Psalms - Chapter 18 - New International Version
- I love you, LORD, my strength.
- The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield "and the horn "of my salvation, my stronghold.
- I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I have been saved from my enemies.
- The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
- The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.
- In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.
- The earth trembled and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because he was angry.
- Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.
- He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.
- He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind.
- He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him — the dark rain clouds of the sky.
- Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning.
- The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded. [^
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- He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them.
- The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at your rebuke, LORD, at the blast of breath from your nostrils.
- He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.
- He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.
- They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the LORD was my support.
- He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.
- The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
- For I have kept the ways of the LORD; I am not guilty of turning from my God.
- All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees.
- I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.
- The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
- To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
- to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.
- You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.
- You, LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.
- With your help I can advance against a troop "; with my God I can scale a wall.
- As for God, his way is perfect: The LORD's word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him.
- For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
- It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure.
- He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights.
- He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
- You make your saving help my shield, and your right hand sustains me; your help has made me great.
- You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way.
- I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed.
- I crushed them so that they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.
- You armed me with strength for battle; you humbled my adversaries before me.
- You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes.
- They cried for help, but there was no one to save them — to the LORD, but he did not answer.
- I beat them as fine as windblown dust; I trampled them "like mud in the streets.
- You have delivered me from the attacks of the people; you have made me the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me,
- foreigners cower before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.
- They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.
- The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior!
- He is the God who avenges me, who subdues nations under me,
- who saves me from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from a violent man you rescued me.
- Therefore I will praise you, LORD, among the nations; I will sing the praises of your name.
- He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing love to his anointed, to David and to his descendants forever.