voice,</div><div class="po2">And my cry came before Him unto His ears.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-7.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then the earth did shake and quake,</div><div class="po2">The foundations also of the mountains did tremble;</div><div class="po2">They were shaken, because He was wroth.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-8.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Smoke arose up in His nostrils,</div><div class="po2">And fire out of His mouth did devour;</div><div class="po2">Coals flamed forth from Him.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-9.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He bowed the heavens also, and came down;</div><div class="po2">And thick darkness was under His feet.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-10.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly;</div><div class="po2">Yea, He did swoop down upon the wings of the wind.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-11.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>He made darkness His hiding-place, His pavilion round about Him;</div><div class="po2">Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-12.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>At the brightness before Him, there passed through His thick clouds</div><div class="po2">Hailstones and coals of fire.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-13.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The LORD also thundered in the heavens,</div><div class="po2">And the Most High gave forth His voice;</div><div class="po2">Hailstones and coals of fire.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-14.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And He sent out His arrows, and scattered them;</div><div class="po2">And He shot forth lightnings, and discomfited them.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-15.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And the channels of waters appeared,</div><div class="po2">And the foundations of the world were laid bare,</div><div class="po2">At Thy rebuke, O LORD,</div><div class="po2">At the blast of the breath of Thy nostrils.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-16.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He sent from on high, He took me;</div><div class="po2">He drew me out of many waters.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-17.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He delivered me from mine enemy most strong,</div><div class="po2">And from them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-18.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>They confronted me in the day of my calamity;</div><div class="po2">But the LORD was a stay unto me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-19.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He brought me forth also into a large place;</div><div class="po2">He delivered me, because He delighted in me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-20.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness;</div><div class="po2">According to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-21.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For I have kept the ways of the LORD,</div><div class="po2">And have not wickedly departed from my God.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-22.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For all His ordinances were before me,</div><div class="po2">And I put not away His statutes from me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-23.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And I was single-hearted with Him,</div><div class="po2">And I kept myself from mine iniquity.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-24.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness,</div><div class="po2">According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-25.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful,</div><div class="po2">With the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-26.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>With the pure Thou dost show Thyself pure;</div><div class="po2">And with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself subtle.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-27.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>For Thou dost save the afflicted people;</div><div class="po2">But the haughty eyes Thou dost humble.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-28.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>For Thou dost light my lamp;</div><div class="po2">The LORD my God doth lighten my darkness.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-29.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>For by Thee I run upon a troop;</div><div class="po2">And by my God do I scale a wall.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-30.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>As for God, His way is perfect;</div><div class="po2">The word of the LORD is tried;</div><div class="po2">He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in Him.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-31.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>For who is God, save the LORD?</div><div class="po2">And who is a Rock, except our God?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-32.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>The God that girdeth me with strength,</div><div class="po2">And maketh my way straight;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-33.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Who maketh my feet like hinds’,</div><div class="po2">And setteth me upon my high places;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-34.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Who traineth my hands for war,</div><div class="po2">So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-35.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Thou hast also given me Thy shield of salvation,</div><div class="po2">And Thy right hand hath holden me up;</div><div class="po2">And Thy condescension hath made me great.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-36.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Thou hast enlarged my steps under me,</div><div class="po2">And my feet have not slipped.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-37.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them;</div><div class="po2">Neither did I turn back till they were consumed.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-38.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>I have smitten them through, so that they are not able to rise;</div><div class="po2">They are fallen under my feet.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-39.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle;</div><div class="po2">Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-40.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me,</div><div class="po2">And I did cut off them that hate me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-41.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>They cried, but there was none to save;</div><div class="po2">Even unto the LORD, but He answered them not.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-42.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind;</div><div class="po2">I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-43.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>Thou hast delivered me from the contentions of the people;</div><div class="po2">Thou hast made me the head of the nations;</div><div class="po2">A people whom I have not known serve me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-44.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>As soon as they hear of me, they obey me;</div><div class="po2">The sons of the stranger dwindle away before me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-45.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>The sons of the stranger fade away,</div><div class="po2">And come trembling out of their close places.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-46.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>The LORD liveth, and blessed be my Rock;</div><div class="po2">And exalted be the God of my salvation;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-47.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>Even the God that executeth vengeance for me,</div><div class="po2">And subdueth peoples under me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-48.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>He delivereth me from mine enemies;</div><div class="po2">Yea, Thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me;</div><div class="po2">Thou deliverest me from the violent man.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-49.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>Therefore I will give thanks unto Thee, O LORD, among the nations,</div><div class="po2">And will sing praises unto Thy name.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/18-50.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>Great salvation giveth He to His king;</div><div class="po2">And showeth mercy to His anointed,</div><div class="po2">To David and to his seed, for evermore.</div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><br>{fn: a} That is, the nether-world.<br>{fn: a} That is, the nether-world.</span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<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" 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