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          DASV: Psalm 18    

For the music director; A psalm of David the servant of the LORD,
who sang to the LORD the words of this song to the LORD on
the day when the LORD rescued 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 is my rock, in whom I take refuge;
my shield and the horn of my salvation,
my stronghold.

3 I called on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised,
so I was saved from my enemies.
4 The cords of death surrounded me,
and the floods of destruction overwhelmed me.
5 The cords of Sheol wrapped around me;
the snares of death trapped me.
6 In my distress I called upon the LORD,
and cried for help to my God.
He heard my voice from his temple,
and my cry for help came to his ears.

7 Then the earth shook and trembled;
the foundations of the mountains quaked and shook
because he was angry.
8 Smoke went up out of his nostrils,
and fire from his mouth devoured,
flaming coals were kindled by it.
9 The heavens bent down as he descended,
and thick darkness was under his feet.
10 He mounted a cherub, and flew;
he soared upon the wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness his covering;
his canopy around him was dark rain clouds.
12 From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed by,
with hailstones and coals of fire.
13 The LORD thundered in the heavens,
and the Most High uttered his voice,
hailstones and coals of fire.
14 He shot his arrows, and scattered them;
he flashed lightning bolts, and routed them.
15 Then the channels of sea were seen,
and the foundations of the world were laid bare,
at your rebuke, O LORD,
at the blast of the breath from your nostrils.

16 He reached down from on high, he took hold of me;
he pulled me out of deep waters.
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy,
and from those who hated me,
for they were too strong for me.
18 They attacked me in the day of my calamity,
but the LORD was my support.
19 He brought me out into the open;
he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

20 The LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD,
and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 For all his regulations were before me,
and I have not rejected his statutes.
23 I was blameless before him,
and I kept myself from sin.
24 Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

25 To the faithful you show yourself faithful;
to the blameless you show yourself blameless;
26 to the pure you show yourself pure,
and to the twisted you show yourself cunning.
27 You save the humble,
but those with haughty eyes you humble.
28 For you light my lamp;
the LORD, my God lights up my darkness.
29 For by you I can attack an army,
and by my God I can leap over a wall.

30 As for God, his way is perfect;
the word of the LORD is tried and true.
He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
31 For who is God, except the LORD?
Who is a rock, besides our God?
32 God equips me with strength,
and makes my way perfect.
33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
and sets me on high places.
34 He trains my hands for war,
so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
35 You have given me the shield of your salvation,
and your right hand has held me up,
and your support has made me great.
36 You have widened the path for my steps under me,
and my feet have not slipped.

37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them;
I did not turn back until they were destroyed.
38 I struck them through, so that they were not able to rise;
they fell under my feet.
39 For you have equipped me with strength for the battle;
those who rose up against me, you have subdued under me.
40 You have made my fleeing enemies turn their backs to me,
and I destroyed those who hated me.
41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them;
they cried out to the LORD, but he did not answer them.
42 I beat them as fine as the dust blown by the wind;
I swept them out like mud from the streets.

43 You have delivered me from people accusing me;
you have made me the head of the nations,
a people whom I did not know serve me.
44 As soon as they hear about me, they obey me;
foreigners helplessly cringe before me.
45 Foreigners lose their courage,
and come trembling out of their fortified enclosures.

46 The LORD lives! Blessed be my rock!
May the God of my salvation be exalted.
47 It is God who avenges me,
and subdues the people under me.
48 He rescues me from my enemies;
yes, you lifted me up above those who rose up against me;
you delivered me from the violent.
49 Therefore I will give thanks to you, O LORD,
among the nations,
and will sing praises to your name.
50 He gives great victories to his king;
and shows loyal love to his anointed,
to David and his descendants forever.

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