Psalms 18:1 ASV: 


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Psalms 18:1: 
I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

Psalms 18:2: 
Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

Psalms 18:3: 
I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies.

Psalms 18:4: 
The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

Psalms 18:5: 
The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

Psalms 18:6: 
In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears.

Psalms 18:7: 
Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.

Psalms 18:8: 
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.

Psalms 18:9: 
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.

Psalms 18:10: 
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind.

Psalms 18:11: 
He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Psalms 18:12: 
At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire.

Psalms 18:13: 
Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.

Psalms 18:14: 
And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.

Psalms 18:15: 
Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

Psalms 18:16: 
He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters.

Psalms 18:17: 
He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

Psalms 18:18: 
They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.

Psalms 18:19: 
He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

Psalms 18:20: 
Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

Psalms 18:21: 
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.

Psalms 18:22: 
For all his ordinances were before me, And I put not away his statutes from me.

Psalms 18:23: 
I was also perfect with him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity.

Psalms 18:24: 
Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

Psalms 18:25: 
With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;

Psalms 18:26: 
With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.

Psalms 18:27: 
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.

Psalms 18:28: 
For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.

Psalms 18:29: 
For by thee I run upon a troop; And by my God do I leap over a wall.

Psalms 18:30: 
As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.

Psalms 18:31: 
For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God,

Psalms 18:32: 
The God that girdeth me with strength, And maketh my way perfect?

Psalms 18:33: 
He maketh my feet like hinds' `feet': And setteth me upon my high places.

Psalms 18:34: 
He teacheth my hands to war; So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

Psalms 18:35: 
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; And thy right hand hath holden me up, And thy gentleness hath made me great.

Psalms 18:36: 
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.

Psalms 18:37: 
I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; Neither will I turn again till they are consumed.

Psalms 18:38: 
I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet.

Psalms 18:39: 
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

Psalms 18:40: 
Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.

Psalms 18:41: 
They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.

Psalms 18:42: 
Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.

Psalms 18:43: 
Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

Psalms 18:44: 
As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.

Psalms 18:45: 
The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places.

Psalms 18:46: 
Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God of my salvation,

Psalms 18:47: 
Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And subdueth peoples under me.

Psalms 18:48: 
He rescueth me from mine enemies; Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.

Psalms 18:49: 
Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations, And will sing praises unto thy name.

Psalms 18:50: 
Great deliverance giveth he to his king, And showeth lovingkindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, for evermore. Psalm 19 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.