LEB PSA Chapter 18

Praise to God for His Deliverance

• who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song
• [fn] Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies,
• and from the hand of Saul.[fn]
• 18  “I love you, O Yahweh, my strength.”
• 2 is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I have taken refuge,
• my shield and the horn of my deliverance, my stronghold.
• 3  and I was saved from my enemies.
• 4  and streams of ruin overwhelmed me.
• 5  the snares of death confronted me.
• 6  and to my God I cried for help.
• He heard my voice from his temple,
• and my cry for help
• came up before his presence into his ears.
• 7  and the foundations of the mountains trembled,
• and they staggered because he was angry.
• 8  and fire from his mouth consumed.
• Burning coals blazed from him.
• 9 the heavens and came down with a thick cloud under his feet.
• 10  and he swooped down on wings of wind.
• 11  all about him his covering
• was a darkness of waters,[fn]
• 12  his clouds passed over
• with hail and coals of fire.
• 13  and the Most High uttered his voice
• with hail and coals of fire.
• 14 [fn] and many lightning bolts and routed them.
• 15 the sea became visible, and the foundations of the world were uncovered
• by your rebuke, O Yahweh,
• by the[fn] of the wind of your nose.
• 16 [fn] from on high; he seized me. He drew me from many waters.
• 17  and from those who hated me
• because they were stronger than I.
• 18  but Yahweh was my support.
• 19  He delivered me because he delighted in me.
• 20  According to the cleanness of my hands
• he has repaid me.
• 21  and have not acted wickedly against my God,
• 22 are before me, and his statutes I have not removed from me,
• 23  and I kept myself from my guilt.
• 24  according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
• 25 the loyal you show yourself loyal. To the blameless you show yourself blameless.
• 26 the pure you show yourself pure. but to the wicked you show yourself shrewd.
• 27  but haughty eyes you humiliate.
• 28  Yahweh, my God, lights up my darkness.
• 29  and with my God I can scale a wall.
• 30 [fn] God—his way is blameless. The word of Yahweh is flawless.[fn]
• He is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.
• 31 is God apart from Yahweh, and who is a rock except our God?
• 32 with strength, and made safe[fn] my way,
• 33  and on my high places he makes me stand.
• 34 He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
• 35  and your right hand supported me,
• and your humility made me great.
• 36  and my ankles did not slip.
• 37  I did not turn back until they were finished off.
• 38  they fell under my feet.
• 39 with strength for the battle; those rising against me you made to kneel under me.
• 40 [fn] then I destroyed those who hated me.
• 41  even to Yahweh, but he did not answer them.
• 42 [fn] I emptied them[fn] out like mud of the streets.
• 43  you set me as head (over) nations.
• People I did not know served me;
• 44 [fn] they obeyed me. The children of a foreign land feigned obedience before me.
• 45 The children of a foreign land[fn] and they came trembling from their strongholds.
• 46 be my rock, and may the God of my salvation be exalted—
• 47  and subdued peoples under me,
• 48  Indeed, you exalted me higher than those who rose against me.
• You delivered me from the man of violence.
• 49  and I will sing the praise of your name:
• 50  and who shows loyal love for his anointed,
• to David and to his descendants forever.