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CHAPTER 18

1
For the choirmaster.
Of David
the servant
of the LORD,
who
sang
this
song
to the LORD
on the day
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.
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 will call upon
the LORD,
who is worthy to be praised;
so shall I be saved
from
my enemies.
4
The cords
of death
encompassed me;
the torrents
of chaos
overwhelmed me.
5
The cords
of Sheol
entangled me;
the snares
of death
confronted me.
6
In my distress
I called
upon
the LORD
and I cried to
my God
for help.
From His temple
He heard
my voice,
and my cry for His help
reached
His ears.
7
Then the earth
shook
and quaked,
and the foundations
of the mountains
trembled;
they were shaken
because
He burned with anger.
8
Smoke
rose
from His nostrils,
and consuming
fire
came from
His mouth;
glowing coals
flamed forth.
9
He parted
the heavens
and came down
with dark clouds
was under
His feet.
10
He mounted
a cherub
and flew;
He soared
on
the wings
of the wind.
11
He made
darkness
His hiding place,
and storm
clouds
a canopy
around Him.
12
From the brightness
of His presence,
His clouds
advanced—
hailstones
and coals
of fire.
13
The LORD
thundered
from heaven;
the voice
of the Most High
resounded—
hailstones
and coals
of fire.
14
He shot
His arrows
and scattered the foes;
He hurled
lightning
and routed them.
15
The channels
of the sea
appeared,
the foundations
of the world
were exposed,
at Your rebuke,
O LORD,
at the blast
of the breath
of Your nostrils.
16
He reached
from on high
and took hold of me;
He drew me
out of deep
waters.
17
He rescued me
from
my powerful
enemy
and from foes
too mighty for me.
18
They confronted me
in my day
of calamity,
but the LORD
was
my support.
19
He brought me out
into the open;
He rescued me
because
He delighted in me.
20
The LORD
has rewarded me
according to my righteousness;
He has repaid me
according to the cleanness
of my hands.
21
For
I have kept
the ways
of the LORD
and have not
wickedly departed
from my God.
22
For
all
His ordinances are
before me;
I have not
disregarded
His statutes.
23
And I
have been blameless
before Him
and kept myself
from iniquity.
24
So the LORD
has repaid 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 crooked
You show Yourself shrewd.
27
For
You
save
an afflicted
people,
but You humble
those with haughty
eyes.
28
For
You,
O LORD,
light
my lamp;
my God
enlightens
my darkness.
29
For
in You
I can charge
an army,
and with my God
I can scale
a wall.
30
As for God,
His way
is perfect;
the word
of the LORD
is flawless.
He
is a shield
to 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 makes
my way
blameless.
33
He makes
my feet
like the feet of a deer
and stations me
upon
the heights.
34
He trains
my hands
for battle;
my arms
can bend
a bow
of bronze.
35
You have given
me
Your shield
of salvation;
Your right hand
upholds me,
and Your gentleness
exalts me.
36
You broaden
the path
beneath me
so that my ankles
do not
give way.
37
I pursued
my enemies
and overtook them;
I did not
turn back
until
they were consumed.
38
I crushed them
so they could not
rise;
they have fallen
under
my feet.
39
You have armed me
with strength
for battle;
You have subdued
my foes
beneath me.
40
You have made
my enemies
retreat
before me;
I put an end
to those who hated me.
41
They cried for help,
but there was no one
to save them—
to
the LORD,
but He did not
answer.
42
I ground them
as dust
in
the face of
the wind;
I trampled them
like mud
in the streets.
43
You have delivered me
from the strife
of the people;
You have made me
the head
of nations;
a people
I had not
known
shall serve me.
44
When they hear me,
they obey me;
foreigners
cower
before me.
45
Foreigners
lose heart
and come trembling
from their strongholds.
46
The LORD
lives!
Blessed be
my rock!
And may the God
of my salvation
be exalted—
47
the God
who avenges
me
and subdues
nations
beneath me,
48
who delivers
me from
my enemies.
You exalt me
above my foes;
You rescue me
from violent
men.
49
Therefore
I will praise You,
O LORD,
among the nations;
I will sing praises
to Your name!
50
He brings
great
salvation
to His king.
He shows
loving devotion
to His anointed,
to David
and his descendants
forever.
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