Psalms 18:1-13 ▼

1 To the chiefe musition the seruaunt of God, and of Dauid who spake vnto God the wordes of this song in the day that God deliuered him from the hande of all his enemies, and from the hande of Saul: And he sayde. I wyll entirely loue thee O God my strength,

2 (18:1) God is my stony rocke & my fortresse, and my delyuerer: my Lorde, my castell in whom I wyll trust, my buckler, the horne of my saluation, & my refuge.

3 (18:2) I wyll call vpon God, who is most worthy to be praysed: so I shall be safe from myne enemies.

4 (18:3) The panges of death haue compassed me about: and the outragiousnes of the wicked haue astonyed me with feare.

5 (18:4) The panges of a graue haue compassed me about: the snares of death ouertoke me.

6 (18:5) But in this my distresse I dyd call vppon God, and I made my complaynt vnto my Lorde: he hearde my voyce out of his temple, and my crye came before his face, euen vnto his eares.

7 (18:6) The earth trembled and quaked: the very foundations of the hylles tottered and shooke, because he was wroth.

8 (18:7) In his anger a smoke ascended vp: and a fire out of his mouth dyd cosume, and euery cole therof dyd set a fire.

9 (18:8) He bowed the heauens also, and he came downe: and it was darke vnder his feete.

10 (18:9) He ridde vpon the Cherub, and he dyd flee: he came fleeyng vpon the wynges of the wynde.

11 (18:10) For his secrete place he dyd put darkenesse: and for his pauilion rounde about hym, he dyd put darknesse of waters in cloudes of the ayre.

12 (18:11) His cloudes, haylestones, and coles of fire: fell downe before hym after lyghtnyng.

13 (18:12) God also thundred out of heauen: and the most hyghest made his voyce to sounde, haylestones, and coles of fire.