Psalm 18:1-29

New King James Version

^4 (G)The pangs of death surrounded me,
And the floods of ^[c]ungodliness made me afraid.
⁵ The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
⁶ In my distress I called upon the Lord,
And cried out to my God;
He heard my voice from His temple,
And my cry came before Him, even to His ears.

^7 (H)Then the earth shook and trembled;
The foundations of the hills also quaked and were shaken,
Because He was angry.
⁸ Smoke went up from His nostrils,
And devouring fire from His mouth;
Coals were kindled by it.
^9 (I)He bowed the heavens also, and came down
With darkness under His feet.
^10 (J)And He rode upon a cherub, and flew;
^(K)He flew upon the wings of the wind.
¹¹ He made darkness His secret place;
^(L)His canopy around Him was dark waters
And thick clouds of the skies.
^12 (M)From the brightness before Him,
His thick clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire.

¹³ The Lord thundered from heaven,
And the Most High uttered ^(N)His voice,
^[d]Hailstones and coals of fire.
^14 (O)He sent out His arrows and scattered ^[e]the foe,
Lightnings in abundance, and He vanquished them.
¹⁵ Then the channels of the sea were seen,
The foundations of the world were uncovered
At Your rebuke, O Lord,
At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

^16 (P)He sent from above, He took me;
He drew me out of many waters.
¹⁷ He delivered me from my strong enemy,
From those who hated me,
For they were too strong for me.
¹⁸ They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
But the Lord was my support.
^19 (Q)He also brought me out into a broad place;
He delivered me because He delighted in me.

^20 (R)The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands
He has recompensed me.
²¹ For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.
²² For all His judgments were before me,
And I did not put away His statutes from me.
²³ I was also blameless ^[f]before Him,
And I kept myself from my iniquity.
^24 (S)Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

^25 (T)With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful;
With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;
²⁶ With the pure You will show Yourself pure;
And ^(U)with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.
²⁷ For You will save the humble people,
But will bring down ^(V)haughty looks.

^28 (W)For You will light my lamp;
The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
²⁹ For by You I can ^[g]run against a troop,
By my God I can leap over a wall.