Psalms 18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

Psalm 18Royal Thanksgiving for VictoryTo the leader. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord, who addressed the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said:

1I love you, O Lord, my strength.

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and have not wickedly departed from my God.

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33 has made me great.

36You gave me a wide place for my steps under me,

and my feet did not slip.

37

you made me head of the nations;

people whom I had not known served me.

44As soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me;

foreigners came cringing to me.

45 Ps 37.2; Mic 7.17 Foreigners lost heart

and came trembling out of their strongholds.

46 Ps 42.2; 51.14 The Lord lives! Blessed be my rock,

and exalted be the God of my salvation,

47 Ps 47.3; 94.1 the God who gave me vengeance

and subdued peoples under me,

48 Ps 27.6; 140.1, 4 who delivered me from my enemies;

indeed, you exalted me above my adversaries;

you delivered me from the violent.

49 Ps 108.1; Rom 15.9 For this I will extol you, O Lord, among the nations

and sing praises to your name.

50 Ps 28.8; 89.4, 29; 144.10 Great triumphs he gives to his king

and shows steadfast love to his anointed,

to David and his descendants forever.