Psalm 18:1-6
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Psalm 18
Royal Thanksgiving for Victory
To the leader. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord, who addressed the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said:
1 I love you, O Lord, my strength.
2 The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,
my God, my rock in whom I take refuge,
my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.(A)
3 I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,
so I shall be saved from my enemies.(B)
4 The cords of death encompassed me;
the torrents of perdition assailed me;(C)
5 the cords of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.(D)
6 In my distress I called upon the Lord;
to my God I cried for help.
From his temple he heard my voice,
and my cry to him reached his ears.(E)
Psalm 18:43-50
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43 You delivered me from strife with the peoples;[a]
you made me head of the nations;
people whom I had not known served me.(A)
44 As soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me;
foreigners came cringing to me.
45 Foreigners lost heart
and came trembling out of their strongholds.(B)
46 The Lord lives! Blessed be my rock,
and exalted be the God of my salvation,(C)
47 the God who gave me vengeance
and subdued peoples under me,(D)
48 who delivered me from my enemies;
indeed, you exalted me above my adversaries;
you delivered me from the violent.(E)
49 For this I will extol you, O Lord, among the nations
and sing praises to your name.(F)
50 Great triumphs he gives to his king
and shows steadfast love to his anointed,
to David and his descendants forever.(G)
Footnotes
- 18.43 Gk Tg: Heb people
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