Psa 18:1-6, 119:132, Mar 12:33, Joh 21:17, 1Jo 4:19, 5:2-3 | ESV | STEP | To the choirmaster . A Psalm of David , the servant of the Lord , who addressed the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies , and from the hand of Saul . He said : I love you, O Lord , my strength .

o[See ver. 4 above]

p Ps. 66:14; 102:2; 120:1; [Jonah 2:2]

qSee Ps. 11:4

rSee Ps. 25:16

s Deut. 4:6; Luke 2:47; Col. 1:9; 2:2

t 1 Sam. 15:22; Hos. 6:6; Mic. 6:6-8; Matt. 9:13; 12:7

u Ps. 40:6; Heb. 10:6, 8

v[ch. 13:38]

wSee ch. 2:25

x ver. 16

y ver. 10

z ch. 2:5; 3:24; 4:13

aa 2 John 6; See John 14:15

abSee ch. 2:3

ac Matt. 11:30

Psalms 18:1-6

The Lord Is My Rock and My Fortress

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, ^athe servant of the Lord, ^bwho addressed the words of this ^csong to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said:

1 I love you, O Lord, my strength.
2 The Lord is my ^drock and my ^efortress and my deliverer,
my God, my ^frock, in ^gwhom I take refuge,
my ^hshield, and ⁱthe horn of my salvation, my ^jstronghold.
3 I call upon the Lord, who is ^kworthy to be praised,
and I am saved from my enemies.
4 ^lThe cords of death encompassed me;
^mthe torrents of destruction assailed me; ^{▼▼Or terrified me}
5 ^othe cords of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.
6 ^pIn my distress I called upon the Lord;
to my God I cried for help.
From his ^qtemple he heard my voice,
and my cry to him reached his ears.

Psalms 119:132

132 ^rTurn to me and be gracious to me,
as is your way with those who love your name.

Mark 12:33

33 And to love him with all the heart and with all ^sthe understanding and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, ^tis much more than all ^uwhole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

John 21:17

17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him ^vthe third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, ^wyou know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed ^xmy sheep.

1 John 4:19

19 ^yWe love because he first loved us.

1 John 5:2-3

2 ^zBy this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. 3 For ^aathis is the love of God, that we ^abkeep his commandments. And ^achis commandments are not burdensome.