1 I love you, Yahweh, my strength. WEB — Psalm 18:1
2 Yahweh 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. WEB — Psalm 18:2
3 I will call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies. WEB — Psalm 18:3
4 The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid. WEB — Psalm 18:4
5 The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came on me. WEB — Psalm 18:5
6 In my distress I called on Yahweh, And cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, My cry before him came into his ears. WEB — Psalm 18:6
7 Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, Because he was angry. WEB — Psalm 18:7
8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, Fire out of his mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it. WEB — Psalm 18:8
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet. WEB — Psalm 18:9
10 He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind. WEB — Psalm 18:10
11 He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion around him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. WEB — Psalm 18:11
12 At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire. WEB — Psalm 18:12
13 Yahweh also thundered in the sky, The Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire. WEB — Psalm 18:13
14 He sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yes, lightnings manifold, and routed them. WEB — Psalm 18:14
15 Then the channels of waters appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare, At your rebuke, Yahweh, At the blast of the breath of your nostrils. WEB — Psalm 18:15
16 He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters. WEB — Psalm 18:16
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me. WEB — Psalm 18:17
18 They came on me in the day of my calamity, But Yahweh was my support. WEB — Psalm 18:18
19 He brought me forth also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me. WEB — Psalm 18:19
20 Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me. WEB — Psalm 18:20
21 For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, And have not wickedly departed from my God. WEB — Psalm 18:21
22 For all his ordinances were before me. I didn't put away his statutes from me. WEB — Psalm 18:22
23 I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity. WEB — Psalm 18:23
24 Therefore has Yahweh recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. WEB — Psalm 18:24
25 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect. WEB — Psalm 18:25
26 With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd. WEB — Psalm 18:26
27 For you will save the afflicted people, But the haughty eyes you will bring down. WEB — Psalm 18:27
28 For you will light my lamp. Yahweh, my God, will light up my darkness. WEB — Psalm 18:28
29 For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall. WEB — Psalm 18:29
30 As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Yahweh is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him. WEB — Psalm 18:30
31 For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God, WEB — Psalm 18:31
32 The God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect? WEB — Psalm 18:32
33 He makes my feet like hinds' feet, And sets me on my high places. WEB — Psalm 18:33
34 He teaches my hands to war; So that my arms bend a bow of bronze. WEB — Psalm 18:34
35 You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great. WEB — Psalm 18:35
36 You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped. WEB — Psalm 18:36
37 I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. Neither will I turn again until they are consumed. WEB — Psalm 18:37
38 I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet. WEB — Psalm 18:38
39 For you have girded me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me. WEB — Psalm 18:39
40 You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, That I might cut off those who hate me. WEB — Psalm 18:40
41 They cried, but there was none to save; Even to Yahweh, but he didn't answer them. WEB — Psalm 18:41
42 Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets. WEB — Psalm 18:42
43 You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me. WEB — Psalm 18:43
44 As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me. WEB — Psalm 18:44
45 The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places. WEB — Psalm 18:45
46 Yahweh lives; and blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation, WEB — Psalm 18:46
47 Even the God who executes vengeance for me, And subdues peoples under me. WEB — Psalm 18:47
48 He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man. WEB — Psalm 18:48
49 Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations, And will sing praises to your name. WEB — Psalm 18:49
50 He gives great deliverance to his king, And shows lovingkindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, forevermore. Psalm 19 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. WEB — Psalm 18:50