Psalm 18:1–9
1 bbI will love thee, O Lord, my strength.
2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
My God, †my strength, cin whom I will trust;
My buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised:
So shall I be saved from mine enemies.
4 The ||sorrows of death compassed me,
And the floods of †ungodly men made me afraid.
5 The ||sorrows of hell compassed me about:
The snares of death dprevented me.
6 ddIn 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.
7 Then the earth shook and trembled;
The foundations also eof the hills moved
And were shaken, because he was wroth.
8 There went up a smoke †out of his nostrils,
And ffire out of his mouth devoured:
Coals were kindled by it.
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down:
And darkness was under his feet.