Noyes - Psalms - 18

18:1  I love thee, O LORD, my strength!

18:2  Jehovah is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I trust; My shield, my strong defence, and my high tower.

18:3  I called upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, And was delivered from my enemies.

18:4  The snares of death encompassed me; The floods of destruction filled me with dismay;

18:5  The snares of the underworld surrounded me, And the nets of death seized upon me.

18:6  In my distress I called upon the LORD, And cried unto my God; He heard my voice from his palace, And my cry came before him into his ears.

18:7  Then the earth quaked and trembled; The foundations of the mountains rocked and were shaken, Because his wrath was kindled.

18:8  A smoke went up from his nostrils, And fire from his mouth devoured; Burning coals shot forth from him.

18:9  He bowed the heavens, and came down; And darkness was under his feet;

18:10  And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

18:11  And he made darkness his covering; His pavilion round about him was dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

18:12  At the brightness before him, his thick clouds passed away; Then came hailstones and coals of fire.

18:13  The LORD also thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered his voice, Amid hailstones and coals of fire.

18:14  He sent forth his arrows, and scattered them; Continual lightnings, and discomfited them.

18:15  Then the channels of the deep were seen, And the foundations of the earth were laid bare At thy rebuke, O LORD! At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

18:16  He stretched forth his hand from above; he took me, And drew me out of deep waters.

18:17  He delivered me from my strong enemy; From my adversaries, who were too powerful for me.

18:18  They fell upon me in the day of my calamity; But the LORD was my stay.

18:19  He brought me forth into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

18:20  The LORD hath rewarded me according to my righteous; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

18:21  For I have kept the ways of the LORD, And have not wickedly departed from my God.

18:22  For all his laws were in my sight; I did not put away his statutes from me.

18:23  I was upright before him, And kept myself from iniquity.

18:24  Therefore hath the LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.

18:25  To the merciful thou showest thyself merciful; To the upright thou showest thyself upright;

18:26  To the pure thou showest thyself pure, And to the perverse thou showest thyself perverse.

18:27  For thou savest the afflicted people, But the haughty countenance thou bringest down.

18:28  Thou causest my lamp to shine; Jehovah, my God, enlighteneth my darkness.

18:29  For through thee I have broken through troops; Through my God I have leaped over walls.

18:30  The ways of God are just and true; His word is pure, tried in the fire; He is a shield to all who put their trust in him.

18:31  Who, then, is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, save our God?

18:32  It is God that girded me with strength, And made my way plain.

18:33  He made my feet like the hind’s, And set me in my high places;

18:34  He taught my hands to war, So that my arm bent the bow of brass.

18:35  Thou gavest me the shield of thy protection; Thy right hand held me up, And thy goodness made me great.

18:36  Thou didst make a wide path for my steps, So that my feet did not stumble.

18:37  I pursued my enemies and overtook them, And turned not back till I had destroyed them.

18:38  I smote them, so that they could not rise; They fell under my feet.

18:39  Thou didst gird me with strength for the battle; Thou didst cast down my adversaries under me.

18:40  Thou didst cause my enemies to turn their backs, So that I destroyed them that hated me.

18:41  They cried, but there was none to help; To Jehovah, but he answered them not.

18:42  I beat them small, like dust before the wind; I cast them out as the dirt of the streets.

18:43  Thou hast delivered me from the assaults of the nations; Thou hast made me the head of the kingdoms. Nations whom I knew not serve me;

18:44  They who have only heard of me obey me; Yea, men of a strange land submit themselves to me;

18:45  Men of a strange land fade away, like a leaf, And come trembling from their strongholds.

18:46  Jehovah is the living God; blessed be my rock; Exalted be the God of my salvation!

18:47  It is God who hath given me vengeance, And subdued the nations under me;

18:48  He delivered me from my enemies; Yea, thou hast lifted me up above my adversaries; Thou hast saved me from the violent man!

18:49  Therefore I will give thanks to thee, O LORD! among the nations, And sing praises to thy name.

18:50  Great deliverance giveth he to his king, And showeth mercy to his anointed,—To David and to his posterity for ever.