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# Psalm 18 (New King James Version)
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God the Sovereign Savior
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##### Chapter 18
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###### 1 I will love You, O Lord, my strength.
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###### 2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
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My God, my strength, in whom I will trust;
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My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
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###### 3 I will call upon the Lord, _who is worthy_ to be praised;
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So shall I be saved from my enemies.
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###### 4 The pangs of death surrounded me,
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And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
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###### 5 The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me;
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The snares of death confronted me.
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###### 6 In my distress I called upon the Lord,
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And cried out to my God;
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He heard my voice from His temple,
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And my cry came before Him, _even_ to His ears.
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###### 7 Then the earth shook and trembled;
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The foundations of the hills also quaked and were shaken,
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Because He was angry.
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###### 8 Smoke went up from His nostrils,
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And devouring fire from His mouth;
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Coals were kindled by it.
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###### 9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down
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With darkness under His feet.
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###### 10 And He rode upon a cherub, and flew;
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He flew upon the wings of the wind.
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###### 11 He made darkness His secret place;
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His canopy around Him _was_ dark waters
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_And_ thick clouds of the skies.
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###### 12 From the brightness before Him,
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His thick clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire.
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###### 13 The Lord thundered from heaven,
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And the Most High uttered His voice,
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Hailstones and coals of fire.
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###### 14 He sent out His arrows and scattered the foe,
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Lightnings in abundance, and He vanquished them.
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###### 15 Then the channels of the sea were seen,
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The foundations of the world were uncovered
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At Your rebuke, O Lord,
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At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
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###### 16 He sent from above, He took me;
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He drew me out of many waters.
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###### 17 He delivered me from my strong enemy,
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From those who hated me,
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For they were too strong for me.
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###### 18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
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But the Lord was my support.
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###### 19 He also brought me out into a broad place;
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He delivered me because He delighted in me.
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###### 20 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;
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According to the cleanness of my hands
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He has recompensed me.
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###### 21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
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And have not wickedly departed from my God.
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###### 22 For all His judgments _were_ before me,
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And I did not put away His statutes from me.
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###### 23 I was also blameless before Him,
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And I kept myself from my iniquity.
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###### 24 Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
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According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.
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###### 25 With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful;
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With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;
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###### 26 With the pure You will show Yourself pure;
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And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.
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###### 27 For You will save the humble people,
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But will bring down haughty looks.
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###### 28 For You will light my lamp;
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The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
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###### 29 For by You I can run against a troop,
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By my God I can leap over a wall.
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###### 30 _As for_ God, His way _is_ perfect;
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The word of the Lord is proven;
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He _is_ a shield to all who trust in Him.
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###### 31 For who _is_ God, except the Lord?
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And who _is_ a rock, except our God?
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###### 32 _It is_ God who arms me with strength,
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And makes my way perfect.
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###### 33 He makes my feet like the _feet of_ deer,
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And sets me on my high places.
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###### 34 He teaches my hands to make war,
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So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
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###### 35 You have also given me the shield of Your salvation;
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Your right hand has held me up,
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Your gentleness has made me great.
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###### 36 You enlarged my path under me,
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So my feet did not slip.
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###### 37 I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them;
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Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.
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###### 38 I have wounded them,
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So that they could not rise;
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They have fallen under my feet.
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###### 39 For You have armed me with strength for the battle;
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You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
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###### 40 You have also given me the necks of my enemies,
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So that I destroyed those who hated me.
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###### 41 They cried out, but _there was_ none to save;
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_Even_ to the Lord, but He did not answer them.
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###### 42 Then I beat them as fine as the dust before the wind;
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I cast them out like dirt in the streets.
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###### 43 You have delivered me from the strivings of the people;
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You have made me the head of the nations;
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A people I have not known shall serve me.
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###### 44 As soon as they hear of me they obey me;
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The foreigners submit to me.
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###### 45 The foreigners fade away,
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And come frightened from their hideouts.
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###### 46 The Lord lives!
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Blessed _be_ my Rock!
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Let the God of my salvation be exalted.
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###### 47 _It is_ God who avenges me,
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And subdues the peoples under me;
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###### 48 He delivers me from my enemies.
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You also lift me up above those who rise against me;
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You have delivered me from the violent man.
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###### 49 Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the Gentiles,
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And sing praises to Your name.
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###### 50 Great deliverance He gives to His king,
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And shows mercy to His anointed,
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To David and his descendants forevermore.
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