Psalms Chapter 18 (ESV)
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I love you, O LORD, my strength.
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The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
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I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
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The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me;
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the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
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In my distress I called upon the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.
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Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations also of the mountains trembled and quaked, because he was angry.
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Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.
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He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
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He rode on a cherub and flew; he came swiftly on the wings of the wind.
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He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, thick clouds dark with water.
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Out of the brightness before him hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.
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The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.
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And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.
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Then the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
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He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters.
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He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
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They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.
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He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me.
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The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
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For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
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For all his rules were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me.
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I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my guilt.
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So the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
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With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
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with the purified you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
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For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.
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For it is you who light my lamp; the LORD my God lightens my darkness.
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For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.
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This God — his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.
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For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God? —
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the God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless.
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He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights.
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He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
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You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great.
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You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.
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I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and did not turn back till they were consumed.
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I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet.
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For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me.
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You made my enemies turn their backs to me, and those who hated me I destroyed.
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They cried for help, but there was none to save; they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them.
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I beat them fine as dust before the wind; I cast them out like the mire of the streets.
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You delivered me from strife with the people; you made me the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.
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As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me.
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Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses.
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The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation —
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the God who gave me vengeance and subdued peoples under me,
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who rescued me from my enemies; yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me; you delivered me from the man of violence.
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For this I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations, and sing to your name.
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Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.
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