Psalms18

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(Psa 18:1) I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.
(Psa 18:2) 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.
(Psa 18:3) I will call upon the Lord, {who is worthy} to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
(Psa 18:4) The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
(Psa 18:5) The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
(Psa 18:6) 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.
(Psa 18:7) Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
(Psa 18:8) There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
(Psa 18:9) He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness {was} under his feet.
(Psa 18:10) And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
(Psa 18:11) He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him {were} dark waters {and} thick clouds of the skies.
(Psa 18:12) At the brightness {that was} before him his thick clouds passed, hail {stones} and coals of fire.
(Psa 18:13) The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail {stones} and coals of fire.
(Psa 18:14) Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
(Psa 18:15) 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.
(Psa 18:16) He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
(Psa 18:17) He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
(Psa 18:18) They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
(Psa 18:19) He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
(Psa 18:20) The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
(Psa 18:21) For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
(Psa 18:22) For all his judgments {were} before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
(Psa 18:23) I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
(Psa 18:24) Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
(Psa 18:25) With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
(Psa 18:26) With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
(Psa 18:27) For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
(Psa 18:28) For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
(Psa 18:29) For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
(Psa 18:30) {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.
(Psa 18:31) For who {is} God save the Lord? or who {is} a rock save our God?
(Psa 18:32) {It is} God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
(Psa 18:33) He maketh my feet like hinds' {feet}, and setteth me upon my high places.
(Psa 18:34) He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
(Psa 18:35) 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.
(Psa 18:36) Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
(Psa 18:37) I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
(Psa 18:38) I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
(Psa 18:39) For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
(Psa 18:40) Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
(Psa 18:41) They cried, but {there was} none to save {them: even} unto the Lord, but he answered them not.
(Psa 18:42) Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
(Psa 18:43) 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.
(Psa 18:44) As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
(Psa 18:45) The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
(Psa 18:46) The Lord liveth; and blessed {be} my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
(Psa 18:47) {It is} God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
(Psa 18:48) 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.
(Psa 18:49) Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
(Psa 18:50) Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
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