Psalm 18

Royal Thanksgiving for Victory

To 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.
²The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,
   my God, my rock in whom I take refuge,
   my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
³I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised;
   so I shall be saved from my enemies.

⁴The cords of death encompassed me;
   the torrents of perdition assailed me;
⁵the cords of Sheol entangled me;
   the snares of death confronted me.

⁶In my distress I called upon the Lord;
   to my God I cried for help.
From his temple he heard my voice,
   and my cry to him reached his ears.

⁷Then the earth reeled and rocked;
   the foundations also of the mountains trembled
   and quaked, because he was angry.