Psalms 18:30-47

³⁰God's way is absolutely right. What the Lord says is trustworthy. He is a shield to all who come to him for protection.

³¹For who is God except the Lord? Who is the rock, except our God?

³²God makes me strong and keeps me safe.

³³He makes me surefooted like the deer, able to walk the heights in safety.

³⁴He teaches me how to fight in battle; he gives me the strength to draw a bronze bow.

³⁵You protect me with the shield of your salvation; you support me with your powerful right hand; your help has made me great.

³⁶You gave me space in which to walk, and prevented my feet from slipping.

³⁷I chased my enemies, and caught up with them. I did not turn around until I had destroyed them.

³⁸I struck them down—they couldn't get up. They fell at my feet.

³⁹You made me strong for battle; you made those who rose up against me kneel down before me.

⁴⁰You made my enemies run away; I destroyed all my enemies.

⁴¹They cried out for help, but no one came to rescue them. They even called out to the Lord, but he did not answer them.

⁴²I ground them into dust, like dust in the wind. I threw them out like mud in the street.

⁴³You rescued me from rebellious people; you made me ruler over nations—people I didn't know now serve me.

⁴⁴As soon as they hear of me, they obey; foreigners cringe before me.

⁴⁵They lose heart, and come trembling in surrender from their strongholds.

⁴⁶The Lord lives! Blessed be my rock! May the God who saves me be praised!

⁴⁷God avenges me, he subdues peoples under me,