Thematic Bible
Psalm 18:1 (show verse)
I love you, O LORD, my strength.
Psalm 18:2 (show verse)
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.
Psalm 18:3 (show verse)
I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
Psalm 18:4 (show verse)
The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me;
Psalm 18:5 (show verse)
the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
Psalm 18:6 (show verse)
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.
Psalm 18:7 (show verse)
Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations also of the mountains trembled and quaked, because he was angry.
Psalm 18:8 (show verse)
Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.
Psalm 18:9 (show verse)
He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
Psalm 18:10 (show verse)
He rode on a cherub and flew; he came swiftly on the wings of the wind.
Psalm 18:11 (show verse)
He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, thick clouds dark with water.
Psalm 18:12 (show verse)
Out of the brightness before him hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.
Psalm 18:13 (show verse)
The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.
Psalm 18:14 (show verse)
And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.
Psalm 18:15 (show verse)
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.
Psalm 18:16 (show verse)
He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters.
Psalm 18:17 (show verse)
He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
Psalm 18:18 (show verse)
They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.
Psalm 18:19 (show verse)
He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me.
Psalm 18:20 (show verse)
The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
Psalm 18:21 (show verse)
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Psalm 18:22 (show verse)
For all his rules were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me.
Psalm 18:23 (show verse)
I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my guilt.
Psalm 18:24 (show verse)
So the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
Psalm 18:25 (show verse)
With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
Psalm 18:26 (show verse)
with the purified you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
Psalm 18:27 (show verse)
For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.
Psalm 18:28 (show verse)
For it is you who light my lamp; the LORD my God lightens my darkness.
Psalm 18:29 (show verse)
For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.
Psalm 18:30 (show verse)
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.
Psalm 18:31 (show verse)
For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?--
Psalm 18:32 (show verse)
the God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless.
Psalm 18:33 (show verse)
He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights.
Psalm 18:34 (show verse)
He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
Psalm 18:35 (show verse)
You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great.
Psalm 18:36 (show verse)
You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.
Psalm 18:37 (show verse)
I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and did not turn back till they were consumed.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 18:38 (show verse)
I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 18:39 (show verse)
For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me.
Psalm 18:40 (show verse)
You made my enemies turn their backs to me, and those who hated me I destroyed.
Psalm 18:41 (show verse)
They cried for help, but there was none to save; they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them.
Psalm 18:42 (show verse)
I beat them fine as dust before the wind; I cast them out like the mire of the streets.
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Psalm 18:43 (show verse)
You delivered me from strife with the people; you made me the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.
Psalm 18:44 (show verse)
As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me.
Psalm 18:45 (show verse)
Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 18:46 (show verse)
The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation--
Psalm 18:47 (show verse)
the God who gave me vengeance and subdued peoples under me,
Psalm 18:48 (show verse)
who delivered me from my enemies; yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me; you rescued me from the man of violence.
Psalm 18:49 (show verse)
For this I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations, and sing to your name.
Psalm 18:50 (show verse)
Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.