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Psalms 18

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1 <To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord, of David, who said the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord made him free from the hand of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul; and he said,> I will give you my love, O Lord, my strength.

2 The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

3 I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.

4 The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear.

5 The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

6 In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came before him, even into his ears.

7 Then trouble and shock came on the earth; and the bases of the mountains were moved and shaking, because he was angry.

8 There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it.

9 The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.

10 And he went in flight through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind.

11 He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him was the dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

12 Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and fire.

13 The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire.

14 He sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.

15 Then the deep beds of the waters were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of your words of wrath, O Lord, because of the breath from your mouth.

16 He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.

17 He made me free from my strong hater, and from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.

18 They came on me in the day of my trouble; but the Lord was my support.

19 He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.

20 The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.

21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.

22 For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.

23 And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.

24 Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.

25 On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;

26 He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.

27 For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low.

28 You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.

29 By your help I have made a way through the wall which was shutting me in; by the help of my God I have gone over a wall.

30 As for God, his way is completely good; the word of the Lord is tested; he is a breastplate for all those who put their faith in him.

31 For who is God but the Lord? or who is a Rock but our God?

32 God puts a strong band about me, guiding me in a straight way.

33 He makes my feet like roes' feet, and puts me on high places.

34 He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.

35 You have given me the breastplate of your salvation: your right hand has been my support, and your mercy has made me great.

36 You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.

37 I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome.

38 I will give them wounds, so that they are not able to get up: they are stretched under my feet.

39 For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who come out against me.

40 By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.

41 They were crying out, but there was no one to come to their help: even to the Lord, but he gave them no answer.

42 Then they were crushed as small as dust before the wind; they were drained out like the waste of the streets.

43 You have made me free from the fightings of the people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.

44 From the time when my name comes to their ears they will be ruled by me: men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority.

45 They will be wasting away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear.

46 The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured.

47 It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.

48 He makes me free from my haters; I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.

49 Because of this I will give you praise, O Lord, among the nations, and will make a song of praise to your name.

50 Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.

New International Version NIV

1 I love you, LORD, my strength.

2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

3 I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I have been saved from my enemies.

4 The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

5 The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.

6 In 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.

7 The earth trembled and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because he was angry.

8 Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.

9 He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.

10 He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind.

11 He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him— the dark rain clouds of the sky.

12 Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning.

13 The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.

14 He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them.

15 The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at your rebuke, LORD, at the blast of breath from your nostrils.

16 He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.

17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.

18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the LORD was my support.

19 He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.

20 The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.

21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD; I am not guilty of turning from my God.

22 All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees.

23 I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.

24 The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

25 To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

26 to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.

27 You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.

28 You, LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.

29 With your help I can advance against a troop ; with my God I can scale a wall.

30 As for God, his way is perfect: The LORD’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him.

31 For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?

32 It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure.

33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights.

34 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

35 You make your saving help my shield, and your right hand sustains me; your help has made me great.

36 You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way.

37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed.

38 I crushed them so that they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.

39 You armed me with strength for battle; you humbled my adversaries before me.

40 You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes.

41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but he did not answer.

42 I beat them as fine as windblown dust; I trampled them like mud in the streets.

43 You have delivered me from the attacks of the people; you have made me the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me,

44 foreigners cower before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.

45 They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.

46 The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior!

47 He is the God who avenges me, who subdues nations under me,

48 who saves me from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from a violent man you rescued me.

49 Therefore I will praise you, LORD, among the nations; I will sing the praises of your name.

50 He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing love to his anointed, to David and to his descendants forever.