For the director of music. By the Lord’s servant, David. David sang this song to the Lord when the Lord had saved him from Saul and all his other enemies.

18I love you, Lord. You are my strength.

²The Lord is my rock, my protection, my Savior.

My God is my rock.

I can run to him for safety.

He is my shield and my saving strength, my defender.

³I will call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,

and I will be saved from my enemies.

⁴The ropes of death came around me;

the deadly rivers overwhelmed me.

⁵The ropes of death wrapped around me.

The traps of death were before me.

⁶In my trouble I called to the Lord.

I cried out to my God for help.

From his temple he heard my voice;

my call for help reached his ears.

⁷The earth trembled and shook.

The foundations of the mountains began to shake.

They trembled because the Lord was angry.

⁸Smoke came out of his nose,

and burning fire came out of his mouth.

Burning coals went before him.

⁹He tore open the sky and came down

with dark clouds under his feet.

¹⁰He rode a creature with wings and flew.

He raced on the wings of the wind.

¹¹He made darkness his covering, his shelter around him,

surrounded by fog and clouds.

¹²Out of the brightness of his presence came clouds

with hail and lightning.

¹³The Lord thundered from heaven;

the Most High raised his voice,

and there was hail and lightning.

¹⁴He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies.

His many bolts of lightning confused them with fear.

¹⁵Lord, you spoke strongly.

The wind blew from your nose.

Then the valleys of the sea appeared,

and the foundations of the earth were seen.

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Psalm 18:2: The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.