Psalm 18 (New International Version)

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18:Title+m50pp -- 2Sa 22:1-51

For 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:

1 I love you, O Lord, my strength.¹ 2 The LORD is my rock,² my fortress³ and my deliverer;⁴ my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge.⁵ He is my shield⁶ and the horn^a of my salvation,⁷ my stronghold. 3 I call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,⁸ and I am saved from my enemies.⁹ 4 The cords of death¹⁰ entangled me; the torrents¹¹ of destruction overwhelmed me. 5 The cords of the grave^b coiled around me; the snares of death¹² confronted me. 6 In my distress¹³ I called to the Lord;¹⁴ I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice;¹⁵ my cry came¹⁶ before him, into his ears. 7 The earth trembled¹⁷ and quaked,¹⁸ and the foundations of the mountains shook;¹⁹ they trembled because he was angry.²⁰ 8 Smoke rose from his nostrils;²¹ consuming fire²² came from his mouth, burning coals²³ blazed out of it. 9 He parted the heavens and came down;²⁴ dark clouds²⁵ were under his feet. 10 He mounted the cherubim²⁶ and flew; he soared²⁷ on the wings of the wind.²⁸ 11 He made darkness his covering,²⁹ his canopy³⁰ around him-- the dark rain clouds of the sky. 12 Out of the brightness of his presence³¹ clouds advanced, with hailstones³² and bolts of lightning.³³ 13 The LORD thundered³⁴ from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.^c 14 He shot his arrows³⁵ and scattered [the enemies], great bolts of lightning³⁶ and routed them.³⁷ 15 The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations³⁸ of the earth laid bare at your rebuke,³⁹ O Lord, at the blast of breath from your nostrils.⁴⁰ 16 He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.⁴¹ 17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy,⁴² from my foes, who were too strong for me.⁴³ 18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster,⁴⁴ but the LORD was my support.⁴⁵ 19 He brought me out into a spacious place;⁴⁶ he rescued me because he delighted in me.⁴⁷ 20 The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness;⁴⁸ according to the cleanness of my hands⁴⁹ he has rewarded me.⁵⁰ 21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord;⁵¹ I have not done evil by turning⁵² from my God. 22 All his laws are before me;⁵³ I have not turned away from his decrees. 23 I have been blameless⁵⁴ before him and have kept myself from sin. 24 The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness,⁵⁵ according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight. 25 To the faithful⁵⁶ you show yourself faithful,⁵⁷ to the blameless you show yourself blameless, 26 to the pure⁵⁸ you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.⁵⁹ 27 You save the humble⁶⁰ but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.⁶¹ 28 You, O Lord, keep my lamp⁶² burning; my God turns my darkness into light.⁶³ 29 With your help⁶⁴ I can advance against a troop^d; with my God I can scale a wall. 30 As for God, his way is perfect;⁶⁵ the word of the LORD is flawless.⁶⁶ He is a shield⁶⁷ for all who take refuge⁶⁸ in him. 31 For who is God besides the Lord?⁶⁹ And who is the Rock⁷⁰ except our God? 32 It is God who arms me with strength⁷¹ and makes my way perfect.⁷² 33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer;⁷³ he enables me to stand on the heights.⁷⁴ 34 He trains my hands for battle;⁷⁵ my arms can bend a bow of bronze. 35 You give me your shield of victory, and your right hand sustains⁷⁶ me; you stoop down to make me great. 36 You broaden the path⁷⁷ beneath me, so that my ankles do not turn.⁷⁸ 37 I pursued my enemies⁷⁹ and overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed. 38 I crushed them⁸⁰ so that they could not rise;⁸¹ they fell beneath my feet.⁸² 39 You armed me with strength⁸³ for battle; you made my adversaries bow⁸⁴ at my feet. 40 You made my enemies turn their backs⁸⁵ in flight, and I destroyed⁸⁶ my foes. 41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them⁸⁷-- to the Lord, but he did not answer.⁸⁸ 42 I beat them as fine as dust⁸⁹ borne on the wind; I poured them out like mud in the streets. 43 You have delivered me from the attacks of the people; you have made me the head of nations;⁹⁰ people I did not know⁹¹ are subject to me. 44 As soon as they hear me, they obey me; foreigners⁹² cringe before me. 45 They all lose heart;⁹³ they come trembling⁹⁴ from their strongholds.⁹⁵ 46 The LORD lives!⁹⁶ Praise be to my Rock!⁹⁷ Exalted be God⁹⁸ my Savior!⁹⁹ 47 He is the God who avenges¹⁰⁰ me, who subdues nations¹⁰¹ under me, 48 who saves¹⁰² me from my enemies.¹⁰³ You exalted me above my foes; from violent men¹⁰⁴ you rescued me. 49 Therefore I will praise you among the nations,¹⁰⁵ O Lord; I will sing¹⁰⁶ praises to your name.¹⁰⁷ 50 He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed,¹⁰⁸ to David¹⁰⁹ and his descendants forever.¹¹⁰

