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Psalm 18

Common English Bible CEB

1 He said: I love you, LORD, my strength.

2 The LORD is my solid rock, my fortress, my rescuer. My God is my rock— I take refuge in him!— he's my shield, my salvation's strength, my place of safety.

3 Because he is praiseworthy, I cried out to the LORD, and I was saved from my enemies.

4 Death's cords were wrapped around me; rivers of wickedness terrified me.

5 The cords of the grave surrounded me; death's traps held me tight.

6 In my distress I cried out to the LORD; I called to my God for help. God heard my voice from his temple; I called to him for help, and my call reached his ears.

7 The earth rocked and shook; the bases of the mountains trembled and reeled because of God's anger.

8 Smoke went up from God's nostrils; out of his mouth came a devouring fire; flaming coals blazed out in front of him!

9 God parted the skies and came down; thick darkness was beneath his feet.

10 God mounted the heavenly creatures and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind.

11 God made darkness cloak him; his covering was dark water and dense cloud.

12 God's clouds went ahead of the brightness before him; hail and coals of fire went too.

13 The LORD thundered in heaven; the Most High made his voice heard with hail and coals of fire.

14 God shot his arrows, scattering the enemy; he sent the lightning and threw them into confusion.

15 The seabeds were exposed; the earth's foundations were laid bare at your rebuke, LORD, at the angry blast of air coming from your nostrils.

16 From on high God reached down and grabbed me; he took me out of all that water.

17 God saved me from my powerful enemy, saved me from my foes, who were too much for me.

18 They came at me on the very day of my distress, but the LORD was my support.

19 He brought me out to wide-open spaces; he pulled me out safe because he is pleased with me.

20 The LORD rewarded me for my righteousness; he restored me because my hands are clean,

21 because I have kept the LORD's ways. I haven't acted wickedly against my God.

22 All his rules are right in front of me; I haven't turned away from any of his laws.

23 I have lived with integrity before him; I've kept myself from wrongdoing.

24 And so the LORD restored me for my righteousness because my hands are clean in his eyes.

25 You deal faithfully with the faithful; you show integrity toward the one who has integrity.

26 You are pure toward the pure, but toward the crooked, you are tricky.

27 You are the one who saves people who suffer and brings down those with proud eyes.

28 You are the one who lights my lamp— the LORD my God illumines my darkness.

29 With you I can charge into battle; with my God I can leap over a wall.

30 God! His way is perfect; the LORD's word is tried and true. He is a shield for all who take refuge in him.

31 Now really, who is divine except the LORD? And who is a rock but our God?

32 Only God! The God who equips me with strength and makes my way perfect,

33 who makes my step as sure as the deer's, who lets me stand securely on the heights,

34 who trains my hands for war so my arms can bend a bronze bow.

35 You've given me the shield of your salvation; your strong hand has supported me; your help has made me great.

36 You've let me walk fast and safe, without even twisting an ankle.

37 I chased my enemies and caught them! I didn't come home until I finished them off.

38 I struck them down; they couldn't get up again; they fell under my feet.

39 You equipped me with strength for war; you brought my adversaries down underneath me.

40 You made my enemies turn tail from me; I destroyed my foes.

41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them. They cried for help to the LORD, but he wouldn't answer them.

42 I crushed them like dust blown away by the wind; I threw them out like mud dumped in the streets.

43 You delivered me from struggles with many people; you appointed me the leader of many nations. Strangers come to serve me.

44 After hearing about me, they obey me; foreigners grovel before me.

45 Foreigners lose their nerve; they come trembling out of their fortresses.

46 The LORD lives! Bless God, my rock! Let the God of my salvation be lifted high!

47 This is the God who avenges on my behalf, who subdues people before me,

48 who delivers me from my enemies. Yes, you lifted me high above my adversaries; you delivered me from violent people.

49 That's why I thank you, LORD, in the presence of the nations. That's why I sing praises to your name.

50 You are the one who gives great victories to your king, who shows faithful love to your anointed one— to David and to his descendants forever.

New King James Version NKJV

1 To 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.

2 The 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.

3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.

4 The pangs of death surrounded me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

5 The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.

6 In 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.

7 Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations of the hills also quaked and were shaken, Because He was angry.

8 Smoke went up from His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it.

9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down With darkness under His feet.

10 And He rode upon a cherub, and flew; He flew upon the wings of the wind.

11 He made darkness His secret place; His canopy around Him was dark waters And thick clouds of the skies.

12 From the brightness before Him, His thick clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire.

13 The Lord thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.

14 He sent out His arrows and scattered the foe, Lightnings in abundance, and He vanquished them.

15 Then 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.

16 He sent from above, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.

17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me, For they were too strong for me.

18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the Lord was my support.

19 He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.

20 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.

21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, And have not wickedly departed from my God.

22 For all His judgments were before me, And I did not put away His statutes from me.

23 I was also blameless before Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity.

24 Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

25 With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful; With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;

26 With the pure You will show Yourself pure; And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.

27 For You will save the humble people, But will bring down haughty looks.

28 For You will light my lamp; The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

29 For by You I can run against a troop, By my God I can leap over a wall.

30 As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the Lord is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.

31 For who is God, except the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God?

32 It is God who arms me with strength, And makes my way perfect.

33 He makes my feet like the feet of deer, And sets me on my high places.

34 He teaches my hands to make war, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

35 You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; Your right hand has held me up, Your gentleness has made me great.

36 You enlarged my path under me, So my feet did not slip.

37 I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them; Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.

38 I have wounded them, So that they could not rise; They have fallen under my feet.

39 For You have armed me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

40 You have also given me the necks of my enemies, So that I destroyed those who hated me.

41 They cried out, but there was none to save; Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.

42 Then I beat them as fine as the dust before the wind; I cast them out like dirt in the streets.

43 You 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.

44 As soon as they hear of me they obey me; The foreigners submit to me.

45 The foreigners fade away, And come frightened from their hideouts.

46 The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let the God of my salvation be exalted.

47 It is God who avenges me, And subdues the peoples under me;

48 He delivers me from my enemies. You also lift me up above those who rise against me; You have delivered me from the violent man.

49 Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the Gentiles, And sing praises to Your name.

50 Great deliverance He gives to His king, And shows mercy to His anointed, To David and his descendants forevermore.