Bible Reading Plan

Chapter 18

The LORD Praised for Rescuing David.

¹ "I love You, LORD, ^(C1)my strength."

² The LORD is ^(C1)my rock and ^(C2)my fortress and my ^(C3)savior,
My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
My ^(C4)shield and the ^(C5)horn of my salvation, my ^(C6)stronghold.

³ I call upon the LORD, who is ^(C1)worthy to be praised,
And I am ^(C2)saved from my enemies.

⁴ The ^(C1)ropes of death encompassed me,
And the ^(C2)torrents of ^(F1)destruction ^(F2)terrified me.

⁵ The ^(C1)ropes of ^(F1)Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.

⁶ In my ^(C1)distress I called upon the LORD,
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice ^(C2)from His temple,
And my ^(C3)cry for help before Him came into His ears.

⁷ Then the ^(C1)earth shook and quaked;
And the ^(C2)foundations of the mountains were trembling
And were shaken, because He was angry.

⁸ Smoke went up ^(F1)out of His nostrils,
And ^(C1)fire from His mouth was devouring;
Coals burned from it.

⁹ He also ^(C1)bowed the heavens down low, and came down
With thick ^(C2)darkness under His feet.

¹⁰ He rode on a ^(C1)cherub and flew;
And He sped on the ^(C2)wings of the wind.

¹¹ He made ^(C1)darkness His hiding place, ^(C2)His ^(F1)canopy around Him,
Darkness of waters, thick clouds.

¹² From the ^(C1)brightness before Him passed His thick clouds,
Hailstones and ^(C2)coals of fire.

¹³ The LORD also ^(C1)thundered in the heavens,
And the Most High uttered His voice,
Hailstones and coals of fire.

¹⁴ He ^(C1)sent out His arrows, and scattered them,
And lightning flashes in abundance, and ^(F1)routed them.

¹⁵ Then the ^(C1)channels of water appeared,
And the foundations of the world were exposed
By Your ^(C2)rebuke, LORD,
At the blast of the ^(C3)breath of Your nostrils.

¹⁶ He ^(C1)sent from on high, He took me;
He drew me out of ^(C2)many waters.

¹⁷ He ^(C1)saved me from my strong enemy,
And from those who hated me, for they were ^(C2)too mighty for me.

¹⁸ They confronted me in ^(C1)the day of my disaster,
But ^(C2)the LORD was my support.

¹⁹ He also brought me out into an ^(C1)open place;
He rescued me, because ^(C2)He delighted in me.

²⁰ The LORD has ^(C1)rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the ^(C2)cleanness of my hands He has repaid me.

²¹ For I have ^(C1)kept the ways of the LORD,
And have ^(C2)not acted wickedly against my God.

²² For all ^(C1)His judgments were before me,
And I did not put away His ^(C2)statutes from me.

²³ I was also ^(F1)(C1)blameless with Him,
And I ^(C2)kept myself from my wrongdoing.

²⁴ Therefore the LORD has ^(C1)repaid me according to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.

²⁵ With ^(C1)the faithful You show Yourself faithful;
With the ^(F1)blameless ^(C2)You prove Yourself blameless;

²⁶ With the pure You show Yourself ^(C1)pure,
And with the crooked ^(C2)You show Yourself ^(F1)astute.

²⁷ For You ^(C1)save an afflicted people,
But You humiliate ^(C2)haughty eyes.

²⁸ For You ^(C1)light my lamp;
The LORD my God ^(C2)illumines my darkness.

²⁹ For by You I can ^(C1)run at a ^(F1)troop of warriors;
And by my God I can ^(C2)leap over a wall.

³⁰ As for God, His way is ^(F1)(C1)blameless;
The ^(C2)word of the LORD is refined;
He is a ^(C3)shield to all who take refuge in Him.

³¹ For ^(C1)who is God, but the LORD?
And who is a ^(C2)rock, except our God,

³² The God who ^(C1)encircles me with strength,
And ^(F1)makes my way ^(F2)(C2)blameless?

³³ He ^(C1)makes my feet like deer's feet,
And ^(C2)sets me up on my high places.

³⁴ He ^(C1)trains my hands for battle,
So that my arms can ^(C2)bend a bow of bronze.

³⁵ You have also given me ^(C1)the shield of Your salvation,
And Your ^(C2)right hand upholds me;
And ^(C3)Your ^(F1)gentleness makes me great.

³⁶ You ^(C1)enlarge my steps under me,
And my ^(F1)(C2)feet have not slipped.<