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

a. Psalm 18:2 - "Horn" here symbolizes strength.

b. Psalm 18:5 - Hebrew "Sheol"

c. Psalm 18:13 - Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 2 Samuel 22:14); most Hebrew manuscripts "resounded, / amid hailstones and bolts of lightning"

d. Psalm 18:29 - Or "can run through a barricade"

1. Psalm 18:1 - S Ex 15:2; S Dt 33:29; S 1Sa 2:10; Ps 22:19; 28:7; 59:9; 81:1; Isa 12:2; 49:5; Jer 16:19

2. Psalm 18:2 - S Ex 33:22; Ps 19:14

3. Psalm 18:2 - Ps 28:8; 31:2,3; Isa 17:10; Jer 16:19

4. Psalm 18:2 - Ps 40:17

5. Psalm 18:2 - Ps 2:12; 9:9; 94:22

6. Psalm 18:2 - S Ge 15:1; Ps 28:7; 84:9; 119:114; 144:2; Ps 59:11

7. Psalm 18:2 - S 1Sa 2:1; S Lk 1:69; Ps 75:10

8. Psalm 18:3 - S 1Ch 16:25; Ps 48:1

9. Psalm 18:3 - S Ps 9:13

10. Psalm 18:4 - Ps 116:3

11. Psalm 18:4 - Ps 93:4; 124:4; Isa 5:30; 17:12; Jer 6:23; 51:42,55; Eze 43:2

12. Psalm 18:5 - Pr 13:14; Ps 116:3

13. Psalm 18:6 - S Dt 4:30

14. Psalm 18:6 - Ps 30:2; 99:6; 102:2; 120:1

15. Psalm 18:6 - Ps 66:19; 116:1; Ps 34:15

16. Psalm 18:6 - S Job 16:18

17. Psalm 18:7 - Ps 97:4; Isa 5:25; 64:3

18. Psalm 18:7 - S Jdg 5:4

19. Psalm 18:7 - S Jdg 5:5

20. Psalm 18:7 - S Job 9:5; Jer 10:10; Ps 68:7-8

21. Psalm 18:8 - S Job 41:20

22. Psalm 18:8 - S Ex 15:7; S 19:18; S Job 41:21; Ps 50:3; 97:3; Da 7:10

23. Psalm 18:8 - Pr 25:22; Ro 12:20

24. Psalm 18:9 - S Ge 11:5; S Ps 57:3; Ps 144:5

25. Psalm 18:9 - S Ex 20:21; S Dt 33:26; S Ps 104:3

26. Psalm 18:10 - S Ge 3:24; Eze 10:18; Ps 80:1

27. Psalm 18:10 - S Dt 33:26

28. Psalm 18:10 - Ps 104:3

29. Psalm 18:11 - S Ex 19:9; S Dt 4:11; Ps 97:2

30. Psalm 18:11 - S Job 22:14; Isa 4:5; Jer 43:10

31. Psalm 18:12 - Ps 104:2

32. Psalm 18:12 - S Jos 10:11

33. Psalm 18:12 - S Job 36:30; Ps 97:3

34. Psalm 18:13 - S Ex 9:23; S 1Sa 2:10; Ps 29:3; 104:7

35. Psalm 18:14 - S Dt 32:23

36. Psalm 18:14 - S Job 36:30; Rev 4:5

37. Psalm 18:14 - S Jdg 4:15; Ps 144:6

38. Psalm 18:15 - S Ps 11:3

39. Psalm 18:15 - Ps 76:6; 104:7; 106:9; Isa 50:2

40. Psalm 18:15 - S Ex 15:8

41. Psalm 18:16 - Ex 15:5; Ps 69:2; Pr 18:4; 20:5; Ps 144:7

42. Psalm 18:17 - ver 48; Ps 38:19; 59:1; 143:9

43. Psalm 18:17 - S Jdg 18:26; Ps 35:10

44. Psalm 18:18 - Pr 1:27; 16:4; Jer 17:17; 40:2; Ob 1:13

45. Psalm 18:18 - Ps 20:2; Isa 3:1; Ps 59:16

46. Psalm 18:19 - Ps 31:8

47. Psalm 18:19 - S Nu 14:8; Ps 118:5

48. Psalm 18:20 - S 1Sa 26:23

49. Psalm 18:20 - Job 22:30; Ps 24:4

50. Psalm 18:20 - S Ru 2:12; S 2Ch 15:7; 1Co 3:8

51. Psalm 18:21 - 2Ch 34:33; Ps 37:34; 119:2; Pr 8:32; 23:26

52. Psalm 18:21 - Ps 119:102

53. Psalm 18:22 - Ps 119:30

