Psalms 18:6-50 (18:7) In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God; out of His temple He heard my voice, and my cry came before Him unto His ears.

VIN⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁶ (18:7) In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God; out of His temple He heard my voice, and my cry came before Him unto His ears. ⁷ Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled, and they staggered because he was angry. ⁸ Smoke went up from his nostrils. A raging fire came out of his mouth. Glowing coals were kindled by it. ⁹ He lowered the heavens and came down; and darkness was under his feet. ¹⁰ He rode upon a cherub and flew; he soared upon the wings of the wind. ¹¹ But he made darkness his covering, His tent around him was dark water in clouds of air. ¹² Out of the brightness in front of him, those rain clouds passed by with hailstones and lightning. ¹³ Then the Lord thundered from heaven, the Most High uttered his voice: ¹⁴ He sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he multiplied lightnings, and routed them. ¹⁵ Then the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils. ¹⁶ He reached down from high above and took hold of me. He pulled me out of the raging water. ¹⁷ He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, because they were too strong for me. ¹⁸ They confronted me on the day of disaster, but the LORD was my support. ¹⁹ So he brought me out to a spacious place. He delivered me because he delighted in me. ²⁰ the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands he has repaid me. ²¹ For I have kept the ways of the LORD, And I have not been wicked by turning from my Elohim." ²² All his judgments are in front of me and I have not turned away from his laws. ²³ and I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my guilt. ²⁴ Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. ²⁵ With the faithful you show yourself faithful. With the blameless man you show yourself blameless. ²⁶ To the pure you show yourself pure. but to the wicked you show yourself shrewd. ²⁷ You save humble people, but you humiliate the proud. ²⁸ O LORD, you light my lamp. My God turns my darkness into light. ²⁹ For with you I can charge a troop, and with my God I can scale a wall. ³⁰ As for God, his way is perfect. The word of the LORD is pure. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him. ³¹ For who is God besides the LORD? Or who is a Rock except our God? ³² It is God who girds me with strength and makes my way perfect. ³³ He makes my feet like the feet of female-deers and sets me upon my high places. ³⁴ He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. ³⁵ You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great. ³⁶ You widened my steps beneath me, So that my limbs have not tottered." ³⁷ I chased my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were finished off. ³⁸ I crushed them, and they were not able to rise: they fell under my feet. ³⁹ You armed me with strength for battle. You made my opponents bow at my feet. ⁴⁰ You made my enemies turn their backs to me. I destroyed those who hated me. ⁴¹ They cried, but there was none to save; even to the LORD, but he did not answer them. ⁴² And I ground them like dust in the wind, I emptied them out like mud of the streets. ⁴³ You have delivered me from the strifes of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known will serve me. ⁴⁴ As soon as they hear of me, they will obey me. Foreigners will cringe in front of me. ⁴⁵ Foreigners will wilt away; they will come trembling out of their stronghold. ⁴⁶ the LORD lives! Blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation, ⁴⁷ He is the God who avenges me, and speaks to people under me. ⁴⁸ He saves me from my enemies. You lift me up above my opponents. You rescue me from violent people. ⁴⁹ Therefore I will praise you, LORD, among the nations, and will sing praises to your name. ⁵⁰ He gives great victories to his king. He shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his descendants forever.