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18 : 1 I love you, O LORD, my strength.
18 : 2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
18 : 3 I call to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies.
18 : 4 The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
18 : 5 The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.
18 : 6 In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.
18 : 7 The earth trembled and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because he was angry.
18 : 8 Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.
18 : 9 He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.
18 : 10 He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind.
18 : 11 He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him-- the dark rain clouds of the sky.
18 : 12 Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning.
18 : 13 The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
18 : 14 He shot his arrows and scattered the enemies , great bolts of lightning and routed them.
18 : 15 The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of breath from your nostrils.
18 : 16 He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.
18 : 17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.
18 : 18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the LORD was my support.
18 : 19 He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.
18 : 20 The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
18 : 21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD; I have not done evil by turning from my God.
18 : 22 All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees.
18 : 23 I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.
18 : 24 The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
18 : 25 To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
18 : 26 to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.
18 : 27 You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.
18 : 28 You, O LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.
18 : 29 With your help I can advance against a troop ; with my God I can scale a wall.
18 : 30 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in him.
18 : 31 For who is God besides the LORD ? And who is the Rock except our God?
18 : 32 It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect.
18 : 33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he enables me to stand on the heights.
18 : 34 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
18 : 35 You give me your shield of victory, and your right hand sustains me; you stoop down to make me great.
18 : 36 You broaden the path beneath me, so that my ankles do not turn.
18 : 37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed.
18 : 38 I crushed them so that they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.
18 : 39 You armed me with strength for battle; you made my adversaries bow at my feet.
18 : 40 You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes.
18 : 41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them-- to the LORD, but he did not answer.
18 : 42 I beat them as fine as dust borne on the wind; I poured them out like mud in the streets.
18 : 43 You have delivered me from the attacks of the people; you have made me the head of nations; people I did not know are subject to me.
18 : 44 As soon as they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cringe before me.
18 : 45 They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.
18 : 46 The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior!
18 : 47 He is the God who avenges me, who subdues nations under me,
18 : 48 who saves me from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from violent men you rescued me.
18 : 49 Therefore I will praise you among the nations, O LORD; I will sing praises to your name.
18 : 50 He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.