Psalms 18 — ILT
18Verse 1“To the chief musician, by the servant of the Lord, by David, who spoke unto the Lord the words of this song on the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the power of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul; (18:2) And he said,” I ever love thee, O Lord, my strength.Verse 2(18:3) The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.Verse 3(18:4) Praised, I cried, be the Lord, and from my enemies was I saved.Verse 4(18:5) The bonds of death encompassed me, and the floods of destruction made me afraid.Verse 5(18:6) The bonds of hell encircled me: the snares of death seized on me.Verse 6(18:7) [When] in my distress I called upon the Lord, and unto my God I cried: he heard from his temple my voice, and my complaint came before him, even into his ears.Verse 7(18:8) Then shook and trembled the earth; and the foundations of the mountains were moved; and they were shaken, because he was wroth.Verse 8(18:9) Smoke went up in his anger and consuming fire out of his mouth: coals flamed forth from him.Verse 9(18:10) And he bent the heavens, and came down: and thick darkness was under his feet:Verse 10(18:11) And he rode upon a cherub, and flew along, and he flitted by upon the wings of the wind.Verse 11(18:12) He made darkness his hiding-place, round about him as his pavilion, dark waters, thick clouds of the skies.Verse 12(18:13) From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed away, [with] hail-stones and coals of fire.Verse 13(18:14) And the Lord thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered forth his voice, [with] hail-stones and coals of fire.Verse 14(18:15) And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot forth lightnings, and discomfited them.Verse 15(18:16) And then were seen the channels of the waters, and there were laid open the foundations of the world, through thy rebuke, O Lord, through the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.Verse 16(18:17) He stretched out from above [his hand], he took me; he drew me out from mighty waters.Verse 17(18:18) He delivered me from my enemy, the strong, and from those that hated me, when they were too mighty for me.Verse 18(18:19) They overcame me on the day of my calamity; but the Lord became my stay.Verse 19(18:20) And he brought me forth into a large space; he delivered me, because he had delight in me.Verse 20(18:21) The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.Verse 21(18:22) For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.Verse 22(18:23) For all his ordinances were before me, and his statutes had I not put away from me.Verse 23(18:24) I was also upright with him, and I guarded myself against my iniquity.Verse 24(18:25) Therefore did the Lord recompense me according to my righteousness, according to the purity of my hands before his eyes.Verse 25(18:26) With the kind thou wilt show thyself kind; with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright;Verse 26(18:27) With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt wage a contest.Verse 27(18:28) For thou wilt indeed save the afflicted people; but haughty eyes wilt thou bring down.Verse 28(18:29) For thou wilt cause my light to shine: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.Verse 29(18:30) For [aided] by thee I run through a troop; and [helped] by my God I leap over a wall.Verse 30(18:31) As for God,—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: he is a shield to all those that trust in him.Verse 31(18:32) For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock beside our God?Verse 32(18:33) He is the God that girdeth me with strength, and rendereth my way unobstructed.Verse 33(18:34) He maketh my feet like those of the hinds, and upon my high-places he causeth me to stand.Verse 34(18:35) He teacheth my hands for the war, so that a brazen bow is bent by my arms.Verse 35(18:36) And thou gavest me the shield of thy salvation, and thy right hand supported me: and thy meekness hath made me great.Verse 36(18:37) Thou enlargest my steps under me, so that my joints do not slip.Verse 37(18:38) I pursue my enemies, and overtake them; and I return not again till I have made an end of them.Verse 38(18:39) I crush them that they are not able to rise: they fall under my feet.Verse 39(18:40) For thou hast girded me with strength for the war: thou subduest my opponents under me.Verse 40(18:41) And my enemies thou causest to turn their back to me; and those that hate me,—that I may destroy them.Verse 41(18:42) They cry, but there is none to help; unto the Lord,—but he answereth them not.Verse 42(18:43) And I beat them small as the dust before the wind: like the dirt in the streets do I cast them out.Verse 43(18:44) Thou deliverest me from the contests of the people; thou appointest me to be the head of nations: a people that I know not shall serve me.Verse 44(18:45) As soon as their ear heareth they shall be obedient to me: the children of the stranger shall utter flattery unto me.Verse 45(18:46) The children of the stranger shall fade away, and come forth trembling out of their close places.Verse 46(18:47) The Lord liveth, and blessed be my Rock; and exalted be the God of my salvation;Verse 47(18:48) The God that granteth me vengeance, and subdueth nations under me;Verse 48(18:49) That delivereth me from my enemies: also above my opponents thou liftest me up; thou deliverest me from the man of violence.Verse 49(18:50) Therefore will I give thanks unto thee among the nations, O Lord, and unto thy name will I sing praises,—Verse 50(18:51) [To him] that maketh great the salvation of his king, and who sheweth kindness to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for ever.