Psalm 18

18For the director of music. Of David the servant of the LORD. He sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love you, O LORD, my strength.H5329H1732H5650H3068H1696H3068H1697H7892H3117H3068H5337H3709H341H3027H7586H559H7355H3068H23912The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.H3068H5553H4686H6403H410H6697H2620H4043H7161H3468H48693I call to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies.H7121H3068H1984H3467H3414The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.H2256H4194H661H5158H1100H12045The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.H2256H7585H5437H4170H4194H69236In 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.H6862H7121H3068H7768H430H8085H6963H1964H7775H935H6440H2417The earth trembled and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because he was angry.H776H1607H7493H4146H2022H7264H1607H27348Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.H5927H6227H639H784H6310H398H1513H11979He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.H5186H8064H3381H6205H727210He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind.H7392H3742H5774H1675H3671H730711He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him—the dark rain clouds of the sky.H7896H2822H5643H5521H5439H2824H4325H5645H783412Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning.H5051H5645H5674H1259H1513H78413The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.H3068H7481H8064H5945H5414H6963H1259H1513H78414He shot his arrows and scattered the enemies, great bolts of lightning and routed them.H7971H2671H6327H7232H1300H200015The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of breath from your nostrils.H650H4325H7200H4146H8398H1540H1606H3068H5397H7307H63916He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.H7971H4791H3947H4871H7227H432517He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.H5337H5794H341H8130H55318They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the LORD was my support.H6923H3117H343H3068H493719He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.H3318H4800H2502H265420The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.H3068H1580H6664H1252H3027H772521For I have kept the ways of the LORD; I have not done evil by turning from my God.H8104H1870H3068H7561H43022All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees.H4941H5493H270823I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.H8549H8104H577124The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.H3068H7725H6664H1252H3027H586925To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,H2623H2616H8549H1399H855226to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.H1305H1305H6141H661727You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.H3467H6041H5971H8213H7311H586928You, O LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.H215H5216H3068H430H5050H282229With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall.H7323H1416H430H1801H779130As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in him.H410H1870H8549H565H3068H6884H4043H262031For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?H433H1107H3068H6697H2108H43032It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect.H410H247H2428H5414H1870H854933He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he enables me to stand on the heights.H7737H7272H355H5975H111634He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.H3925H3027H4421H7198H5154H5181H222035You give me your shield of victory, and your right hand sustains me; you stoop down to make me great.H5414H4043H3468H3225H5582H6037H723536You broaden the path beneath me, so that my ankles do not turn.H7337H6806H7166H457137I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed.H7291H341H5381H7725H361538I crushed them so that they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.H4272H3201H6965H5307H727239You armed me with strength for battle; you made my adversaries bow at my feet.H247H2428H4421H3766H696540You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes.H5414H6203H341H6789H813041They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but he did not answer.H7768H3467H3068H603042I beat them as fine as dust borne on the wind; I poured them out like mud in the streets.H7833H6083H6440H7307H7324H2916H235143You have delivered me from the attacks of the people; you have made me the head of nations; people I did not know are subject to me.H6403H7379H5971H7760H7218H1471H5971H3045H564744As soon as they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cringe before me.H8088H241H8085H1121H5236H358445They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.H1121H5236H5034H2727H452646The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior!H3068H2416H1288H6697H430H3468H731147He is the God who avenges me, who subdues nations under me,H410H5414H5360H1696H597148who saves me from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from violent men you rescued me.H6403H341H7311H6965H5337H2555H37649Therefore I will praise you among the nations, O LORD; I will sing praises to your name.H3034H3068H1471H2167H803450He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.H1431H3444H4428H6213H2617H4899H1732H2233H5704H5769