Psalm 18 (He Delights in Me) by Shane Heilman I will love You, O LORD, my strength I will love You, O LORD, my strength My rock, my fortress, my rescuer I will love You, O LORD, my strength I will love You, O LORD, my strength My God, my strength, in whom I trust My shield and the power that saved me My stronghold I will call upon the LORD Who is worthy to be praised Then I will be saved from my enemies The cords of death were wrapped around me The floods of ungodliness made me afraid The sorrows of hell surrounded me And I was taunted by the jaws of death And in my anguish, I called on Yahweh My cry came before Him Into His temple And when my cry came to His ears Then the earth shook and trembled And the foundations of the mountains quaked because He was angry Smoke rose from His nostrils Devouring fire came from His mouth Coals were kindled by it He ripped open the skies and came down With darkness under His feet He was riding on a cherub And He flew upon the wings of the wind His covering was darkness and storm clouds of the skies From the brightness before Him, hailstones and coals of fire thundered from the clouds Yahweh thundered His voice from the heavens Hailstones and coals of fire He sent His arrows and scattered the foe And He routed them with lightning bolts And the channels of the sea were seen The foundations of the earth laid bare With just a blast of His nostrils At His rebuke He sent for me He drew me out of many waters Yahweh rescued me from my foes, for they were too strong for me They attacked me when I was weak, but the LORD came and strengthened me He lifted me out of their midst And He brought me to a peaceful place He rescued me because He delights in me Because He delights in me Because He delights in me He set me free because He delights in me He delights in me He set me free because He delights in me He delights in me He set me free because He delights in me He delights in me He set me free because He delights in me He delights in me The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness According to the cleanness of my hands, He rewarded me For I have kept the ways of the LORD And I have not wickedly departed from my God I’ve kept His law right before me And His statutes I have not put away I’ve remained in a blameless state before Him The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness In His sight In His sight In His sight With the merciful, You show Yourself merciful With the blameless man, You show Yourself blameless With the purified, You show Yourself pure With the devious, You show Yourself shrewd For You save the humble in heart But You set Yourself against the proud It’s You who lights my lamp The LORD my God illumines my darkness Illumines my darkness Illumines my darkness For by You I can run through an army By You I can leap over a wall God’s ways are perfect His Word is proven He is a shield to all who trust in Him For who is God but the LORD? And who is a rock besides our God? The God who arms me with strength And makes my way secure He is a shield to all who trust in Him He makes my feet like deer’s feet And sets me upon high places He makes my feet like deer’s feet And sets me upon high places He makes my feet like deer’s feet And sets me on my high places There’s nothing that I can’t do When Yahweh’s power is with me He trains my hands for war So I can bend a bow of bronze He gives to me His shield The shield of His salvation His sovereign hand holds me up And His gentleness has made me great He clears the ground before me So that my feet will never slip I chased my enemies and took them down And I didn’t stop till I had won I finished them so they could not rise And they fell down at my feet For You have armed me with strength And subdued my foes under me Those who tried to destroy me and hated me Are silent now, You’ve given me the victory They cried for help, but there was none to save To the LORD, but He ignored their plea Then I beat them as fine as the dust I cast them out like dirt in the streets You’ve delivered me from their hate And You’ve made me king of all the land Now my enemies fear me They come trembling out of their palaces in holy fear Yahweh is alive Blessed be my rock May the God of my salvation be exalted The God who gave me vengeance And subdued my foes under me Who delivered me from my enemies He raised me above those who hated me And He rescued me from violent men For all this, I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations And I will sing to Your name Great victory He gives to His king And He shows steadfast love To His anointed ones To David and his descendants Forevermore