New King James Version

Psalms 18:9-25 New King James Version (NKJV)

9. He bowed the heavens also, and came downWith darkness under His feet.

10. And He rode upon a cherub, and flew;He flew upon the wings of the wind.

11. He made darkness His secret place;His canopy around Him was dark watersAnd thick clouds of the skies.

12. From the brightness before Him,His thick clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire.

13. The Lord thundered from heaven,And the Most High uttered His voice,Hailstones and coals of fire.

14. He sent out His arrows and scattered the foe,Lightnings in abundance, and He vanquished them.

15. Then the channels of the sea were seen,The foundations of the world were uncoveredAt Your rebuke, O Lord,At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

16. He sent from above, He took me;He drew me out of many waters.

17. He delivered me from my strong enemy,From those who hated me,For they were too strong for me.

18. They confronted me in the day of my calamity,But the Lord was my support.

19. He also brought me out into a broad place;He delivered me because He delighted in me.

20. The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;According to the cleanness of my handsHe has recompensed me.

21. For I have kept the ways of the Lord,And have not wickedly departed from my God.

22. For all His judgments were before me,And I did not put away His statutes from me.

23. I was also blameless before Him,And I kept myself from my iniquity.

24. Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

25. With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful;With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;