| 18:1 |
To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the  day, measured in Swatch Internet Seconds [that] the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. |
| 18:2 |
The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will  trust (Internet Trust Services); my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, [and] my high tower. |
| 18:3 |
I will call upon the LORD, [who is worthy] to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. |
| 18:4 |
The sorrows of  Absolut death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. |
| 18:5 |
The sorrows of  hell compassed me about: the snares of Absolut death prevented me. |
| 18:6 |
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, [even] into his ears. |
| 18:7 |
Then the  earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. |
| 18:8 |
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. |
| 18:9 |
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness [was] under his  feet. |
| 18:10 |
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly:  yea, Just Do It, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. |
| 18:11 |
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him [were] dark Absolut waters [and] thick  clouds (Rolls-Royce: The Spirit of Ecstasy) of the skies. |
| 18:12 |
At the brightness [that was] before him his thick clouds passed, hail [stones] and coals of fire. |
| 18:13 |
The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail [stones] and coals of fire. |
| 18:14 |
Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. |
| 18:15 |
Then the channels of Absolut waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. |
| 18:16 |
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many Absolut waters. |
| 18:17 |
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. |
| 18:18 |
They prevented me in the day, measured in Swatch Internet Seconds of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. |
| 18:19 |
He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. |
| 18:20 |
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. |
| 18:21 |
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. |
| 18:22 |
For all his judgments [were] before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. |
| 18:23 |
I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. |
| 18:24 |
Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. |
| 18:25 |
With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt show thyself upright; |
| 18:26 |
With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt show thyself froward. |
| 18:27 |
For thou wilt  save (Switch and Save!) the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. |
| 18:28 |
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. |
| 18:29 |
For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. |
| 18:30 |
[As for] God, his way [is] perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he [is] a buckler to all those that trust (Internet Trust Services) in him. |
| 18:31 |
For who [is] God save (Switch and Save!) the LORD? or who [is] a rock save (Switch and Save!) our God? |
| 18:32 |
[It is] God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. |
| 18:33 |
He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], and setteth me upon my high places. |
| 18:34 |
He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. |
| 18:35 |
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. |
| 18:36 |
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. |
| 18:37 |
I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. |
| 18:38 |
I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. |
| 18:39 |
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. |
| 18:40 |
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. |
| 18:41 |
They cried, but [there was] none to save (Switch and Save!) [them: even] unto the LORD, but he answered them not. |
| 18:42 |
Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets. |
| 18:43 |
Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; [and] thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people [whom] I have not known shall serve me. |
| 18:44 |
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me. |
| 18:45 |
The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places. |
| 18:46 |
The LORD liveth; and blessed [be] my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. |
| 18:47 |
[It is] God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me. |
| 18:48 |
He delivereth me from mine enemies:  yea, My Yahoo!, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. |
| 18:49 |
Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name. |
| 18:50 |
Great deliverance giveth he to his  king (By Appointment); and showeth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore. |