54. Psalm 18:23 - S Ge 6:9

55. Psalm 18:24 - S 1Sa 26:23

56. Psalm 18:25 - Ps 31:23; 37:28; 50:5; Pr 2:8; 1Ki 8:32; Ps 62:12; Mt 5:7

57. Psalm 18:25 - Ps 25:10; 40:11; 89:24; 146:6

58. Psalm 18:26 - Pr 15:26; Mt 5:8; Php 1:10; 1Ti 5:22; Tit 1:15; 1Jn 3:3

59. Psalm 18:26 - Pr 3:34; Mt 10:16; Lk 16:8

60. Psalm 18:27 - S 2Ch 33:23; S Mt 23:12

61. Psalm 18:27 - S Job 41:34; S Ps 10:5; Pr 3:33-34; Pr 6:17

62. Psalm 18:28 - 1Ki 11:36; Ps 132:17

63. Psalm 18:28 - Job 18:6; 29:3; Ps 97:11; 112:4; Jn 1:5; S Ac 26:18; 2Co 4:6; 2Pe 1:19

64. Psalm 18:29 - ver 32,39; Isa 45:5; Heb 11:34

65. Psalm 18:30 - S Dt 32:4; Rev 15:3

66. Psalm 18:30 - S Ps 12:6; Pr 30:5

67. Psalm 18:30 - Ps 3:3

68. Psalm 18:30 - Ps 2:12; Ps 17:7

69. Psalm 18:31 - S Dt 4:35; 32:39; Ps 35:10; 86:8; 89:6; Isa 44:6,8; 45:5,6,14,18,21; 46:9

70. Psalm 18:31 - S Ge 49:24; Dt 32:31; 1Sa 2:2

71. Psalm 18:32 - S ver 29; 1Pe 5:10; Isa 45:5

72. Psalm 18:32 - S Ps 15:2; 19:13; Heb 10:14; Jas 3:2

73. Psalm 18:33 - Ps 42:1; Pr 5:19; Isa 35:6; Hab 3:19

74. Psalm 18:33 - S Dt 32:13

75. Psalm 18:34 - Ps 144:1

76. Psalm 18:35 - Ps 3:5; 37:5,17; 41:3; 51:12; 54:4; 55:22; 119:116; Isa 41:4,10,13; 43:2; 46:4

77. Psalm 18:36 - Ps 31:8

78. Psalm 18:36 - S Job 18:7; Ps 66:9

79. Psalm 18:37 - S Lev 26:7; Ps 37:20; 44:5

80. Psalm 18:38 - Ps 68:21; 110:6

81. Psalm 18:38 - Ps 36:12; 140:10; Isa 26:14

82. Psalm 18:38 - Ps 47:3

83. Psalm 18:39 - ver 32; Isa 45:5,24

84. Psalm 18:39 - ver 47; Ps 47:3; 144:2

85. Psalm 18:40 - S Jos 7:12; Ps 21:12

86. Psalm 18:40 - ver 37; Ps 94:23

87. Psalm 18:41 - S 2Ki 14:26; Ps 50:22

88. Psalm 18:41 - S 1Sa 8:18; S 14:37; Jer 11:11; Job 27:9; Pr 1:28

89. Psalm 18:42 - S Dt 9:21; S Isa 2:22

90. Psalm 18:43 - 2Sa 8:1-14

91. Psalm 18:43 - Isa 52:15; 55:5

92. Psalm 18:44 - Ps 54:3; 144:7,11; Isa 25:5; Ps 66:3

93. Psalm 18:45 - S 1Sa 17:32; 2Co 4:1; Heb 12:3

94. Psalm 18:45 - Isa 66:2; Hos 3:5; 11:10

95. Psalm 18:45 - Ps 9:9; Mic 7:17

96. Psalm 18:46 - S Jos 3:10; S 1Sa 14:39; 2Co 13:4

97. Psalm 18:46 - ver 31; Ex 33:22

98. Psalm 18:46 - Ps 21:13; 35:27; 40:16; 108:5

99. Psalm 18:46 - S 1Ch 16:35; S Lk 1:47; Ps 51:14

100. Psalm 18:47 - S Ge 4:24

101. Psalm 18:47 - S ver 39; S Jdg 4:23; Ps 47:3

102. Psalm 18:48 - Ps 7:10; 37:40; Da 3:17; Ps 59:1

103. Psalm 18:48 - S ver 17

104. Psalm 18:48 - Ps 140:1

105. Psalm 18:49 - S Ps 9:11

106. Psalm 18:49 - Ps 7:17; 9:2; 101:1; 108:1; 146:2

107. Psalm 18:49 - Ro 15:9*

108. Psalm 18:50 - S 2Sa 23:1

109. Psalm 18:50 - Ps 144:10

110. Psalm 18:50 - Ps 89:4

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