Psalm 18
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<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.
The 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.
I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
In 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.
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

He bowed. Jehovah is here represented as a mighty warrior going forth to fight the battles of David, When He descended to the engagement, the very heavens bowed to render his descent more awful: His military tent was substantial darkness; the voice of His thunder was the warlike alarm which sounded to battle; the chariot in which He rode was the thick clouds of heaven, conducted by cherubs, and carried on by the irresistible force and rapid wings of an impetuous tempest; and the darts and weapons He employed were thunder-bolts, lightnings, fiery hail, deluging rains, and stormy winds! No wonder that when God arose all His enemies were scattered, and those that hated Him fled before Him.

Psalm 68:4 Sing to God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rides on the …

Psalm 144:5 Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and …

Deuteronomy 33:26 There is none like to the God of Jeshurun, who rides on the heaven …

2 Samuel 22:10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.

Isaiah 51:6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath: …

Joel 3:16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; …

Matthew 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be …

Hebrews 12:26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he has promised, saying, …

2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the …

Revelation 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose …

darkness

Deuteronomy 5:22,23 These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly in the mount out …

Mark 15:33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole …

John 13:7 Jesus answered and said to him, What I do you know not now; but you …

And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
Then 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.
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

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They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

from

2 Samuel 2:9,10 And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, …

2 Samuel 3:1 Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of …

2 Samuel 5:1-7 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, …

Acts 5:31 Him has God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, …

made

Psalm 22:27,28 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the LORD: and …

Psalm 108:9 Moab is my wash pot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia …

2 Samuel 5:1-25 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, …

2 Samuel 8:1-18 And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, …

2 Samuel 10:1-19 And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of …

2 Samuel 22:44-46 You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people, you have …

Isaiah 49:6,22,23 And he said, It is a light thing that you should be my servant to …

Isaiah 52:15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths …

Romans 15:12,18 And again, Esaias said, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that …

Ephesians 1:22 And has put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head …

a people

Isaiah 52:15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths …

Isaiah 55:5 Behold, you shall call a nation that you know not, and nations that …

Hosea 1:10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of …

Romans 16:26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, …

1 Peter 2:10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: …

Revelation 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying…

As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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