Psalms 18

[[1]] ¶ I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

[2] 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.

[3] I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. [4] The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

[5] The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

[6] 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.

[7] Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

[8] There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

[9] He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

[10] And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

[11] He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

[12] At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

[13] The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.

[14] Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

[15] 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.

[16] He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

[17] He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

[18] They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.

[19] He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

[20] The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

[21] For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

[22] For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

[23] I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

[24] Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

[25] With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

[26] With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.

[27] For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

[28] For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.^[1]

[29] For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.

[30] 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.

[31] For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?

[32] It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

[33] He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.

[34] He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

[35] 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.

[36] Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

[37] I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

[38] I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.

[39] For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

[40] Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

[41] They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

[42] Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

[43] 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.

[44] As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.

[45] The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.

[46] The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

[47] It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.

[48] 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.

[49] Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.

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Light of World and the darkness
Luke 1:79 “‭To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
- Luke 11:35 "Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. 36 If thy whole body therefore [be] full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light."
- Genesis 1:18 “‭And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.”
- Psalms 18:28 "For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness."
- 2 Samuel 22:29 "For thou [art] my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness."
- Proverbs 13:9 “‭The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.”
- Job 18:5 "Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine(יִ֝גַּ֗הּ). 6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him." see Job 19
- John 3:20-21 “‭For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. ‭21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.”
- John 8:12 “‭Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”
John 12:46-47 “‭I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. ‭47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.”

[thelight-1] Light of World and the darkness
Luke 1:79 “‭To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

Luke 11:35 "Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. 36 If thy whole body therefore [be] full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light."

Genesis 1:18 “‭And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.”

Psalms 18:28 "For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness."

2 Samuel 22:29 "For thou [art] my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness."

Proverbs 13:9 “‭The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.”

Job 18:5 "Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine(יִ֝גַּ֗הּ). 6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him." see Job 19

John 3:20-21 “‭For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. ‭21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.”

John 8:12 “‭Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”

John 12:46-47 “‭I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. ‭47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.”

[2] Luke 11:35 "Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. 36 If thy whole body therefore [be] full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light."

[3] Genesis 1:18 “‭And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.”

[4] Psalms 18:28 "For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness."

[5] 2 Samuel 22:29 "For thou [art] my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness."

[6] Proverbs 13:9 “‭The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.”

[7] Job 18:5 "Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine(יִ֝גַּ֗הּ). 6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him." see Job 19

[8] John 3:20-21 “‭For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. ‭21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.”

[9] John 8:12 “‭Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”

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