Psalm Chapter 18 - To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David

Today's reading comes from Psalm Chapter 18 - To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David

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Psalm 18 - To the chief
Musician, A Psalm of David.

I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.

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.

I will call upon the Lord, who
is worthy to be praised: so shall

I be saved from mine enemies.

The sorrows of death compassed me, and
the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

The sorrows of hell compassed me about:
the snares of death prevented me.

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.

Then the earth shook and trembled; the
foundations also of the hills moved

and were shaken, because he was wroth.

There went up a smoke out of his
nostrils, and fire out of his mouth

devoured: coals were kindled by it.

He bowed the heavens also, and came
down: and darkness was under his feet.

And he rode upon a cherub,
and did fly: yea, he did fly

upon the wings of the wind.

He made darkness his secret place;
his pavilion round about him were dark

waters and thick clouds of the skies.

At the brightness that was before
him his thick clouds passed,

hail stones and coals of fire.

The Lord also thundered in the
heavens, and the Highest gave his

voice; hail stones and coals of fire.

Yea, he sent out his arrows, and
scattered them; and he shot out

lightnings, and discomfited them.

Then the channels of 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.

He sent from above, he took me,
he drew me out of many waters.

He delivered me from my strong
enemy, and from them which hated

me: for they were too strong for me.

They prevented me in the day of my
calamity: but the Lord was my stay.

He brought me forth also into
a large place; he delivered

me, because he delighted in me.

The Lord rewarded me
according to my righteousness;

he recompensed me.

For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and
have not wickedly departed from my God.

For all his judgments were before me, and
I did not put away his statutes from me.

I was also upright before him, and
I kept myself from mine iniquity.

Therefore hath the Lord recompensed
me according to my righteousness,

according to the cleanness
of my hands in his eyesight.

With the merciful thou wilt shew
thyself merciful; with an upright

man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

With the pure thou wilt shew thyself
pure; thou wilt shew thyself froward.

For thou wilt save the afflicted
people; but wilt bring down high looks.

For thou wilt light my candle: the
Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

For by thee I have run through a troop;
and by my God have I leaped over a wall.

As for God, his way is perfect:
the word of the Lord is tried:

those that trust in him.

For who is God save the Lord?

or who is a rock save our God?

It is God that girdeth me with
strength, and maketh my way perfect.

He maketh my feet like hinds' feet,
and setteth me upon my high places.

He teacheth my hands to war, so that
a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

Thou hast also given me the shield
of thy salvation: and thy right

hand hath holden me up, and thy
gentleness hath made me great.

Thou hast enlarged my steps under
me, that my feet did not slip.

I have pursued mine enemies, and
overtaken them: neither did I turn

again till they were consumed.

I have wounded them that they
were not able to rise: they

are fallen under my feet.

For thou hast girded me with strength
unto the battle: thou hast subdued

under me those that rose up against me.

Thou hast also given me the
necks of mine enemies; that I

might destroy them that hate me.

to save them: even unto the
Lord, but he answered them not.

Then did I beat them small as the
dust before the wind: I did cast

them out as the dirt in the streets.

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.

As soon as they hear of me, they
shall obey me: the strangers

shall submit themselves unto me.

The strangers shall fade away, and
be afraid out of their close places.

The Lord liveth; and blessed
be my rock; and let the God

of my salvation be exalted.

It is God that avengeth me, and
subdueth the people under me.

He delivereth me from mine enemies:
yea, thou liftest me up above those

that rise up against me: thou hast
delivered me from the violent man.

will I give thanks unto thee,
O Lord, among the heathen, and

sing praises unto thy name.

Great deliverance giveth he to his king;
and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to

David, and to his seed for evermore.