Psalms 18 - Revised Standard Version(RSV)

To the choirmaster. 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:

1 made me great.

36Thou didst give a wide place for my steps under me,

and my feet did not slip.

37I pursued my enemies and overtook them;

and did not turn back till they were consumed.

38I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise;

they fell under my feet.

39For thou didst gird me with strength for the battle;

thou didst make my assailants sink under me.

40Thou didst make my enemies turn their backs to me,

and those who hated me I destroyed.

41They cried for help, but there was none to save,

they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.

42I beat them fine as dust before the wind;

I cast them out like the mire of the streets.

43Thou didst deliver me from strife with the peoples;

thou didst make me the 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.

45Foreigners lost heart,

and came trembling out of their fastnesses.

46The Lord lives; and blessed be my rock,

and exalted be the God of my salvation,

47the God who gave me vengeance

and subdued peoples under me;

48who delivered me from my enemies;

yea, thou didst exalt me above my adversaries;

thou didst deliver me from men of violence.

49 Rom 15.9. For this I will extol thee, O Lord, among the nations,

and sing praises to thy name.

50Great triumphs he gives to his king,

and shows steadfast love to his anointed,

to David and his descendants for ever.