For the choir director. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said,
18:1
"I love You, O LORD, my strength."
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.
3
I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised,
And I am saved from my enemies.
4
The cords of death encompassed me,
And the torrents of ungodliness terrified me.
5
The cords of Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
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.
7
Then the earth shook and quaked;
And the foundations of the mountains were trembling
And were shaken, because He was angry.
8
Smoke went up out of His nostrils,
And fire from His mouth devoured;
Coals were kindled by it.
9
He bowed the heavens also, and came down
With thick darkness under His feet.
10
He rode upon a cherub and flew;
And He sped upon the wings of the wind.
11
He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him,
Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
12
From the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds,
Hailstones and coals of fire.
13The LORD also thundered in the heavens,
And the Most High uttered His voice,
Hailstones and coals of fire.
14He sent out His arrows, and scattered them,
And lightning flashes in abundance, and routed them.
15Then the channels of water appeared,
And the foundations of the world were laid bare |
