Thematic Bible

Psalm 18:1

I will love thee, O Yahweh my strength!

Psalm 18:2

Yahweh, was my mountain crag and my stronghold, and my deliverer: My GOD, was my rock, I sought refuge in him, My shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower.

Psalm 18:3

Psalm 18:4

The meshes of death encompassed me, The torrents of perdition, made me afraid;

Psalm 18:5

The meshes of hades, had surrounded me, The snares of death, had confronted me,

Psalm 18:6

In my distress, called I on Yahweh, And, unto my God, made outcry for help, He heard, out of his temple, my voice, And my outcry for help came before him - entered into his ears!

Psalm 18:7

Then did the earth shake and quake, Even, the foundations of the mountains, were deeply moved, Yea they did shake, because he was angry.

Psalm 18:8

There went up smoke in his nostrils, and, a fire out of his mouth, devoured, Live coals, were kindled from it:

Psalm 18:9

Then he stretched out the heaven, and came down, - and, thick gloom, was under his feet;

Psalm 18:10

Then he rode on a cherub, and flew, and darted on the wings of the wind;

Psalm 18:11

Made darkness his hiding-place, Round about him - his pavilion, Darkness of waters, clouds of vapours.

Psalm 18:12

Out of the brightness before him, his clouds rolled along, hail, and live coals of fire.

Psalm 18:13

Then did Yahweh thunder in the heavens, and the Highest uttered his voice, - hail, and live coals of fire.

Psalm 18:14

And he sent forth his arrows and scattered them, yea, lightnings, he shot out, and confused them.

Psalm 18:15

Then appeared the channels of waters, were uncovered the foundations of the world, - At thy rebuke O Yahweh, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

Psalm 18:16

He sent from on high, he took me, - he drew me out of many waters.

Psalm 18:17

He rescued me from my foe, in his might, and from them who hated me, because they were too strong for me:

Psalm 18:18

They confronted me, in the day of my necessity, Then became Yahweh my stay:

Psalm 18:19

And brought me out, into a large place, he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

Psalm 18:20

Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, he repaid me;

Psalm 18:21

For I had kept the ways of Yahweh, and not broken away from my God;

Psalm 18:22

For, all his regulations, were before me, and, his statutes, did I not put from me:

Psalm 18:23

So became I blameless with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity.

Psalm 18:24

Yahweh therefore repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the pureness of my hands, before his eyes.

Psalm 18:25

With the loving, thou didst show thyself loving, - With the blameless man, thou didst show thyself blameless;

Psalm 18:26

With the pure, thou didst show thyself pure, But, with the perverse, thou didst show thyself ready to contend.

Psalm 18:27

For, as for thee, an oppressed people, thou didst save, but, looks that were lofty, layedst thou low;

Psalm 18:28

For, thou, didst light up my lamp, Yahweh my God, enlightened my darkness;

Psalm 18:29

For, by thee, I ran through a troop, and, by my God, I leapt over a wall.

Psalm 18:30

As for GOD, blameless is his way, The speech of Yahweh hath been proved, A shield, he is to all who seek refuge in him.

Psalm 18:31

For who is a GOD, save Yahweh? And who is a Rock, save our God?

Psalm 18:32

The GOD who girded me with strength, and set forth, as blameless, my way:

Psalm 18:33

Planting my feet like hinds' feet , yea, on my high places, he caused me to stand:

Psalm 18:34

Teaching my hands to war, - so that a bow of bronze was bent by mine arms.

Psalm 18:35

Thus didst thou grant me, as a shield, thy salvation, - and, thy right hand, sustained me, and, thy condescension, made me great.

Psalm 18:36

Thou didst widen my stepping-places under me, so that, mine ankles, faltered not.

Psalm 18:37

I pursued my foes, and overtook them, and returned not, till they were consumed:
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 18:38

I crushed them, and they were unable to rise, They fell under my feet.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 18:39

Thus didst thou gird me with strength, for the battle, Thou subduedst mine assailants under me.

Psalm 18:40

As for my foes, thou didst give me their neck, and, as for them who hated me, I destroyed them.

Psalm 18:41

They cried out, but there was none to save, unto Yahweh, but he answered them not.

Psalm 18:42

Then did I beat them in pieces, like dust on the face of the wind. Like the mire in the lanes, did I scatter them.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 18:43

Thus didst thou rescue me from the contentions of a people, - didst appoint me to be the head of nations, A people I had not known, served me:

Psalm 18:44

At the hearing of the ear, they submitted to me, the sons of the foreigner, came cringing unto me:

Psalm 18:45

The sons of the foreigner, lost heart, and came quaking out of their fortresses.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 18:46

Yahweh liveth and, blessed, be my Rock, yea, exalted, be the God of my salvation:

Psalm 18:47

The GOD, who hath avenged me, - and subjugated peoples under me:

Psalm 18:48

Who hath delivered me from my foes, - Yea, from mine assailants, hast thou set me on high, From the man of violence, hast thou rescued me.

Psalm 18:49

For this cause, will I praise thee among the nations, O Yahweh, and, to thy Name, will I sweep the strings: -

Psalm 18:50