Psalms 18

Treated in 23 passages across the library.

  • 18:1 He said: "I love you, LORD, my strength. 4
  • 18:10 Riding on a cherub, he flew; he swooped down on the wings of the wind. 3
  • 18:28 You make my lamp shine; the LORD my God brightens my darkness. 3
  • 18:30 This is God: his way is without flaw; the word of the LORD is tested and true; he is a shield for all who make him their refuge. 3
  • 18:7 Then the earth shuddered and rocked; the roots of the mountains trembled and were shaken, because he was furious. 2
  • 18:23 I was whole-hearted with him; I guarded myself from sin. 2
  • 18:35 You have handed me your saving shield; your right hand holds me up, and your stooping down to me has made me great. 2
  • 18:2 The LORD is my cliff, my stronghold, the one who sets me free; my God is my rock, and I shelter in him. He is my shield, my strong salvation, my tower on the heights. 1
  • 18:19 He led me out into open country; he set me free, because he was pleased with me. 1
  • 18:20 The LORD treated me as my right conduct deserved; he rewarded me because my hands were clean. 1
  • 18:21 For I have walked in the LORD's ways and have not turned from my God to do evil. 1
  • 18:22 All his rulings have been in front of me; I have not pushed his laws aside. 1
  • 18:24 So the LORD rewarded me for doing right, for the clean hands he could see. 1
  • 18:25 To the faithful you are faithful; to those of integrity you show integrity. 1
  • 18:26 To the pure you prove yourself pure, but with the crooked you are subtle. 1
  • 18:27 You rescue people who are humbled, but proud eyes you bring down. 1
  • 18:33 who makes my feet as sure as a deer's and sets me firm on the heights, 1

Open Word Bible

  1. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    What is His Name? cites Psalm 18:10

    …“The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.” (Psalm 18:10) “Those who know your name put their trust in you.” They cannot do otherwise, because in…

  2. Divine Healing · Andrew Murray

    The Lord for the Body cites Ps. 18:33

    …for he adds: “He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet... mine arms do bend a bow of brass” (Ps. 18:33, 34, R.V.). Again in these words: “The Lord is the strength of my life” (Ps. 27:1), it…

  3. A Short and Easy Method of Prayer · Jeanne Guyon

    Prayer as Noble Action cites Ps. xviii. 19

    …brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because He delighted in me” (Ps. xviii. 19). As soon as the soul has commenced its course towards its centre, from that moment its…

  4. The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life · Hannah Whitall Smith

    The Chariots of God cites Psalm 18:10

    …45:3 - 4). “He rode on a cherub and flew; he came swiftly on the wings of the wind.” ((Psalm 18:10). “There is none like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the heaven s to your help…

  5. The Key Teachings of Elisabeth Elliot · Ochorus Originals

    Introduction cites PSALM 18:30

    …perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. PSALM 18:30 Most people who know the name Elisabeth Elliot know it because of one week in January…

  6. The Key Teachings of Elisabeth Elliot · Ochorus Originals

    Conclusion cites PSALM 18:30

    …perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. PSALM 18:30 We have covered a good deal of ground in these chapters — her life, God’s sovereignty…

  7. The Key Teachings of John Calvin · Ochorus Originals

    The Fatherly Hand cites PSALM 18:2

    …is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust. PSALM 18:2 But once the light of providence has shone on a godly person, he is relieved not only of…

  8. The Key Teachings of John Owen · Ochorus Originals

    Load the Conscience cites PSALM 18:23

    …One who loved us. I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. PSALM 18:23 FOR REFLECTION AND ACTION 1. Write down the excuses your besetting sin uses to make…

  9. Days of Heaven Upon Earth · A. B. Simpson

    August cites Ps. xviii. 35

    …universe. and amid the issues of eternity. August 2 “Thy gentleness hath made me great” (Ps. xviii. 35). The blessed Comforter is gentle, tender, and full of patience and love. How gentle are…

  10. Sons of the King – 30 Days with God for Guys – Book 1 · Ochorus Originals

    Day 5 — Strength from God cites Psalm 18:1

    …my way clear. He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.” — Psalm 18:1, 32–33 (BSB) David was a warrior. He fought lions and bears as a shepherd boy. He killed…

  11. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Frost and Thaw cites Psalm 18:10

    …to your help. “He rode on a cherub and flew; he came swiftly on the wings of the wind.” — Psalm 18:10 (ESV) He will come from above to rescue his beloved. He will rend the heavens and come…

  12. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    Things That Cannot Be Shaken cites Psalm 18:7

    …a form that it seems as if “the foundations also of the mountains trembled and quaked” (Psalm 18:7). We do not always see at first that it is through this very shaking that the deliverance…

  13. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 2 — Of Faith cites Ps. 18:30

    …times:” “The word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him,” (Ps. 18:30). And Solomon declares the same thing almost in the same words, “Every word of God is…

  14. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    April cites Psalm 18:35

    …all things should fail me here below. April 9 “thy gentleness hath made me great.” (Psalm 18:35) The words are capable of being translated, “thy goodness hath made me great.” David…

  15. The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Month of September cites Ps. 18:28

    …end of the chapter. Sept. 27 THE DIVINE LIGHT IN DARKNESS "For thou wilt light my candle" Ps. 18:28 It may be that my soul sits in darkness; and if this be of a spiritual kind, no human…

  16. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    December cites Ps 18:28

    …spirit of man is the candle of the Lord.”— Pr 20:27. “'For Thou wilt light my candle.”— Ps 18:28. THE TABERNACLE constructed by Moses, and Solomon's Temple were modelled on the divine…

  17. The Bruised Reed · Richard Sibbes

    Signs of smoking flax which Christ will not quench cites Psalm xviii. 28

    …walk by his light, and not the blaze of our own fire. God must light our candle, Psalm xviii. 28, or else we are like to abide in darkness. Those sparks that are not kindled from heaven…

  18. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The Great Privilege of those that are Born of God cites Psalm 18:1

    …Lord is my stony rock, and my defence; the horn also of my salvation, and my refuge.” (Psalm 18:1.) He was a man of prayer; pouring out his soul before God in all circumstances of life…

  19. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The Cause and Cure of Earthquakes cites Ps. 18:7

    …the very foundations also of the hills shook, and were removed, because he was wroth” (Ps. 18:7.) So the Prophet Isaiah: “I will punish the world for their evil, — and will lay low the…

  20. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 12 — Necessity of Contemplating the Judgment-seat of God, in Order to Be Seriously Convinced of the Doctrine of Gratuitous Justification cites Ps. 18:27

    …from the prophets “thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks” (Ps. 18:27), consider, first, that there is no access to salvation unless all pride is laid aside…

  21. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Mercy of God cites Psa 18:1

    …God. Mercy should be the attraction of love. ‘I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.’ Psa 18:1. The Hebrew word for love signifies love out of the inward bowels. God’s justice may make…

  22. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 20 — Of Prayer cites Ps. 18:1

    …of the help which he had experienced, he says, “I will love thee, O Lord, my strength,” (Ps. 18:1). No praise will ever please God that does not flow from this feeling of love. Nay, we…

  23. With Christ in the School of Prayer · Andrew Murray

    Obedience the Path to Power in Prayer cites Ps. xviii. 20-26

    …mine iniquity: therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness.’ (Ps. xviii. 20-26. See also Ps. vii. 3-5, xv. 1, 2, xviii. 3, 6, xxvi. 1-6, cxix. 121, 153.) If we…