Psalm 18:1-50 (KJV)
[1] I will love thee, 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 buckler, and the
horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
[3] I will call upon the Lord, who is
worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved
from mine enemies.
[4] The sorrows of death compassed me,
and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
[5] The sorrows of hell compassed me
about: the snares of death prevented me.
[6] In my distress I called upon the Lord,
and cried unto my God: he heard my voice
out of his temple, and my cry came before
him, even into his ears.
[7] Then the earth shook and trembled; the
foundations also of the hills moved and
were shaken, because he was wroth.
[8] There went up a smoke out of his nostrils,
and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals
were kindled by it.
[9] He bowed the heavens also, and came down:
and darkness was under his feet.
[10] And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly:
yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
[11] He made darkness his secret place; his
pavilion round about him were dark waters
and thick clouds of the skies.
[12] At the brightness that was before him
his thick clouds passed, hail stones and
coals of fire.
[13] The Lord also thundered in the heavens,
and the Highest gave his voice; hail
stones and coals of fire.
[14] Yea, he sent out his arrows, and
scattered them; and he shot out lightnings,
and discomfited them.
[15] Then the channels of waters were seen,
and the foundations of the world were
discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord, at
the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
[16] He sent from above, he took me,
he drew me out of many waters.
[17] He delivered me from my strong enemy,
and from them which hated me: for they
were too strong for me.
[18] They prevented me in the day of my
calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
[19] He brought me forth also into a large
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 hath he 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 upright before him, and I
kept myself from mine iniquity.
[24] Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me
according to my righteousness, according to
the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
[25] With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself
merciful; with an upright man thou wilt
shew thyself upright;
[26] With the pure thou wilt shew thyself
pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew
thyself froward.
[27] For thou wilt save the afflicted people;
but wilt bring down high looks.
[28] For thou wilt light my candle:
the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
[29] For by thee I have run through a troop;
and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
[30] As for God, his way is perfect: the
word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to
all those that trust in him.
[31] For who is God save the Lord? or
who is a rock save our God?
[32] It is God that girdeth me with strength,
and maketh my way perfect.
[33] He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and
setteth me upon my high places.
[34] He teacheth my hands to war, so
that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
[35] Thou hast also given me the shield
of thysalvation: and thy right hand hath
holden me up, and thy gentleness hath
made me great.
[36] Thou hast enlarged my steps under me,
that my feet did not slip.
[37] I have pursued mine enemies, and
overtaken them: neither did I turn again
till they were consumed.
[38] I have wounded them that they were not
able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
[39] For thou hast girded me with strength
unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me
those that rose up against me.
[40] Thou hast also given me the necks of
mine enemies; that I might destroy them
that hate me.
[41] They cried, but there was none to
save them: even unto the Lord, but he
answered them not.
[42] Then did I beat them small as the dust
before the wind: I did cast them out as
the dirt in the streets.
[43] Thou hast delivered me from the
strivings of the people; and thou hast
made me the head of the heathen: a people
whom I have not known shall serve me.
[44] As soon as they hear of me, they
shall obey me: the strangers shall submit
themselves unto me.
[45] The strangers shall fade away, and
be afraid out of their close places.
[46] The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock;
and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
[47] It is God that avengeth me, and
subdueth the people under me.
[48] He delivereth me from mine enemies:
yea, thou liftest me up above those that
rise up against me: thou hast delivered
me from the violent man.
[49] Therefore will I give thanks unto
thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and
sing praises unto thy name.
[50] Great deliverance giveth he to his
king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed,
to David, and to his seed for evermore.
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