1 I love you, LORD, my strength, my rock,
2 the LORD, my fortress, shield and pow’r,
my God in whom I refuge seek,
my horn of safety, my strong tower.
3 I call upon the LORD for help
how worthy is the LORD of praise!
and I am saved from all my foes,
the adversaries of my ways.
4 The cords of death entangled me;
destruction struck me like a wave.
5 Encircled by the snares of death,
I faced the terrors of the grave.
6 I called on God in my distress;
I cried out to the LORD for aid.
He from his temple heard my voice,
he listened to the pray’r I made.
7 The earth before God’s anger quaked;
the mountains’ deep foundations shook.
8 His mouth blazed forth consuming flames;
his nostrils billowed fire and smoke.
9 The heavens parted, he came down;
dark clouds beneath his feet were laid.
10 He flew upon the cherubim;
on wings of wind he made his way.
The psalm continues at Psalm 18B.
– Trinity Psalter Hymnal, alt.
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