Psalms 18:10-40

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.

¹⁵Then the channels of 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.

¹⁶He sent from above, he took me, He drew me out of many waters.

¹⁷He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

¹⁸They prevented me in the day of my calamity: But the Lord was my stay.

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

²⁰The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

²¹For I have kept the ways of the Lord, And have not wickedly departed from my God.

²²For all his judgments were before me, And I did not put away his statutes from me.

²³I was also upright before him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity.

²⁴Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

²⁵With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; With an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

²⁶With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; And with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.

²⁷For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But wilt bring down high looks.

²⁸For thou wilt light my candle: The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

²⁹For by thee I have run through a troop; And by my God have I leaped over a wall.

³⁰As for God, his way is perfect: The word of the Lord is tried: He is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

³¹For who is God save the Lord? Or who is a rock save our God?

³²It is God that girdeth me with strength, And maketh my way perfect.

³³He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, And setteth me upon my high places.

³⁴He teacheth my hands to war, So that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

³⁵Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: And thy right hand hath holden me up, And thy gentleness hath made me great.

³⁶Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, That my feet did not slip.

³⁷I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: Neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

³⁸I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: They are fallen under my feet.

³⁹For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

⁴⁰Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; That I might destroy them that hate me.