Psalm 18 Part 1 Diligam te, Domine.
1 I love you, O LORD my strength, *
O LORD my stronghold, my crag, and my ha-ven.
2 My God, my rock in whom I put my trust, *
my shield, the horn of my salvation, and my refuge; you are wor-thy of praise.
3 I will call upon the LORD, *
and so shall I be saved from my e-nemies.
4 The breakers of death rolled o-ver me, *
and the torrents of oblivion made me a-fraid.
5 The cords of hell entan-gled me, *
and the snares of death were set for me.
6 I called upon the LORD in my dis-tress *
and cried out to my God for help.
7 She heard my voice from her heaven-ly dwel-ling; *
my cry of anguish came to her ears.
8 The earth reeled and rocked; *
the roots of the mountains shook; they reeled because of her an-ger.
9 Smoke rose from her nostrils and a consuming fire out of her mouth; *
hot burning coals blazed forth from her.
10 She parted the heavens and came down *
with a storm cloud un-der her feet.
11 She mounted on cherubim and flew; *
she swooped on the wings of the wind.
12 She wrapped darkness a-bout her; *
she made dark waters and thick clouds her pa-vil-ion.
13 From the brightness of her presence, through the clouds, *
burst hailstones and coals of fire.
14 The LORD thundered out of hea-ven; *
the Most High uttered her voice.
15 She loosed her arrows and scat-tered them; *
she hurled thunder-bolts and rou-ted them.
16 The beds of the seas were uncovered, and the foundations of the world laid bare, *
at your battle cry, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of your no-strils.
17 She reached down from on high and grasped me; *
she drew me out of great wa-ters.
18 She delivered me from my strong enemies and from those who hated me; *
for they were too migh-ty for me.
19 They confronted me in the day of my di-sas-ter; *
but the LORD was my sup-port.
20 She brought me out into an o-pen place; *
she rescued me because she deligh-ted in me.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Ho-ly Spir-it: *
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for-ever. A-men.