PsalmsJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicSharePsalms 18ASV - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Psalms 1Psalms 2Psalms 3Psalms 4Psalms 5Psalms 6Psalms 7Psalms 8Psalms 9Psalms 10Psalms 11Psalms 12Psalms 13Psalms 14Psalms 15Psalms 16Psalms 17Psalms 18Psalms 19Psalms 20Psalms 21Psalms 22Psalms 23Psalms 24Psalms 25Psalms 26Psalms 27Psalms 28Psalms 29Psalms 30Psalms 31Psalms 32Psalms 33Psalms 34Psalms 35Psalms 36Psalms 37Psalms 38Psalms 39Psalms 40Psalms 41Psalms 42Psalms 43Psalms 44Psalms 45Psalms 46Psalms 47Psalms 48Psalms 49Psalms 50Psalms 51Psalms 52Psalms 53Psalms 54Psalms 55Psalms 56Psalms 57Psalms 58Psalms 59Psalms 60Psalms 61Psalms 62Psalms 63Psalms 64Psalms 65Psalms 66Psalms 67Psalms 68Psalms 69Psalms 70Psalms 71Psalms 72Psalms 73Psalms 74Psalms 75Psalms 76Psalms 77Psalms 78Psalms 79Psalms 80Psalms 81Psalms 82Psalms 83Psalms 84Psalms 85Psalms 86Psalms 87Psalms 88Psalms 89Psalms 90Psalms 91Psalms 92Psalms 93Psalms 94Psalms 95Psalms 96Psalms 97Psalms 98Psalms 99Psalms 100Psalms 101Psalms 102Psalms 103Psalms 104Psalms 105Psalms 106Psalms 107Psalms 108Psalms 109Psalms 110Psalms 111Psalms 112Psalms 113Psalms 114Psalms 115Psalms 116Psalms 117Psalms 118Psalms 119Psalms 120Psalms 121Psalms 122Psalms 123Psalms 124Psalms 125Psalms 126Psalms 127Psalms 128Psalms 129Psalms 130Psalms 131Psalms 132Psalms 133Psalms 134Psalms 135Psalms 136Psalms 137Psalms 138Psalms 139Psalms 140Psalms 141Psalms 142Psalms 143Psalms 144Psalms 145Psalms 146Psalms 147Psalms 148Psalms 149Psalms 150›Psalms 18ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength. 2Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. 3I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies. 4The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid. 5The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me. 6In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears. 7Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth. 8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it. 9He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet. 10And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind. 11He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. 12At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire. 13Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire. 14And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them. 15Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. 16He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters. 17He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me. 18They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay. 19He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me. 20Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 21For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God. 22For all his ordinances were before me, And I put not away his statutes from me. 23I was also perfect with him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity. 24Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. 25With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect; 26With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward. 27For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down. 28For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness. 29For by thee I run upon a troop; And by my God do I leap over a wall. 30As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him. 31For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God, 32The God that girdeth me with strength, And maketh my way perfect? 33He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: And setteth me upon my high places. 34He teacheth my hands to war; So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass. 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. 36Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped. 37I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; Neither will I turn again till they are consumed. 38I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet. 39For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. 40Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me. 41They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not. 42Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets. 43Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me. 44As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me. 45The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places. 46Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God of my salvation, 47Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And subdueth peoples under me. 48He rescueth me from mine enemies; Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man. 49Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations, And will sing praises unto thy name. 50Great deliverance giveth he to his king, And showeth lovingkindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, for evermore. ‹Previous chapterPsalms 17Next chapterPsalms 19›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsPsalms 18 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. 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