Psalm 18
1 He said: “I love you, Lord, my strength.ISV — Psalm 18:1
2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, my God, my stronghold in whom I take refuge, my shield, the glory of my salvation, and my high tower.”ISV — Psalm 18:2
3 I cried out to the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I was delivered from my enemies.ISV — Psalm 18:3
4 The cords of death entangled me; the rivers of Belial made me afraid.ISV — Psalm 18:4
5 The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.ISV — Psalm 18:5
6 In my distress I cried to the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his Temple he heard my voice; my cry reached his ears.ISV — Psalm 18:6
7 The world shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains quaked, they shook because he was angry.ISV — Psalm 18:7
8 In his anger smoke poured out of his nostrils, and consuming fire from his mouth; coals were lit from it.ISV — Psalm 18:8
9 He bent the sky and descended, and darkness was under his feet.ISV — Psalm 18:9
10 He rode upon a cherub and flew; he soared upon the wings of the wind.ISV — Psalm 18:10
11 He made darkness his hiding place, his canopy surrounding him was dark waters and thick clouds.ISV — Psalm 18:11
12 The brightness before him scattered the thick clouds, with hail stones and flashes of fire.ISV — Psalm 18:12
13 Then the LORD thundered in the heavens, and the Most High sounded aloud, calling for hail stones and flashes of fire. ISV — Psalm 18:13
14 He shot his arrows and scattered them; with many lightning bolts he frightened them.ISV — Psalm 18:14
15 Then the channels of the sea could be seen, and the foundations of the earth were uncovered because of your rebuke, LORD, because of the blast from the breath of your nostrils.ISV — Psalm 18:15
16 He reached down and took me; he drew me from many waters.ISV — Psalm 18:16
17 He delivered me from my strong enemies, from those who hated me because they were stronger than I.ISV — Psalm 18:17
18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.ISV — Psalm 18:18
19 He brought me out to a spacious place; he delivered me, for in me he takes delight.ISV — Psalm 18:19
20 The LORD will reward me because I am righteous; because my hands are clean he will restore me;ISV — Psalm 18:20
21 because I have kept the ways of the LORD, and I have not wickedly departed from my God;ISV — Psalm 18:21
22 because all his judgments were always before me, and I did not cast off his statutes.ISV — Psalm 18:22
23 I was upright before him, and I kept myself from iniquity.ISV — Psalm 18:23
24 So the LORD restored me according to my righteousness, because my hands were clean in his sight.ISV — Psalm 18:24
25 To the holy, you show your gracious love, to the upright, you show yourself upright;ISV — Psalm 18:25
26 to the pure, you show yourself pure, and to the morally corrupt, you appear to be perverse.ISV — Psalm 18:26
27 Indeed, you deliver the oppressed, but you bring down those who exalt themselves in their own eyes.ISV — Psalm 18:27
28 For you, LORD, make my lamp shine; my God enlightens my darkness.ISV — Psalm 18:28
29 With your help I will run through an army, with help from my God I leap over walls.ISV — Psalm 18:29
30 As for God, his way is upright; the word of God is pure; he is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.ISV — Psalm 18:30
31 For who is God but the LORD, and who is a Rock other than our God?—ISV — Psalm 18:31
32 the God who clothes me with strength, and who makes my way upright; ISV — Psalm 18:32
33 who makes my feet swift as the deer; who makes me stand on high places;ISV — Psalm 18:33
34 who teaches my hands to make war, and my arms to bend a bronze bow.ISV — Psalm 18:34
35 You have given to me the shield of your deliverance, and your right hand holds me up; your gentleness made me great.ISV — Psalm 18:35
36 You make a broad place for my steps, so my feet won’t slip.ISV — Psalm 18:36
37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn around until they were utterly defeated.ISV — Psalm 18:37
38 I struck them down, so they are not able to rise up; they fell under my feet.ISV — Psalm 18:38
39 You clothed me with strength for war; you will subdue under me those who rise up against me.ISV — Psalm 18:39
40 You have made my enemies turn their back to me, and I will destroy those who hate me.ISV — Psalm 18:40
41 They cried out for deliverance, but there was no one to deliver; they cried out to the LORD, but he did not answer them.ISV — Psalm 18:41
42 I ground them like wind-swept dust; I emptied them out like dirt in the street.ISV — Psalm 18:42
43 You rescued me from conflict with the people; you made me head of the nations. People who did not know me will serve me.ISV — Psalm 18:43
44 When they hear of me, they will obey me; foreigners will submit to me.ISV — Psalm 18:44
45 Foreigners will wilt away; they will come trembling out of their stronghold.ISV — Psalm 18:45
46 The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock! May the God of my deliverance be exalted!ISV — Psalm 18:46
47 He is the God who executes vengeance on my behalf; who destroys peoples under me;ISV — Psalm 18:47
48 who delivers me from my enemies. Truly you will exalt me above those who oppose me; you will deliver me from the violent person.ISV — Psalm 18:48
49 Therefore, I will give thanks to you among the nations, LORD; I will sing praises to your name.ISV — Psalm 18:49
50 He is the one who gives victories to his king; who shows gracious love to his anointed, to David and his seed forever.ISV — Psalm 18:50