Thematic Bible
Psalm 18:1 (show verse)
I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
Psalm 18:2 (show verse)
The LORD is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Psalm 18:3 (show verse)
I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, so shall I be saved from my enemies.
Psalm 18:4 (show verse)
The pain of death compassed me, and the rivers of Belial made me afraid.
Psalm 18:5 (show verse)
The pain of Sheol compassed me about: the snares of death came before me.
Psalm 18:6 (show verse)
In my distress I called upon the LORD and cried unto my God; he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Psalm 18:7 (show verse)
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains collapsed and were removed because he was wroth.
Psalm 18:8 (show verse)
Smoke went up out of his nostrils, and fire devoured out of his mouth; coals were kindled by it.
Psalm 18:9 (show verse)
He lowered the heavens and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
Psalm 18:10 (show verse)
And he rode upon a cherub and flew: yea, he flew upon the wings of the wind.
Psalm 18:11 (show verse)
He made darkness his hiding place; in his tabernacle round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the heavens.
Psalm 18:12 (show verse)
At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
Psalm 18:13 (show verse)
The LORD thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
Psalm 18:14 (show verse)
He sent out his arrows and scattered them; he shot out lightnings and destroyed them.
Psalm 18:15 (show verse)
Then the depths of the waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
Psalm 18:16 (show verse)
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
Psalm 18:17 (show verse)
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me, even though they were too strong for me.
Psalm 18:18 (show verse)
They were ready for me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my staff.
Psalm 18:19 (show verse)
He brought me forth also into a wide place; he delivered me because he delighted in me.
Psalm 18:20 (show verse)
The LORD will reward me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he shall recompense me.
Psalm 18:21 (show verse)
Because I have kept the ways of the LORD and did not become wicked departing in apostasy from my God.
Psalm 18:22 (show verse)
For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
Psalm 18:23 (show verse)
I was perfect before him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.
Psalm 18:24 (show verse)
Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.
Psalm 18:25 (show verse)
With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; with a perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;
Psalm 18:26 (show verse)
with the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt show thyself adversary.
Psalm 18:27 (show verse)
Therefore thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down high looks.
Psalm 18:28 (show verse)
For thou wilt light my fire: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
Psalm 18:29 (show verse)
For with thee I have scattered armies; and in my God I have overcome walled defenses.
Psalm 18:30 (show verse)
As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is precise: a shield to all those that wait in him.
Psalm 18:31 (show verse)
For who is God except the LORD? or who is a refuge except our God?
Psalm 18:32 (show verse)
It is God that girds me with strength and makes my way perfect.
Psalm 18:33 (show verse)
He makes my feet like hinds' feet and sets me upon my high places.
Psalm 18:34 (show verse)
He trains my hands for the battle, so that a bow of bronze shall be broken by my arms.
Psalm 18:35 (show verse)
In the same manner thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand will hold me up, and thy meekness shall multiply me.
Psalm 18:36 (show verse)
Thou shall enlarge my steps under me, and my knees shall not tremble.
Psalm 18:37 (show verse)
I shall pursue my enemies and overtake them: neither shall I turn again until they are consumed.
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Psalm 18:38 (show verse)
I shall smite them, and they will not be able to rise: they shall fall under my feet.
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Psalm 18:39 (show verse)
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued my enemies under me.
Psalm 18:40 (show verse)
Thou hast also given me the necks of my enemies that I might destroy those that hate me.
Psalm 18:41 (show verse)
They cried out, but there was no one to save them: even unto the LORD, but he did not answer them.
Psalm 18:42 (show verse)
Then I beat them as small as the dust before the wind: I scattered them as the dirt in the streets.
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Psalm 18:43 (show verse)
Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the Gentiles: a people whom I did not know served me.
Psalm 18:44 (show verse)
As soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me: the sons of strangers submitted themselves unto me even against their will.
Psalm 18:45 (show verse)
The strangers fell away and were afraid in their close places.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 18:46 (show verse)
The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
Psalm 18:47 (show verse)
It is God that avenges me and subdues the peoples under me.
Psalm 18:48 (show verse)
He delivers me from my enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the one who would betray me.
Psalm 18:49 (show verse)
Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the Gentiles and sing praises unto thy name.
Psalm 18:50 (show verse)
He gives great deliverance to his king and shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.