{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/18","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T14:33:17.020Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":18,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":17,"nextChapter":19,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":50},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"I will love you, O LORD, my strength."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"In my distress I called on the LORD, and cried to my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And he rode on a cherub, and did fly: yes, he did fly on the wings of the wind."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Yes, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightning, and discomfited them."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from my iniquity."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Therefore has the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"With the merciful you will show yourself merciful; with an upright man you will show yourself upright;"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"With the pure you will show yourself pure; and with the fraudulent you will show yourself devious."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"For you will save the afflicted people; but will bring down high looks."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"For you will light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"For by you I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"It is God that girds me with strength, and makes my way perfect."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"He makes my feet like hinds' feet, and sets me on my high places."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"He teaches my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"You have also given me the shield of your salvation: and your right hand has held me up, and your gentleness has made me great."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"You have enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip."},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"I have pursued my enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed."},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"For you have girded me with strength to the battle: you have subdued under me those that rose up against me."},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"You have also given me the necks of my enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me."},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"They cried, but there was none to save them: even to the LORD, but he answered them not."},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets."},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; and you have made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me."},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves to me."},{"verseNumber":45,"text":"The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places."},{"verseNumber":46,"text":"The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted."},{"verseNumber":47,"text":"It is God that avenges me, and subdues the people under me."},{"verseNumber":48,"text":"He delivers me from my enemies: yes, you lift me up above those that rise up against me: you have delivered me from the violent man."},{"verseNumber":49,"text":"Therefore will I give thanks to you, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises to your name."},{"verseNumber":50,"text":"Great deliverance gives he to his king; and shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for ever more."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 18 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 18](https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/18)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/18 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}