Encouragement Bible Reading 01-19-2025

Psalm 18:16-29

New King James Version

16 (A)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 (B)He also brought me out into a broad place;

He delivered me because He delighted in me.

20 (C)The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;

According to the cleanness of my hands

He 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 [a]before Him,

And I kept myself from my iniquity.

24 (D)Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,

According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

25 (E)With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful;

With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;

26 With the pure You will show Yourself pure;

And (F)with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.

27 For You will save the humble people,

But will bring down (G)haughty looks.

28 (H)For You will light my lamp;

The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

29 For by You I can [b]run against a troop,

By my God I can leap over a wall.

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Footnotes

Psalm 18:23 with

Psalm 18:29 Or run through

Cross references

Psalm 18:16 : Ps. 144:7

Psalm 18:19 : Ps. 4:1; 31:8; 118:5

Psalm 18:20 : 1 Sam. 24:19; [Job 33:26]; Ps. 7:8

Psalm 18:24 : 1 Sam. 26:23; Ps. 18:20

Psalm 18:25 : [1 Kin. 8:32; Ps. 62:12]; Matt. 5:7

Psalm 18:26 : [Lev. 26:23–28]; Prov. 3:34

Psalm 18:27 : [Ps. 101:5]; Prov. 6:17

Psalm 18:28 : 1 Kin. 15:4; Job 18:6; [Ps. 119:105]

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