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Psalms 18

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¹I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength. ²Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. ³I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies. ⁴The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid. ⁵The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me. ⁶In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears. ⁷Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth. ⁸There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it. ⁹He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet. ¹⁰And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind. ¹¹He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. ¹²At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire. ¹³Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire. ¹⁴And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them. ¹⁵Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. ¹⁶He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters. ¹⁷He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me. ¹⁸They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay. ¹⁹He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me. ²⁰Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. ²¹For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God. ²²For all his ordinances were before me, And I put not away his statutes from me. ²³I was also perfect with him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity. ²⁴Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. ²⁵With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect; ²⁶With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward. ²⁷For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down. ²⁸For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness. ²⁹For by thee I run upon a troop; And by my God do I leap over a wall. ³⁰As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him. ³¹For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God, ³²The God that girdeth me with strength, And maketh my way perfect? ³³He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: And setteth me upon my high places. ³⁴He teacheth my hands to war; So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass. ³⁵Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; And thy right hand hath holden me up, And thy gentleness hath made me great. ³⁶Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped. ³⁷I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; Neither will I turn again till they are consumed. ³⁸I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet. ³⁹For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. ⁴⁰Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me. ⁴¹They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not. ⁴²Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets. ⁴³Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me. ⁴⁴As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me. ⁴⁵The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places. ⁴⁶Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God of my salvation, ⁴⁷Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And subdueth peoples under me. ⁴⁸He rescueth me from mine enemies; Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man. ⁴⁹Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations, And will sing praises unto thy name. ⁵⁰Great deliverance giveth he to his king, And showeth lovingkindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, for evermore.