Thematic Bible
Psalm 18:1 (show verse)
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, 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 sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
Psalm 18:5 (show verse)
The sorrows of hell encompassed me: the snares of death seized me.
Psalm 18:6 (show verse)
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to 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 also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
Psalm 18:8 (show verse)
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
Psalm 18:9 (show verse)
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
Psalm 18:10 (show verse)
And he rode upon a cherub, and flew; yes, he flew upon the wings of the wind.
Psalm 18:11 (show verse)
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion around him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
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 also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
Psalm 18:14 (show verse)
Yes, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
Psalm 18:15 (show verse)
Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered 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 them who hated me: for they were too strong for me.
Psalm 18:18 (show verse)
They attacked me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
Psalm 18:19 (show verse)
He brought me forth also in a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
Psalm 18:20 (show verse)
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed 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 judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
Psalm 18:23 (show verse)
I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.
Psalm 18:24 (show verse)
Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
Psalm 18:25 (show verse)
With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt show thyself upright;
Psalm 18:26 (show verse)
With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt contend.
Psalm 18:27 (show verse)
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
Psalm 18:28 (show verse)
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
Psalm 18:29 (show verse)
For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
Psalm 18:30 (show verse)
As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
Psalm 18:31 (show verse)
For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
Psalm 18:32 (show verse)
It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
Psalm 18:33 (show verse)
He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
Psalm 18:34 (show verse)
He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.
Psalm 18:35 (show verse)
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath held me up and thy gentleness hath made me great.
Psalm 18:36 (show verse)
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
Psalm 18:37 (show verse)
I have pursued my enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
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Psalm 18:38 (show verse)
I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they have fallen under my feet.
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Psalm 18:39 (show verse)
For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Psalm 18:40 (show verse)
Thou hast also given me the necks of my enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
Psalm 18:41 (show verse)
They cried, but there was none to save them: even to the LORD, but he answered them not.
Psalm 18:42 (show verse)
Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I cast them out 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 heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
Psalm 18:44 (show verse)
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves to me.
Psalm 18:45 (show verse)
The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid from their close places.
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Psalm 18:46 (show verse)
The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
Psalm 18:47 (show verse)
It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
Psalm 18:48 (show verse)
He delivereth me from my enemies: yes, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
Psalm 18:49 (show verse)
Therefore will I give thanks to thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises to thy name.
Psalm 18:50 (show verse)
He giveth great deliverance to his king; and showeth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for ever.