The Singing Of Psalm 18

Psalm 18 is being sung extemporaneously, without reading it in written music. The singer is believing that the Holy Spirit will provide the tune as they take faith and begin to sing.
Music and arrangement Copyright 2022 Create New Day Music.

Psalm 18

I love You, LORD, my strength.
The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my savior
My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge
My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
I call upon the LORD, Who is worthy to be praised
And I am saved from my enemies.
The ropes of death encompassed me
And torrents of destruction terrified me.
The ropes of Sheol surrounded me
The snares of death confronted me.
In my distress I called upon the LORD
And cried to my God for help
He heard my voice from His temple
And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.
Then the earth shook and quaked
And the foundations of the mountains were trembling
And were shaken, because He was angry.
Smoke went up out of His nostrils
And fire from His mouth was devouring
Coals burned from it.
He also bowed the heavens down low and came down
With thick darkness under His feet.
He rode on a cherub and flew
And He sped on the wings of the wind.
He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him
Darkness of waters, thick clouds.
From the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds
Hailstones and coals of fire.
The LORD also thundered in the heavens
And the Most High uttered His voice
Hailstones and coals of fire.
He sent out His arrows and scattered them
And lightning flashes in abundance, and routed them.
Then the channels of water appeared
And the foundations of the world were exposed
By Your rebuke, LORD
At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
He sent from on high, He took me
He drew me out of many waters.
He saved me from my strong enemy
And from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
They confronted me in the day of my disaster
But the LORD was my support.
He also brought me out into an open place
He rescued me, because He delighted in me.
The LORD has rewarded me according to my righeousness
According to the cleaness of my hands He has repaid me.
For I have kept the ways of the LORD
And have not acted wickedly against my God.
For all His judgments were before me
And I did not put away His statutes from me.
I was also blameless with Him
And I kept myself from my wrongdoing.
Therefore the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness
According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.
With the faithful You show Yourself faithful
With the blameless You prove Yourself blameless
With the pure You show Yourself pure
And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.
For You save an afflicted people
But You humiliate haughty eyes.
For You light my lamp
The LORD my God illumines my darkness.
For by You I can run at a troop of warriors
And by my God I can leap over a wall.
As for God, His way is blameless
The Word of the LORD is refined
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
For who is God, but the LORD?
And who is a rock, except our God
The God who encircles me with strength
And makes my way blameless?
He makes my feet like deer's feet
And sets me up on my high places.
He trains my hands for battle
So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
You have also given me the shield of Your salvation
And Your right hand upholds me
And Your gentleness makes me great.
You enlarge my steps under me
And my feet have not slipped.
I pursued my enemies and overtook them
And I did not turn back until they were consumed.
I shattered them, so that they were not able to rise
They fell under my feet.
For You have encircled me with strength for battle
You have forced those who rose up against me to bow down under me.
You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me
And I destroyed those who hated me.
They cried for help but there was no one to save
They cried to the LORD but He did not answer them.
Then I beat them fine like the dust before the wind
I emptied them out like the mud of the streets.
You have rescued me from the contentions of the people
You have placed me as head of the nations
A people whom I have not known serve me.
As soon as they hear, they obey me
Foreigners pretend to obey me.
Foreigners lose heart
And come trembling out of their fortresses.
The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock
And exalted be the God of my salvation
The God who executes vengeance for me
And subdues people under me.
He rescues me from my enemies
You indeed lift me above those who rise up against me
You rescue me from a violent man.
Therefore I will give thanks to You among the nations, LORD
And I will sing praises to Your Name.
He gives great salvation to His king
And shows faithfulness to His anointed
To David and his descendants forever.