The Lord Praised for Rescuing David.

For the music director. A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, [a]who spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day that the Lord rescued him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said,

18 “I love You, Lord, (A)my strength.”
The Lord is (B)my rock and (C)my fortress and my (D)savior,
My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
My (E)shield and the (F)horn of my salvation, my (G)stronghold.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 18 Title 2 Sam 22:1-51

Psalm 18[a](A)

For the director of music. Of David the servant of the Lord. He sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said:

I love you, Lord, my strength.(B)

The Lord is my rock,(C) my fortress(D) and my deliverer;(E)
    my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,(F)
    my shield[b](G) and the horn[c] of my salvation,(H) my stronghold.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 18:1 In Hebrew texts 18:1-50 is numbered 18:2-51.
  2. Psalm 18:2 Or sovereign
  3. Psalm 18:2 Horn here symbolizes strength.

Behold, (A)God is my salvation,
I will (B)trust and not be afraid;
For (C)the Lord God is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation.”

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Surely God is my salvation;(A)
    I will trust(B) and not be afraid.
The Lord, the Lord himself,(C) is my strength(D) and my defense[a];
    he has become my salvation.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 12:2 Or song

18 Yet I will (A)triumph in the Lord,
I will (B)rejoice in the (C)God of my salvation.
19 The Lord [a]God is my (D)strength,
And (E)He has made my feet like deer’s feet,
And has me walk on my (F)high places.

For the choir director, on my stringed instruments.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 3:19 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord

18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord,(A)
    I will be joyful in God my Savior.(B)

19 The Sovereign Lord is my strength;(C)
    he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
    he enables me to tread on the heights.(D)

For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.

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