Psalm 18

God the Sovereign Savior

18To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song on the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he Said: I will love You, O LORD, my strength.H5329H1732H5650H3068H1696H3068H1697H7892H3117H3068H5337H3709H341H3027H7586H559H7355H3068H23912The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.H3068H5553H4686H6403H410H6697H2620H4043H7161H3468H48693I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.H7121H3068H1984H3467H3414The pangs of death surrounded me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.H2256H4194H661H5158H1100H12045The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.H2256H7585H5437H4170H4194H69236In my distress I called upon the LORD, And cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry came before Him, even to His ears.H6862H7121H3068H7768H430H8085H6963H1964H7775H935H6440H2417Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations of the hills also quaked and were shaken, Because He was angry.H776H1607H7493H4146H2022H7264H1607H27348Smoke went up from His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it.H5927H6227H639H784H6310H398H1513H11979He bowed the heavens also, and came down With darkness under His feet.H5186H8064H3381H6205H727210And He rode upon a cherub, and flew; He flew upon the wings of the wind.H7392H3742H5774H1675H3671H730711He made darkness His secret place; His canopy around Him was dark waters And thick clouds of the skies.H7896H2822H5643H5521H5439H2824H4325H5645H783412From the brightness before Him, His thick clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire.H5051H5645H5674H1259H1513H78413The LORD thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.H3068H7481H8064H5945H5414H6963H1259H1513H78414He sent out His arrows and scattered the foe, Lightnings in abundance, and He vanquished them.H7971H2671H6327H7232H1300H200015Then the channels of the sea were seen, The foundations of the world were uncovered At Your rebuke, O LORD, At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.H650H4325H7200H4146H8398H1540H1606H3068H5397H7307H63916He sent from above, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.H7971H4791H3947H4871H7227H432517He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me, For they were too strong for me.H5337H5794H341H8130H55318They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the LORD was my support.H6923H3117H343H3068H493719He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.H3318H4800H2502H265420The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.H3068H1580H6664H1252H3027H772521For I have kept the ways of the LORD, And have not wickedly departed from my God.H8104H1870H3068H7561H43022For all His judgments were before me, And I did not put away His statutes from me.H4941H5493H270823I was also blameless before Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity.H8549H8104H577124Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.H3068H7725H6664H1252H3027H586925With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful; With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;H2623H2616H8549H1399H855226With the pure You will show Yourself pure; And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.H1305H1305H6141H661727For You will save the humble people, But will bring down haughty looks.H3467H6041H5971H8213H7311H586928For You will light my lamp; The LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.H215H5216H3068H430H5050H282229For by You I can run against a troop, By my God I can leap over a wall.H7323H1416H430H1801H779130As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the LORD is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.H410H1870H8549H565H3068H6884H4043H262031For who is God, except the LORD? And who is a 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 deer, And sets me on my high places.H7737H7272H355H5975H111634He teaches my hands to make war, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.H3925H3027H4421H7198H5154H5181H222035You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; Your right hand has held me up, Your gentleness has made me great.H5414H4043H3468H3225H5582H6037H723536You enlarged my path under me, So my feet did not slip.H7337H6806H7166H457137I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them; Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.H7291H341H5381H7725H361538I have wounded them, So that they could not rise; They have fallen under my feet.H4272H3201H6965H5307H727239For You have armed me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.H247H2428H4421H3766H696540You have also given me the necks of my enemies, So that I destroyed those who hated me.H5414H6203H341H6789H813041They cried out, but there was none to save; Even to the LORD, but He did not answer them.H7768H3467H3068H603042Then I beat them as fine as the dust before the wind; I cast them out like dirt in the streets.H7833H6083H6440H7307H7324H2916H235143You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; You have made me the head of the nations; A people I have not known shall serve me.H6403H7379H5971H7760H7218H1471H5971H3045H564744As soon as they hear of me they obey me; The foreigners submit to me.H8088H241H8085H1121H5236H358445The foreigners fade away, And come frightened from their hideouts.H1121H5236H5034H2727H452646The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let the God of my salvation be exalted.H3068H2416H1288H6697H430H3468H731147It is God who avenges me, And subdues the peoples under me;H410H5414H5360H1696H597148He delivers me from my enemies. You also lift me up above those who rise against me; You have delivered me from the violent man.H6403H341H7311H6965H5337H2555H37649Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the Gentiles, And sing praises to Your name.H3034H3068H1471H2167H803450Great deliverance He gives to His king, And shows mercy to His anointed, To David and his descendants forevermore.H1431H3444H4428H6213H2617H4899H1732H2233H5704H5769