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Psalms 18

¹How I love you, LORD! You are my defender.

²The LORD is my protector; he is my strong fortress. My God is my protection, and with him I am safe. He protects me like a shield; he defends me and keeps me safe.

³I call to the LORD, and he saves me from my enemies. Praise the LORD!

⁴The danger of death was all around me; the waves of destruction rolled over me.

⁵The danger of death was around me, and the grave set its trap for me.

⁶In my trouble I called to the LORD; I called to my God for help. In his temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help.

⁷Then the earth trembled and shook; the foundations of the mountains rocked and quivered, because God was angry.

⁸Smoke poured out of his nostrils, a consuming flame and burning coals from his mouth.

⁹He tore the sky open and came down with a dark cloud under his feet.

¹⁰He flew swiftly on his winged creature; he traveled on the wings of the wind.

¹¹He covered himself with darkness; thick clouds, full of water, surrounded him.

¹²Hailstones and flashes of fire came from the lightning before him and broke through the dark clouds.

¹³Then the LORD thundered from the sky; and the voice of the Most High was heard.

¹⁴He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies; with flashes of lightning he sent them running.

¹⁵The floor of the ocean was laid bare, and the foundations of the earth were uncovered, when you rebuked your enemies, LORD, and roared at them in anger.

¹⁶The LORD reached down from above and took hold of me; he pulled me out of the deep waters.

¹⁷He rescued me from my powerful enemies and from all those who hate me--- they were too strong for me.

¹⁸When I was in trouble, they attacked me, but the LORD protected me.

¹⁹He helped me out of danger; he saved me because he was pleased with me.

²⁰The LORD rewards me because I do what is right; he blesses me because I am innocent.

²¹I have obeyed the law of the LORD; I have not turned away from my God.

²²I have observed all his laws; I have not disobeyed his commands.

²³He knows that I am faultless, that I have kept myself from doing wrong.

²⁴And so he rewards me because I do what is right, because he knows that I am innocent.

²⁵O LORD, you are faithful to those who are faithful to you; completely good to those who are perfect.

²⁶You are pure to those who are pure, but hostile to those who are wicked.

²⁷You save those who are humble, but you humble those who are proud.

²⁸O LORD, you give me light; you dispel my darkness.

²⁹You give me strength to attack my enemies and power to overcome their defenses.

³⁰This God---how perfect are his deeds! How dependable his words! He is like a shield for all who seek his protection.

³¹The LORD alone is God; God alone is our defense.

³²He is the God who makes me strong, who makes my pathway safe.

³³He makes me sure-footed as a deer; he keeps me safe on the mountains.

³⁴He trains me for battle, so that I can use the strongest bow.

³⁵O LORD, you protect me and save me; your care has made me great, and your power has kept me safe.

³⁶You have kept me from being captured, and I have never fallen.

³⁷I pursue my enemies and catch them; I do not stop until I destroy them.

³⁸I strike them down, and they cannot rise; they lie defeated before me.

³⁹You give me strength for the battle and victory over my enemies.

⁴⁰You make my enemies run from me; I destroy those who hate me.

⁴¹They cry for help, but no one saves them; they call to the LORD, but he does not answer.

⁴²I crush them, so that they become like dust which the wind blows away. I trample on them like mud in the streets.

⁴³You saved me from a rebellious people and made me ruler over the nations; people I did not know have now become my subjects.

⁴⁴Foreigners bow before me; when they hear me, they obey.

⁴⁵They lose their courage and come trembling from their fortresses.

⁴⁶The LORD lives! Praise my defender! Proclaim the greatness of the God who saves me.

⁴⁷He gives me victory over my enemies; he subdues the nations under me

⁴⁸and saves me from my foes. O LORD, you give me victory over my enemies and protect me from violent people.

⁴⁹And so I praise you among the nations; I sing praises to you.

⁵⁰God gives great victories to his king; he shows constant love to the one he has chosen, to David and his descendants forever.