1To 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 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.
2The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
3I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies.
4The sorrows of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
5The sorrows of hell compassed me about: The snares of death prevented me.
6In 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.
7Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the hills moved And were shaken, because he was wroth.
8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.
9He bowed the heavens also, and came down: And darkness was under his feet.
10And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: Yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
11He made darkness his secret place; His pavilion round about him Were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
12At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, Hail-stones and coals of fire.
13The Lord also thundered in the heavens, And the Highest gave his voice; Hail-stones and coals of fire.
14Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; And he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
Psalms 18
Psalms 18:1-14