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Themes in Psalm 18
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Themes in Psalm 18

Psalm 18:1

For the choir director. Of the servant of the Lord, David, who spoke the words of this song to the Lord on the day the Lord rescued him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said:I love You, Lord, my strength.

Psalm 18:2

The Lord is my rock,
my fortress, and my deliverer,
my God, my mountain where I seek refuge,
my shield and the horn of my salvation,
my stronghold.

Psalm 18:3

I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,
and I was saved from my enemies.

Psalm 18:4

The ropes of death were wrapped around me;
the torrents of destruction terrified me.

Psalm 18:5

The ropes of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.

Psalm 18:6

I called to the Lord in my distress,
and I cried to my God for help.
From His temple He heard my voice,
and my cry to Him reached His ears.

Psalm 18:7

Then the earth shook and quaked;
the foundations of the mountains trembled;
they shook because He burned with anger.

Psalm 18:8

Smoke rose from His nostrils,
and consuming fire came from His mouth;
coals were set ablaze by it.

Psalm 18:9

He parted the heavens and came down,
a dark cloud beneath His feet.

Psalm 18:10

He rode on a cherub and flew,
soaring on the wings of the wind.

Psalm 18:11

He made darkness His hiding place,
dark storm clouds His canopy around Him.

Psalm 18:12

From the radiance of His presence,
His clouds swept onward with hail and blazing coals.

Psalm 18:13

The Lord thundered from heaven;
the Most High projected His voice.

Psalm 18:14

He shot His arrows and scattered them;
He hurled lightning bolts and routed them.

Psalm 18:15

The depths of the sea became visible,
the foundations of the world were exposed,
at Your rebuke, Lord,
at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

Psalm 18:16

He reached down from heaven
and took hold of me;
He pulled me out of deep waters.

Psalm 18:17

He rescued me from my powerful enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were too strong for me.

Psalm 18:18

They confronted me in the day of my distress,
but the Lord was my support.

Psalm 18:19

He brought me out to a spacious place;
He rescued me because He delighted in me.

Psalm 18:20

The Lord rewarded me
according to my righteousness;
He repaid me
according to the cleanness of my hands.

Psalm 18:21

For I have kept the ways of the Lord
and have not turned from my God to wickedness.

Psalm 18:22

Indeed, I have kept all His ordinances in mind
and have not disregarded His statutes.

Psalm 18:23

I was blameless toward Him
and kept myself from sinning.

Psalm 18:24

So the Lord repaid me
according to my righteousness,
according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

Psalm 18:25

With the faithful
You prove Yourself faithful;
with the blameless man
You prove Yourself blameless;

Psalm 18:26

with the pure
You prove Yourself pure,
but with the crooked
You prove Yourself shrewd.

Psalm 18:27

For You rescue an afflicted people,
but You humble those with haughty eyes.

Psalm 18:28

Lord, You light my lamp;
my God illuminates my darkness.

Psalm 18:29

With You I can attack a barrier,
and with my God I can leap over a wall.

Psalm 18:30

God—His way is perfect;
the word of the Lord is pure.
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

Psalm 18:31

For who is God besides Yahweh?
And who is a rock? Only our God.

Psalm 18:32

God—He clothes me with strength
and makes my way perfect.

Psalm 18:33

He makes my feet like the feet of a deer
and sets me securely on the heights.

Psalm 18:34

He trains my hands for war;
my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

Psalm 18:35

You have given me the shield of Your salvation;
Your right hand upholds me,
and Your humility exalts me.

Psalm 18:36

You widen a place beneath me for my steps,
and my ankles do not give way.

Psalm 18:37

I pursue my enemies and overtake them;
I do not turn back until they are wiped out.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 18:38

I crush them, and they cannot get up;
they fall beneath my feet.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 18:39

You have clothed me with strength for battle;
You subdue my adversaries beneath me.

Psalm 18:40

You have made my enemies retreat before me;
I annihilate those who hate me.

Psalm 18:41

They cry for help, but there is no one to save them—
they cry to the Lord, but He does not answer them.

Psalm 18:42

I pulverize them like dust before the wind;
I trample them like mud in the streets.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 18:43

You have freed me from the feuds among the people;
You have appointed me the head of nations;
a people I had not known serve me.

Psalm 18:44

Foreigners submit to me grudgingly;
as soon as they hear, they obey me.

Psalm 18:45

Foreigners lose heart
and come trembling from their fortifications.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 18:46

The Lord lives—may my rock be praised!
The God of my salvation is exalted.

Psalm 18:47

God—He gives me vengeance
and subdues peoples under me.

Psalm 18:48

He frees me from my enemies.
You exalt me above my adversaries;
You rescue me from violent men.

Psalm 18:49

Therefore I will praise You, Yahweh, among the nations;
I will sing about Your name.

Psalm 18:50

He gives great victories to His king;
He shows loyalty to His anointed,
to David and his descendants forever.
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