Psalm 18:title–15

Yahweh Is My Rock and My Fortress

For the choir director. Of the servant of Yahweh, of David, ^†who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

¹He said, “I love You, O Yahweh, ^amy strength.”

²Yahweh is ^amy ¹rock and ^bmy fortress and my ^cdeliverer,

My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;

My ^dshield and the ^ehorn of my salvation, my ^fstronghold.

³I call upon Yahweh, who is ^aworthy to be praised,

And I am ^bsaved from my enemies.

⁴The ^acords of death encompassed me,

And the ^btorrents of vileness ¹terrified me.

⁵The ^acords of Sheol surrounded me;

The snares of death confronted me.

⁶In my ^adistress I called upon Yahweh,

And cried to my God for help;

He heard my voice ^bout of His temple,

And my ^ccry for help before Him came into His ears.

⁷Then the ^aearth shook and quaked;

And the ^bfoundations of the mountains were trembling

And were shaken, because He was angry.

⁸Smoke went up ¹out of His nostrils,

And ^afire from His mouth devoured;

Coals were kindled by it.

⁹He ^abowed the heavens and came down

With thick ^bdarkness under His feet.

¹⁰He rode upon a ^acherub and flew;

And He sped upon the ^bwings of the wind.

¹¹He made ^adarkness His hiding place, ^bHis ¹canopy around Him,

Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

¹²From the ^abrightness before Him passed His thick clouds,

Hailstones and ^bcoals of fire.

¹³Yahweh also ^athundered in the heavens,

And the Most High gave forth His voice,

Hailstones and coals of fire.

¹⁴He ^asent out His arrows, and scattered them,

And lightning flashes in abundance, and ¹threw them into confusion.

¹⁵Then the ^achannels of water appeared,

And the foundations of the world were ¹laid bare

At Your ^brebuke, O Yahweh,

At the blast of the ^cbreath of Your nostrils.