Psalm 18:35-50

New King James Version

³⁵ You have also given me the shield of Your salvation;
Your right hand has held me up,
Your gentleness has made me great.
³⁶ You enlarged my path under me,
^(A)So my feet did not slip.

³⁷ I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them;
Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.
³⁸ I have wounded them,
So that they could not rise;
They have fallen under my feet.
³⁹ For You have armed me with strength for the battle;
You have ^[a]subdued under me those who rose up against me.
⁴⁰ You have also given me the necks of my enemies,
So that I destroyed those who hated me.
⁴¹ They cried out, but there was none to save;
^(B)Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.
⁴² Then I beat them as fine as the dust before the wind;
I ^(C)cast them out like dirt in the streets.

⁴³ You have delivered me from the strivings of the people;
^(D)You have made me the head of the ^[b]nations;
^(E)A people I have not known shall serve me.
⁴⁴ As soon as they hear of me they obey me;
The foreigners ^[c]submit to me.
^45 (F)The foreigners fade away,
And come frightened from their hideouts.

⁴⁶ The Lord lives!
Blessed be my Rock!
Let the God of my salvation be exalted.
⁴⁷ It is God who avenges me,
^(G)And subdues the peoples under me;
⁴⁸ He delivers me from my enemies.
^(H)You also lift me up above those who rise against me;
You have delivered me from the violent man.
^49 (I)Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the ^[d]Gentiles,
And sing praises to Your name.

^50 (J)Great deliverance He gives to His king,
And shows mercy to His anointed,
To David and his ^[e]descendants forevermore.