Psalm 18:1-50 CSB

[1] I love you, LORD, my strength. [2] The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock where I seek refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. [3] I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I was saved from my enemies. [4] The ropes of death were wrapped around me; the torrents of destruction terrified me. [5] The ropes of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. [6] I called to the LORD in my distress, and I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears. [7] Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the mountains trembled; they shook because he burned with anger. [8] Smoke rose from his nostrils, and consuming fire came from his mouth; coals were set ablaze by it. [9] He bent the heavens and came down, total darkness beneath his feet. [10] He rode on a cherub and flew, soaring on the wings of the wind. [11] He made darkness his hiding place, dark storm clouds his canopy around him. [12] From the radiance of his presence, his clouds swept onward with hail and blazing coals. [13] The LORD thundered from heaven; the Most High made his voice heard. [14] He shot his arrows and scattered them; he hurled lightning bolts and routed them. [15] The depths of the sea became visible, the foundations of the world were exposed, at your rebuke, LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils. [16] He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he pulled me out of deep water. [17] He rescued me from my powerful enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me. [18] They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support. [19] He brought me out to a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me. [20] The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; he repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands. [21] For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not turned from my God to wickedness. [22] Indeed, I let all his ordinances guide me and have not disregarded his statutes. [23] I was blameless toward him and kept myself from my iniquity. [24] So the LORD repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight. [25] With the faithful you prove yourself faithful, with the blameless you prove yourself blameless, [26] with the pure you prove yourself pure, but with the crooked you prove yourself shrewd. [27] For you rescue an oppressed people, but you humble those with haughty eyes. [28] LORD, you light my lamp; my God illuminates my darkness. [29] With you I can attack a barricade, and with my God I can leap over a wall. [30] God-his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is pure. He is a shield to all who take refuge in him. [31] For who is God besides the LORD? And who is a rock? Only our God. [32] God-he clothes me with strength and makes my way perfect. [33] He makes my feet like the feet of a deer and sets me securely on the heights. [34] He trains my hands for war; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. [35] You have given me the shield of your salvation; your right hand upholds me, and your humility exalts me. [36] You make a spacious place beneath me for my steps, and my ankles do not give way. [37] I pursue my enemies and overtake them; I do not turn back until they are wiped out. [38] I crush them, and they cannot get up; they fall beneath my feet. [39] You have clothed me with strength for battle; you subdue my adversaries beneath me. [40] You have made my enemies retreat before me; I annihilate those who hate me. [41] They cry for help, but there is no one to save them- they cry to the LORD, but he does not answer them. [42] I pulverize them like dust before the wind; I trample them like mud in the streets. [43] You have freed me from the feuds among the people; you have appointed me the head of nations; a people I had not known serve me. [44] Foreigners submit to me cringing; as soon as they hear they obey me. [45] Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their fortifications. [46] The LORD lives-blessed be my rock! The God of my salvation is exalted. [47] God-he grants me vengeance and subdues peoples under me. [48] He frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my adversaries; you rescue me from violent men. [49] Therefore I will give thanks to you among the nations, LORD; I will sing praises about your name. [50] He gives great victories to his king; he shows loyalty to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.