bible_study/Bible/Psalms/Ps 18.md

## Yahweh Is My Rock and My Fortress 

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He said, "I love You, O Yahweh, my strength." 

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Yahweh is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. 

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I call upon Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies. 

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The cords of death encompassed me, And the torrents of vileness terrified me. 

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The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me. 

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In my distress I called upon Yahweh, And cried to my God for help; He heard my voice out of His temple, And my cry for help before Him came into His ears. 

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Then the earth shook and quaked; And the foundations of the mountains were trembling And were shaken, because He was angry. 

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Smoke went up out of His nostrils, And fire from His mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it. 

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He bowed the heavens and came down With thick darkness under His feet. 

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He rode upon a cherub and flew; And He sped upon the wings of the wind. 

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He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. 

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From the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds, Hailstones and coals of fire. 

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Yahweh also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High gave forth His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire. 

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He sent out His arrows, and scattered them, And lightning flashes in abundance, and threw them into confusion. 

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Then the channels of water appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare At Your rebuke, O Yahweh, At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils. 

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He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters. 

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He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. 

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They confronted me in the day of my disaster, But Yahweh was my support. 

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He brought me forth also into a broad place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me. 

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Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me. 

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For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, And have not wickedly departed from my God. 

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For all His judgments were before me, And I did not put away His statutes from me. 

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I was also blameless with Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity. 

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Therefore Yahweh has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands before His eyes. 

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With the kind You show Yourself kind; With the blameless You show Yourself blameless; 

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With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the crooked You show Yourself astute. 

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For You save an afflicted people, But eyes _which are_ lifted up, You bring down. 

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For You light my lamp; Yahweh my God illumines my darkness. 

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For by You I can run upon a troop; And by my God I can leap over a wall. 

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As for God, His way is blameless; The word of Yahweh is tried; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him. 

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For who is God, but Yahweh? And who is a rock, except our God, 

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The God who girds me with strength And makes my way blameless? 

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He makes my feet like hinds' _feet_, And sets me upon my high places. 

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He trains my hands for battle, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. 

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You have also given me the shield of Your salvation, And Your right hand upholds me; And Your gentleness makes me great. 

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You enlarge my steps under me, And my ankles have not given way. 

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I pursued my enemies and overtook them, And I did not turn back until they were consumed. 

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I crushed them, so that they were not able to rise; They fell under my feet. 

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For You have girded me with strength for battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me. 

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You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, And I destroyed those who hated me. 

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They cried for help, but there was none to save, _Even_ to Yahweh, but He did not answer them. 

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Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind; I emptied them out as the mire of the streets. 

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You have delivered 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. 

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As soon as they hear, they obey me; Foreigners cower before me. 

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Foreigners fade away, And come trembling out of their fortresses. 

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Yahweh lives, and blessed be my rock; And let the God of my salvation be lifted high, 

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The God who executes vengeance for me, And subdues peoples under me. 

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Who delivers me from my enemies; Surely You lift me above those who rise up against me; You rescue me from the violent man. 

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Therefore I will give thanks to You among the nations, O Yahweh, And I will sing praises to Your name. 

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He gives great salvation to His king, And shows lovingkindness to His anointed, To David and his seed forever.