Psalm 18Psalms18

Berean Standard BibleKing James Version

1. The LORD Is My Rock

   (2 Samuel 22:1–51)

2. 1BSBFor the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength.KJVKJV: To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
3. 2BSBThe LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.KJVKJV: The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
4. 3BSBI will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.KJVKJV: I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
5. 4BSBThe cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.KJVKJV: The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
6. 5BSBThe cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.KJVKJV: The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
7. 6BSBIn my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.KJVKJV: In 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.
8. 7BSBThen the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.KJVKJV: Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
9. 8BSBSmoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.KJVKJV: There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
10. 9BSBHe parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.KJVKJV: He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
11. 10BSBHe mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.KJVKJV: And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
12. 11BSBHe made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.KJVKJV: He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
13. 12BSBFrom the brightness of His presence His clouds advanced—hailstones and coals of fire.KJVKJV: At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
14. 13BSBThe LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded—hailstones and coals of fire.KJVKJV: The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
15. 14BSBHe shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.KJVKJV: Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
16. 15BSBThe channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.KJVKJV: Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
17. 16BSBHe reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.KJVKJV: He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
18. 17BSBHe rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.KJVKJV: He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
19. 18BSBThey confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.KJVKJV: They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
20. 19BSBHe brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.KJVKJV: He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
21. 20BSBThe LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.KJVKJV: The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
22. 21BSBFor I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.KJVKJV: For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23. 22BSBFor all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.KJVKJV: For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
24. 23BSBAnd I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.KJVKJV: I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
25. 24BSBSo the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.KJVKJV: Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
26. 25BSBTo the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;KJVKJV: With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
27. 26BSBto the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.KJVKJV: With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
28. 27BSBFor You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.KJVKJV: For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
29. 28BSBFor You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.KJVKJV: For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
30. 29BSBFor in You I can charge an army, and with my God I can scale a wall.KJVKJV: For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
31. 30BSBAs for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.KJVKJV: As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
32. 31BSBFor who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?KJVKJV: For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
33. 32BSBIt is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.KJVKJV: It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
34. 33BSBHe makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.KJVKJV: He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
35. 34BSBHe trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.KJVKJV: He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
36. 35BSBYou have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.KJVKJV: Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
37. 36BSBYou broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.KJVKJV: Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
38. 37BSBI pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.KJVKJV: I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
39. 38BSBI crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.KJVKJV: I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
40. 39BSBYou have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.KJVKJV: For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
41. 40BSBYou have made my enemies retreat before me; I destroyed those who hated me.KJVKJV: Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
42. 41BSBThey cried for help, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.KJVKJV: They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
43. 42BSBI ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.KJVKJV: Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
44. 43BSBYou have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.KJVKJV: Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
45. 44BSBWhen they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.KJVKJV: As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
46. 45BSBForeigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.KJVKJV: The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
47. 46BSBThe LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted—KJVKJV: The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
48. 47BSBthe God who avenges me and subdues nations beneath me,KJVKJV: It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
49. 48BSBwho delivers me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.KJVKJV: He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
50. 49BSBTherefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.KJVKJV: Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
51. 50BSBGreat salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.KJVKJV: Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.