Psalms 18:1-50 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love you, O LORD, my strength.

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1 H5329 To the chief H5329 Musician, H4210 A Psalm H1732 of David, H5650 the servant H3068 of the LORD, H834 who H1696 spake H3068 unto the LORD H1697 the words H2063 of this H7892 song H3117 in the day H3068 that the LORD H5337 delivered H3709 him from the hand H3605 of all H341 his enemies, H3027 and from the hand H7586 of Saul: H559 And he said, H7355 I will love H3068 you, O LORD, H2391 my strength.

2 H3068 The LORD H5553 is my rock, H4686 and my fortress, H6403 and my deliverer; H410 my God, H6697 my strength, H2620 in whom I will trust; H4043 my buckler, H7161 and the horn H3468 of my salvation, H4869 and my high H4869 tower.

3 H7121 I will call H3068 on the LORD, H1984 who is worthy to be praised: H3467 so shall I be saved H341 from my enemies.

4 H2256 The sorrows H4194 of death H661 compassed H5158 me, and the floods H1100 of ungodly H1204 men made me afraid.

5 H2256 The sorrows H7585 of hell H5437 compassed H4170 me about: the snares H4194 of death H6923 prevented me.

6 H6862 In my distress H7121 I called H3068 on the LORD, H7768 and cried H430 to my God: H8085 he heard H6963 my voice H1964 out of his temple, H7775 and my cry H935 came H6440 before H241 him, even into his ears.

7 H776 Then the earth H1607 shook H7493 and trembled; H4146 the foundations H2022 also of the hills H7264 moved H1607 and were shaken, H3588 because H2734 he was wroth.

8 H5927 There went H6227 up a smoke H639 out of his nostrils, H784 and fire H6310 out of his mouth H398 devoured: H1513 coals H1197 were kindled by it.

9 H5186 He bowed H8064 the heavens H3381 also, and came H3381 down: H6205 and darkness H8478 was under H7272 his feet.

10 H7392 And he rode H3742 on a cherub, H5774 and did fly: H1675 yes, he did fly H3671 on the wings H7307 of the wind.

11 H7896 He made H2822 darkness H5643 his secret H5521 place; his pavilion H5439 round H2824 about him were dark H4325 waters H5645 and thick clouds H7834 of the skies.

12 H5051 At the brightness H5048 that was before H5645 him his thick clouds H5674 passed, H1259 hail H1513 stones and coals H784 of fire.

13 H3068 The LORD H7481 also thundered H8064 in the heavens, H5945 and the Highest H5414 gave H6963 his voice; H1259 hail H1513 stones and coals H784 of fire.

14 H7971 Yes, he sent H2671 out his arrows, H6327 and scattered H7232 them; and he shot H1300 out lightning, H1949 and discomfited them.

15 H650 Then the channels H4325 of waters H7200 were seen, H4146 and the foundations H8398 of the world H1540 were discovered H1606 at your rebuke, H3068 O LORD, H5397 at the blast H7307 of the breath H639 of your nostrils.

16 H7971 He sent H4791 from above, H3947 he took H4871 me, he drew H7227 me out of many H4325 waters.

17 H5337 He delivered H5794 me from my strong H341 enemy, H8130 and from them which hated H553 me: for they were too strong for me.

18 H6923 They prevented H3117 me in the day H343 of my calamity: H3068 but the LORD H4937 was my stay.

19 H3318 He brought H3318 me forth H4800 also into a large H4800 place; H2502 he delivered H3588 me, because H2654 he delighted in me.

20 H3068 The LORD H1580 rewarded H6664 me according to my righteousness; H1252 according to the cleanness H3027 of my hands H7725 has he recompensed me.

21 H8104 For I have kept H1870 the ways H3068 of the LORD, H7561 and have not wickedly H430 departed from my God.

22 H3605 For all H4941 his judgments H5048 were before H5493 me, and I did not put H5493 away H2708 his statutes from me.

