Ps 18:2 The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Ps 18:3 I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies.
Ps 18:4 ¶ The cords of death encompassed me, And the torrents of ungodliness terrified me.
Ps 18:5 The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.
Ps 18:6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, And cried to my God for help; He heard my voice out of His temple, And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.
Ps 18:7 ¶ Then the earth shook and quaked; And the foundations of the mountains were trembling And were shaken, because He was angry.
Ps 18:8 Smoke went up out of His nostrils, And fire from His mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it.
Ps 18:9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His feet.
Ps 18:10 He rode upon a cherub and flew; And He sped upon the wings of the wind.
Ps 18:11 He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Ps 18:12 From the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds, Hailstones and coals of fire.
Ps 18:13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.
Ps 18:14 He sent out His arrows, and scattered them, And lightning flashes in abundance, and routed them.
Ps 18:15 Then the channels of water appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare At Your rebuke, O LORD, At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
Ps 18:18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the LORD was my stay.
Ps 18:19 He brought me forth also into a broad place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me.
Ps 18:20 ¶ The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
Ps 18:21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
Ps 18:22 For all His ordinances were before me, And I did not put away His statutes from me.
Ps 18:24 Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.