Login Go Premium

Psalms 18:29-50

Read this passage and open each verse for the full verse feed and commentary tools.

29For by You I can run at a troop of warriors;

And by my God I can leap over a wall.

30As for God, His way is blameless;

The word of the Lord is refined;

He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

31For who is God, but the Lord?

And who is a rock, except our God,

32The God who encircles me with strength,

And makes my way blameless?

33He makes my feet like deer’s feet,

And sets me up on my high places.

34He trains my hands for battle,

So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

35You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,

And Your right hand upholds me;

And Your gentleness makes me great.

36You enlarge my steps under me,

And my feet have not slipped.

37I pursued my enemies and overtook them,

And I did not turn back until they were consumed.

38I shattered them, so that they were not able to rise;

They fell under my feet.

39For You have encircled me with strength for battle;

You have forced those who rose up against me to bow down under me.

40You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me,

And I destroyed those who hated me.

41They cried for help, but there was no one to save,

They cried to the Lord, but He did not answer them.

42Then I beat them fine like the dust before the wind;

I emptied them out like the mud of the streets.

43You have rescued me from the contentions of the people;

You have placed me as head of the nations;

A people whom I have not known serve me.

44As soon as they hear, they obey me;

Foreigners pretend to obey me.

45Foreigners lose heart,

And come trembling out of their fortresses.

46The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock;

And exalted be the God of my salvation,

47The God who executes vengeance for me,

And subdues peoples under me.

48He rescues me from my enemies;

You indeed lift me above those who rise up against me;

You rescue me from a violent man.

49Therefore I will give thanks to You among the nations, Lord,

And I will sing praises to Your name.

50He gives great salvation to His king,

And shows faithfulness to His anointed,

To David and his descendants forever.