Psalms 18:1-24
Psalms 18:1 "...A Psalm of David the servant of Jehovah, who spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: and he said, I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.
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.
3) I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies.
4) The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid. 5) The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me. 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.
7) Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth. 8) There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it. 9) He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.
10) And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind. 11) He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. 12) At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire.
13) Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire. 14) And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them. 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.
16) He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters. 17) He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me. 18) They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.
19) He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me. 20) Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 21) For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
22) For all his ordinances were before me, And I put not away his statutes from me. 23) I was also perfect with him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity. 24) Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight."