23 H8549 I was also upright H5973 before H8104 him, and I kept H5771 myself from my iniquity.

24 H3068 Therefore has the LORD H7725 recompensed H6664 me according to my righteousness, H1252 according to the cleanness H3027 of my hands H5869 in his eyesight.

25 H2623 With the merciful H2616 you will show yourself merciful; H8549 with an upright H1397 man H8549 you will show yourself upright;

26 H1305 With the pure H1305 you will show yourself pure; H6141 and with the fraudulent H6617 you will show yourself devious.

27 H3467 For you will save H6041 the afflicted H5971 people; H8213 but will bring H8213 down H7311 high H5869 looks.

28 H215 For you will light H5216 my candle: H3068 the LORD H430 my God H5050 will enlighten H2822 my darkness.

29 H7323 For by you I have run H1416 through a troop; H430 and by my God H1801 have I leaped H7791 over a wall.

30 H410 As for God, H1870 his way H8549 is perfect: H565 the word H3068 of the LORD H6884 is tried: H4043 he is a buckler H3605 to all H2620 those that trust in him.

31 H4310 For who H433 is God H1107 save H3068 the LORD? H4310 or who H6697 is a rock H2108 save H430 our God?

32 H410 It is God H247 that girds H2428 me with strength, H5414 and makes H1870 my way H8549 perfect.

33 H7737 He makes H7272 my feet H355 like hinds’ H7272 feet, H5975 and sets H1116 me on my high places.

34 H3925 He teaches H3027 my hands H4421 to war, H7198 so that a bow H5154 of steel H5181 is broken H2220 by my arms.

35 H5414 You have also given H4043 me the shield H3468 of your salvation: H3225 and your right H3225 hand H5582 has held H6038 me up, and your gentleness H7235 has made me great.

36 H7337 You have enlarged H6806 my steps H8478 under H7166 me, that my feet H4571 did not slip.

37 H7291 I have pursued H341 my enemies, H5381 and overtaken H3808 them: neither H7725 did I turn H7725 again H5704 till H3615 they were consumed.

38 H4272 I have wounded H3201 them that they were not able H6965 to rise: H5307 they are fallen H8478 under H7272 my feet.

39 H247 For you have girded H2428 me with strength H4421 to the battle: H3766 you have subdued H8478 under H6965 me those that rose up against me.

40 H5414 You have also given H6203 me the necks H341 of my enemies; H6789 that I might destroy H8130 them that hate me.

41 H7768 They cried, H369 but there was none H3467 to save H3068 them: even to the LORD, H6030 but he answered them not.

42 H7833 Then did I beat H6083 them small as the dust H5921 before H6440 H7307 the wind: H7324 I did cast H2916 them out as the dirt H2351 in the streets.

43 H6403 You have delivered H7379 me from the strivings H5971 of the people; H7760 and you have made H7218 me the head H1471 of the heathen: H5971 a people H3045 whom I have not known H5647 shall serve me.

44 H8085 As soon as they hear H8085 of me, they shall obey H1121 me: the strangers H5236 H3584 shall submit themselves to me.

45 H1121 The strangers H5236 H5034 shall fade H2727 away, and be afraid H4526 out of their close places.

46 H3068 The LORD H2416 lives; H1288 and blessed H6697 be my rock; H430 and let the God H3468 of my salvation H7311 be exalted.

47 H410 It is God H5414 that avenges H5360 H1696 me, and subdues H5971 the people H8478 under me.

48 H6403 He delivers H341 me from my enemies: H637 yes, H7311 you lift H6965 me up above those that rise H5337 up against me: you have delivered H2555 me from the violent H376 man.

49 H5921 Therefore H3651 H3034 will I give thanks H3068 to you, O LORD, H1471 among the heathen, H8034 and sing praises to your name.

50 H1431 Great H3444 deliverance H4428 gives he to his king; H6213 and shows H2617 mercy H4899 to his anointed, H1732 to David, H2233 and to his seed H5769 for ever more.