PsalmsJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicSharePsalms 18Darby - 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 will love thee, O Jehovah, my strength. 2Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; myGod, my rock, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. 3I will call upon Jehovah, who is to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 4The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid. 5The bands of Sheol surrounded me, the cords of death encountered me. 6In my distress I called upon Jehovah, and I cried out to myGod; he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, into his ears. 7Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled and shook, because he was wroth. 8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals burned forth from it. 9And he bowed the heavens, and came down; and darkness was under his feet. 10And he rode upon a cherub and did fly; yea, he flew fast upon the wings of the wind. 11He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. 12From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed forth: hail and coals of fire. 13And Jehovah thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice: hail and coals of fire. 14And he sent his arrows, and scattered [mine enemies]; and he shot forth lightnings, and discomfited them. 15And the beds of the waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered at thy rebuke, Jehovah, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. 16He reached forth from above, he took me, he drew me out of great waters: 17He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me; for they were mightier than I. 18They encountered me in the day of my calamity, but Jehovah was my stay. 19And he brought me forth 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 myGod. 22For all his ordinances were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me; 23And I was upright with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity. 24And Jehovah hath recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight. 25With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; with the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright; 26With the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary. 27For it is thou that savest the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes wilt thou bring down. 28For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah myGod enlighteneth my darkness. 29For by thee I have run through a troop; and by myGod have I leaped over a wall. 30As forGod, his way is perfect; the word of Jehovah is tried: he is a shield to all that trust in him. 31For who isGod save Jehovah? and who is a rock if not ourGod? 32TheGod who girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect, 33Who maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], and setteth me upon my high places; 34Who teacheth my hands to war, and mine arms bend a bow of brass; 35And thou didst give me the shield of thy salvation, and thy right hand held me up; and thy condescending gentleness hath made me great. 36Thou didst enlarge my steps under me, and mine ankles have not wavered. 37I pursued mine enemies, and overtook them; and I turned not again till they were consumed. 38I crushed them, and they were not able to rise: they fell under my feet. 39And thou girdedst me with strength to battle; thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against me. 40And mine enemies didst thou make to turn their backs unto me, and those that hated me I destroyed. 41They cried, and there was none to save; — unto Jehovah, and he answered them not. 42And I did beat them small as 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 I knew not doth serve me. 44At the hearing of the ear, they obey me: strangers come cringing unto me. 45Strangers have faded away, and they come trembling forth from their close places. 46Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be theGod of my salvation, 47TheGod who hath avenged me, and hath subjected the peoples to me; 48Who hath delivered me from mine enemies: yea, thou hast lifted me up above them that rose up against me; from the man of violence hast thou delivered me. 49Therefore will I give thanks to thee, Jehovah, among the nations, and will sing psalms to thy name. 50[It is he] who giveth great deliverances to his king, and sheweth loving-kindness 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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