The Book of Psalms 18

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1 I will love thee O LORD my strength ⚑

2 The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer my God my strength in whom I will trust my buckler and the horn of my salvation and my high tower ⚑

3 I will call upon the LORD who is worthy to be praised so shall I be saved from mine enemies ⚑

4 The sorrows of death compassed me and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid ⚑

5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about the snares of death prevented me ⚑

6 In my distress I called upon the LORD and cried unto my God he heard my voice out of his temple and my cry came before him even into his ears ⚑

7 Then the earth shook and trembled the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken because he was wroth ⚑

8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils and fire out of his mouth devoured coals were kindled by it ⚑

9 He bowed the heavens also and came down and darkness was under his feet ⚑

10 And he rode upon a cherub and did fly yea he did fly upon the wings of the wind ⚑

11 He made darkness his secret place his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies ⚑

12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed hail stones and coals of fire ⚑

13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens and the Highest gave his voice hail stones and coals of fire ⚑

14 Yea he sent out his arrows and scattered them and he shot out lightnings and discomfited them ⚑

15 Then the channels of waters were seen and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke O LORD at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils ⚑

16 He sent from above he took me he drew me out of many waters ⚑

17 He delivered me from my strong enemy and from them which hated me for they were too strong for me ⚑

18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity but the LORD was my stay ⚑

19 He brought me forth also into a large place he delivered me because he delighted in me ⚑

20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me ⚑

21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God ⚑

22 For all his judgments were before me and I did not put away his statutes from me ⚑

23 I was also upright before him and I kept myself from mine iniquity ⚑

24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight ⚑

25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright ⚑

26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward ⚑

27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people but wilt bring down high looks ⚑

28 For thou wilt light my candle the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness ⚑

29 For by thee I have run through a troop and by my God have I leaped over a wall ⚑

30 As for God his way is perfect the word of the LORD is tried he is a buckler to all those that trust in him ⚑

31 For who is God save the LORD or who is a rock save our God ⚑

32 It is God that girdeth me with strength and maketh my way perfect ⚑

33 He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet and setteth me upon my high places ⚑

34 He teacheth my hands to war so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms ⚑

35 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 ⚑

36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me that my feet did not slip ⚑

37 I have pursued mine enemies and overtaken them neither did I turn again till they were consumed ⚑

38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise they are fallen under my feet ⚑

39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me ⚑

40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies that I might destroy them that hate me ⚑

41 They cried but there was none to save them even unto the LORD but he answered them not ⚑

42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets ⚑

43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people and thou hast made me the head of the heathen a people whom I have not known shall serve me ⚑

44 As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me the strangers shall submit themselves unto me ⚑

45 The strangers shall fade away and be afraid out of their close places ⚑

46 The LORD liveth and blessed be my rock and let the God of my salvation be exalted ⚑

47 It is God that avengeth me and subdueth the people under me ⚑

48 He delivereth me from mine enemies yea thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me thou hast delivered me from the violent man ⚑

49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee O LORD among the heathen and sing praises unto thy name ⚑

50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king and sheweth mercy to his anointed to David and to his seed for evermore ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain