Psalm 18:title–15

For the director of music. Of David the servant of the Lord. He sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said:

¹I love you, Lord, my strength.^m

²The Lord is my rock,ⁿ my fortress^o and my deliverer;^p

my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,^q

my shield^br and the horn^c of my salvation,^s my stronghold.

³I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,^t

and I have been saved from my enemies.^u

⁴The cords of death^v entangled me;

the torrents^w of destruction overwhelmed me.

⁵The cords of the grave coiled around me;

the snares of death^x confronted me.

⁶In my distress^y I called to the Lord;^z

I cried to my God for help.

From his temple he heard my voice;^a

my cry came^b before him, into his ears.

⁷The earth trembled^c and quaked,^d

and the foundations of the mountains shook;^e

they trembled because he was angry.^f

⁸Smoke rose from his nostrils;^g

consuming fire^h came from his mouth,

burning coalsⁱ blazed out of it.

⁹He parted the heavens and came down;^j

dark clouds^k were under his feet.

¹⁰He mounted the cherubim^l and flew;

he soared^m on the wings of the wind.ⁿ

¹¹He made darkness his covering,^o his canopy^p around him—

the dark rain clouds of the sky.

¹²Out of the brightness of his presence^q clouds advanced,

with hailstones^r and bolts of lightning.^s

¹³The Lord thundered^t from heaven;

the voice of the Most High resounded.^d

¹⁴He shot his arrows^u and scattered the enemy,

with great bolts of lightning^v he routed them.^w

¹⁵The valleys of the sea were exposed

and the foundations^x of the earth laid bare

at your rebuke,^y Lord,

at the blast of breath from your nostrils.^z