Psalm 18 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

The LORD Praised for Giving Deliverance.

(2Sa 22:1–51 )

Psa 18:1For the Chief Musician. By 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 Sha'ul. He said, I love you, LORD, my strength.

Psa 18:2

Psa 18:2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

Psa 18:3

Psa 18:3I call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; And I am saved from my enemies.

Psa 18:4

Psa 18:4The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

Psa 18:5

Psa 18:5The cords of She'ol were round about me; The snares of death came on me.

Psa 18:6

Psa 18:6In my distress I called on the LORD, And cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, My cry before him came into his ears.

Psa 18:7

Psa 18:7Then the eretz shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, Because he was angry.

Psa 18:8

Psa 18:8Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.

Psa 18:9

Psa 18:9He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.

Psa 18:10

Psa 18:10He rode on a Keruv, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.

Psa 18:11

Psa 18:11He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion around him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Psa 18:12

Psa 18:12At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire.

Psa 18:13

Psa 18:13The LORD also thundered in the sky, The Elyon uttered his voice: Hailstones and coals of fire.

Psa 18:14

Psa 18:14He sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yes, great lightning bolts, and routed them.

Psa 18:15

Psa 18:15Then the channels of waters appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, LORD, At the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

Psa 18:16

Psa 18:16He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters.

Psa 18:17

Psa 18:17He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

Psa 18:18

Psa 18:18They came on me in the day of my calamity, But the LORD was my support.

Psa 18:19

Psa 18:19He brought me forth also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

Psa 18:20

Psa 18:20The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.

Psa 18:21

Psa 18:21For I have kept the ways of the LORD, And have not wickedly departed from my God.

Psa 18:22

Psa 18:22For all his ordinances were before me. I didn't put away his statutes from me.

Psa 18:23

Psa 18:23I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.

Psa 18:24

Psa 18:24Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

Psa 18:25

Psa 18:25With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.

Psa 18:26

Psa 18:26With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

Psa 18:27

Psa 18:27For you will save the afflicted people, But the haughty eyes you will bring down.

Psa 18:28

Psa 18:28For you will light my lamp, the LORD. My God will light up my darkness.

Psa 18:29

Psa 18:29For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.

Psa 18:30

Psa 18:30As for God, his way is perfect. The word of the LORD is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

Psa 18:31

Psa 18:31For who is God, except the LORD? Who is a rock, besides our God,

Psa 18:32

Psa 18:32The God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?

Psa 18:33

Psa 18:33He makes my feet like deer's feet, And sets me on my high places.

Psa 18:34

Psa 18:34He teaches my hands to war; So that my arms bend a bow of bronze.

Psa 18:35

Psa 18:35You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.

Psa 18:36

Psa 18:36You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.

Psa 18:37

Psa 18:37I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. Neither will I turn again until they are consumed.

Psa 18:38

Psa 18:38I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.

Psa 18:39

Psa 18:39For you have girded me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

Psa 18:40

Psa 18:40You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, That I might cut off those who hate me.

Psa 18:41

Psa 18:41They cried, but there was none to save; Even to the LORD, but he didn't answer them.

Psa 18:42

Psa 18:42Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets.

Psa 18:43

Psa 18:43You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

Psa 18:44

Psa 18:44As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.

Psa 18:45

Psa 18:45The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places.

Psa 18:46

Psa 18:46The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,

Psa 18:47

Psa 18:47Even the God who executes vengeance for me, And subdues peoples under me.

Psa 18:48

Psa 18:48He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.

Psa 18:49

Psa 18:49Therefore I will give thanks to you, LORD, among the nations, And will sing praises to your name.

Psa 18:50

Psa 18:50He gives great deliverance to his king, And shows lovingkindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, forevermore.

The Hebrew Names Version is based off the World English Bible, an update of the American Standard Version of 1901. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

Psalm 18 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

The LORD Praised for Giving Deliverance.

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