Psalm 16: A Declaration Of Confidence In God

Psalm 16: A Declaration Of Confidence In God

Psalm 16:1 Preserve me, O God; for in thee do I put my trust.

Psalm 16:2 O My soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;

Psalm 16:3 But to the saints that are in the eaÿh, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

Psalm 16:4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.

Psalm 16:5 The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot

Psalm 16:7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.

Psalm 16:8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Psalm 16:9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

Psalm 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Psalm 16:11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore

Psalm 17: A Plea For Justice And Refuge

Psalm 17:1 Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

Psalm 17:2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

Psalm 17:4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips 1 have kept me from the paths ofthe destroyer,

Psalm 17:5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

Psalm 17:6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, 0 God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

Psalm 17:7 Shew thy marvelous lovingkindness, 0 thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

Psalm 17:8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

Psalm 17:9 From the wicked that oppress me from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

Psalm 17:10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth, they speak proudly.

Psalm 17:11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

Psalm 17:13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:

Psalm 17:14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

Psalm 17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

Psalm 18: A Testimony Of God’s Rescue And Power

Psalm 18:1 I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

Psalm 18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower,

Psalm 18:3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

Psalm 18:4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

Psalm 18:5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

Psalm 18:6 In my distress I called upon the LORD and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

Psalm 18:7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also ofthe hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

Psalm 18:8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

Psalm 18:9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

Psalm 18:11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

Psalm 18:12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

Psalm 18:13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.

Psalm 18:14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightning, and discomfited them.

Psalm 18:15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

Psalm 18:16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

Psalm 18:17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

Psalm 18:18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay

Psalm 18:20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

Psalm 18:21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

Psalm 18:22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

Psalm 18:23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

Psalm 18:24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

Psalm 18:25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thy self merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thy self upright;

Psalm 18:26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure, and with the froward, thou wilt shew they self forward.

Psalm 18:27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

Psalm 18:28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

Psalm 18:29 For by thee I have run through a troop, and by my, God have I leaped over a wall.

Psalm 18:31 For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?

Psalm 18:32 It is God that girdeth me with strength and maketh my way perfect.

Psalm 18:33 He maketh my feet like hinds feet, and setteth me upon my high places.

Psalm 18:34 He teacheth my hands to war so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

Psalm 18:35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.

Psalm 18:36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

Psalm 18:37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

Psalm 18:38 I wounded them because they were not able to rise: they fell under my feet.

Psalm 18:39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

Psalm 18:40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

Psalm 18:41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

Psalm 18:43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people, and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom 1 have not known shall serve me.

Psalm 18:44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.

Psalm 18:45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.

Psalm 18:46 Feel LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock, and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

Psalm 18:47 It is God that avengeth me and subdueth the people under me.

Psalm 18:49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.

Psalm 18:50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.