Psalm 18:1-20
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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:
1 I love you, O Lord, my strength.
2 The 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.(A)
3 I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,
so I shall be saved from my enemies.(B)
4 The cords of death encompassed me;
the torrents of perdition assailed me;(C)
5 the cords of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.(D)
6 In 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.(E)
7 Then the earth reeled and rocked;
the foundations also of the mountains trembled
and reeled because he was angry.(F)
8 Smoke went up from his nostrils
and devouring fire from his mouth;
glowing coals flamed forth from him.
9 He bowed the heavens and came down;
thick darkness was under his feet.(G)
10 He rode on a cherub and flew;
he came swiftly upon the wings of the wind.(H)
11 He made darkness his covering around him,
his canopy thick clouds dark with water.(I)
12 Out of the brightness before him
there broke through his clouds
hailstones and coals of fire.(J)
13 The Lord also thundered in the heavens,
and the Most High uttered his voice.[a](K)
14 And he sent out his arrows and scattered them;
he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.(L)
15 Then the channels of the sea were seen,
and the foundations of the world were laid bare
at your rebuke, O Lord,
at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.(M)
16 He reached down from on high; he took me;
he drew me out of mighty waters.(N)
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were too mighty for me.(O)
18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
but the Lord was my support.
19 He brought me out into a broad place;
he delivered me because he delighted in me.(P)
20 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.(Q)
Footnotes
- 18.13 Gk: Heb adds hailstones and coals of fire
John 2:1-11
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The Wedding at Cana
2 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.(A) 2 Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4 And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what concern is that to me and to you?[a] My hour has not yet come.”(B) 5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” 6 Now standing there were six stone water jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.(C) 7 Jesus said to them, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 He said to them, “Now draw some out, and take it to the person in charge of the banquet.” So they took it. 9 When the person in charge tasted the water that had become wine and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), that person called the bridegroom 10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now.” 11 Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee and revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.(D)
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- 2.4 Or What have you to do with me, woman?
Psalm 18:21-50
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21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord
and have not wickedly departed from my God.(A)
22 For all his ordinances were before me,
and his statutes I did not put away from me.(B)
23 I was blameless before him,
and I kept myself from guilt.
24 Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.(C)
25 With the loyal you show yourself loyal;
with the blameless you show yourself blameless;(D)
26 with the pure you show yourself pure;
and with the crooked you show yourself shrewd.(E)
27 For you deliver a humble people,
but the haughty eyes you bring down.(F)
28 It is you who light my lamp;
the Lord, my God, lights up my darkness.(G)
29 By you I can outrun a troop,
and by my God I can leap over a wall.(H)
30 This God—his way is perfect;
the promise of the Lord proves true;
he is a shield for all who take refuge in him.(I)
31 For who is God except the Lord?
And who is a rock besides our God?(J)
32 The God who has girded me with strength
and made my way safe.[a]
33 He made my feet like the feet of a deer
and set me secure on the heights.(K)
34 He trains my hands for war,
so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.(L)
35 You have given me the shield of your salvation,
and your right hand has supported me;
your help[b] has made me great.
36 You gave me a wide place for my steps under me,
and my feet did not slip.
37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them
and did not turn back until they were consumed.(M)
38 I struck them down so that they were unable to rise;
they fell under my feet.(N)
39 For you girded me with strength for the battle;
you made my assailants sink under me.(O)
40 You made my enemies turn their backs to me,
and those who hated me I destroyed.(P)
41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them;
they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.(Q)
42 I beat them fine, like dust before the wind;
I cast them out like the mire of the streets.(R)
43 You delivered me from strife with the peoples;[c]
you made me head of the nations;
people whom I had not known served me.(S)
44 As soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me;
foreigners came cringing to me.
45 Foreigners lost heart
and came trembling out of their strongholds.(T)
46 The Lord lives! Blessed be my rock,
and exalted be the God of my salvation,(U)
47 the God who gave me vengeance
and subdued peoples under me,(V)
48 who delivered me from my enemies;
indeed, you exalted me above my adversaries;
you delivered me from the violent.(W)
49 For this I will extol you, O Lord, among the nations
and sing praises to your name.(X)
50 Great triumphs he gives to his king
and shows steadfast love to his anointed,
to David and his descendants forever.(Y)
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