Psalms 18

Jehovah praised for giving victory and dominion.

Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised:

The cords of death compassed me,

The cords of Sheol were round about me;

In my distress I called upon Jehovah,

Then the earth shook and trembled;

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils,

He bowed the heavens also, and came down;

And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly;

He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him,

At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed,

Jehovah also thundered in the heavens,

And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them;

Then the channels of waters appeared,

He sent from on high, he took me;

He delivered me from my strong enemy,

They came upon me in the day of my calamity;

He brought me forth also into a large place;

Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness;

For I have kept the ways of Jehovah,

For all his ordinances were before me,

I was also perfect with him,

Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness,

With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful;

With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure;

For thou wilt save the afflicted people;

For thou wilt light my lamp:

For by thee I run upon a troop;

As for God, his way is perfect:

For who is God, save Jehovah?

The God that girdeth me with strength,

He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet:

He teacheth my hands to war;

Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation;

Thou hast enlarged my steps under me,

I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them;

I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise:

For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle:

Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me,

They cried, but there was none to save;

Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind;

Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people;

As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me;

The foreigners shall fade away,

Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock;

Even the God that executeth vengeance for me,

He rescueth me from mine enemies;

Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations,

Great deliverance giveth he to his king,