Psalms 18
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1I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
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2The 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.
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3I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
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4The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
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5The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
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6In 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.
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7Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
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8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
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9He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
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10And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
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11He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
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12At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
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13The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
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14Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
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15Then 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.
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16He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
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17He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
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18They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
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19He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
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20The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
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21For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
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22For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
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23I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
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24Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
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25With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
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26With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
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27For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
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28For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
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29For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
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30As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
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31For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
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32It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
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33He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
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34He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
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35Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
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36Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
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37I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
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38I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
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39For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
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40Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
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41They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
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42Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
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43Thou 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.
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44As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
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45The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
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46The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
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47It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
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48He 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.
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49Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
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50Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
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Psalms 18:1
2 Samuel 22:1And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD ha...Colossians 1:11Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience...1 John 4:19We love him, because he first loved us.Philippians 4:13I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.Isaiah 12:1And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast ang...
Psalms 18:2
Psalms 144:2My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he...Psalms 62:7In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is...Psalms 19:14Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy...Psalms 91:2I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I t...Proverbs 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is sa...
Psalms 18:3
Psalms 91:15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I w...Luke 1:71That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;Romans 8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?Psalms 145:3Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.Psalms 62:8Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a r...
Psalms 18:4
Psalms 116:3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I fou...Matthew 27:24¶ When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was ma...2 Corinthians 1:9But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourse...Mark 14:33And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, an...Matthew 26:47¶ And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a gre...
Psalms 18:5
Psalms 86:13For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowes...Psalms 88:3For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.Acts 2:24Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not po...Psalms 116:3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I fou...Psalms 88:15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I a...
Psalms 18:6
Psalms 50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glor...2 Samuel 22:7In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my v...Psalms 34:15The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cr...Psalms 130:1Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.Psalms 120:1In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
Psalms 18:7
Acts 4:31¶ And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled toget...Psalms 68:7O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through...Judges 5:4LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edo...Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and sh...Matthew 28:2And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended f...
Psalms 18:8
Psalms 21:9Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall...Psalms 11:6Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempes...Nahum 1:5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his p...Daniel 7:10A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministe...Genesis 19:28And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, a...
Psalms 18:9
Deuteronomy 33:26¶ There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy...Psalms 144:5Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smok...Mark 15:33And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until t...2 Samuel 22:10He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.Hebrews 12:26Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once mor...
Psalms 18:10
Psalms 104:3Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his ch...Psalms 99:1The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let...2 Samuel 22:11And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wi...Ezekiel 1:5Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And th...Ezekiel 10:20This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of C...
Psalms 18:11
Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habi...Deuteronomy 4:11And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire...Joel 2:2A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as t...Psalms 81:7Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret pl...Psalms 91:1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shad...
Psalms 18:12
Joshua 10:11And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down...Revelation 16:21And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight...Matthew 17:5While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice...Exodus 9:23And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and h...Matthew 17:2And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his rai...
Cross References
Psalms 18:1
2 Samuel 22:1And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD ha...Colossians 1:11Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience...1 John 4:19We love him, because he first loved us.Philippians 4:13I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.Isaiah 12:1And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast ang...
Psalms 18:2
Psalms 144:2My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he...Psalms 62:7In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is...Psalms 19:14Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy...Psalms 91:2I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I t...Proverbs 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is sa...
Psalms 18:3
Psalms 91:15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I w...Luke 1:71That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;Romans 8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?Psalms 145:3Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.Psalms 62:8Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a r...
Psalms 18:4
Psalms 116:3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I fou...Matthew 27:24¶ When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was ma...2 Corinthians 1:9But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourse...Mark 14:33And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, an...Matthew 26:47¶ And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a gre...
Psalms 18:5
Psalms 86:13For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowes...Psalms 88:3For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.Acts 2:24Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not po...Psalms 116:3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I fou...Psalms 88:15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I a...
Psalms 18:6
Psalms 50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glor...2 Samuel 22:7In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my v...Psalms 34:15The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cr...Psalms 130:1Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.Psalms 120:1In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
Psalms 18:7
Acts 4:31¶ And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled toget...Psalms 68:7O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through...Judges 5:4LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edo...Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and sh...Matthew 28:2And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended f...
Psalms 18:8
Psalms 21:9Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall...Psalms 11:6Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempes...Nahum 1:5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his p...Daniel 7:10A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministe...Genesis 19:28And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, a...
Psalms 18:9
Deuteronomy 33:26¶ There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy...Psalms 144:5Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smok...Mark 15:33And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until t...2 Samuel 22:10He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.Hebrews 12:26Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once mor...
Psalms 18:10
Psalms 104:3Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his ch...Psalms 99:1The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let...2 Samuel 22:11And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wi...Ezekiel 1:5Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And th...Ezekiel 10:20This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of C...
Psalms 18:11
Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habi...Deuteronomy 4:11And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire...Joel 2:2A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as t...Psalms 81:7Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret pl...Psalms 91:1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shad...
Psalms 18:12
Joshua 10:11And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down...Revelation 16:21And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight...Matthew 17:5While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice...Exodus 9:23And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and h...Matthew 17:2And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his rai...