Psalms 18:1-19

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Psalm 18

The Lord Praised for Rescuing David.

For the music director. 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 rescued him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said,

1“I love You, Lord, my strength.”

2The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my savior,

My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;

My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

3I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,

And I am saved from my enemies.

4The ropes of death encompassed me,

And the torrents of destruction terrified me.

5The ropes of Sheol surrounded me;

The snares of death confronted me.

6In my distress I called upon the Lord,

And cried to my God for help;

He heard my voice from His temple,

And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.

7Then the earth shook and quaked;

And the foundations of the mountains were trembling

And were shaken, because He was angry.

8Smoke went up out of His nostrils,

And fire from His mouth was devouring;

Coals burned from it.

9He also bowed the heavens down low, and came down

With thick darkness under His feet.

10He rode on a cherub and flew;

And He sped on the wings of the wind.

11He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him,

Darkness of waters, thick clouds.

12From the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds,

Hailstones and coals of fire.

13The Lord also thundered in the heavens,

And the Most High uttered His voice,

Hailstones and coals of fire.

14He sent out His arrows, and scattered them,

And lightning flashes in abundance, and routed them.

15Then the channels of water appeared,

And the foundations of the world were exposed

By Your rebuke, Lord,

At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

16He sent from on high, He took me;

He drew me out of many waters.

17He saved me from my strong enemy,

And from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

18They confronted me in the day of my disaster,

But the Lord was my support.

19He also brought me out into an open place;

He rescued me, because He delighted in me.