PSALM 18 God For Us

Psalm 18 is numbered Psalm 17 in the Septuagint and in the translation
from the Latin Vulgate by Monsignor Knox; from these line are taken.
The Lord is our defender                     v2
The Lord is our stronghold                  v3
The Lord is our rescuer                        v3
The Lord is our hiding place                v3
The Lord is our safety                           v3
The Lord is our shield                           v3
The Lord is our weapon of deliverance           v3
and              our refuge                                       v3
The Lord listens to our voice                             v9
To-day The Lord stands by us                           v19
              and brings us out into freedom            v20
and in His great love, The Lord befriends us   v20
                                      brings deliverance to humble folk          v28
              and is the sure defence of all who trust in Him             v31
The Lord ;-  girds us with strength                                              v33
                      bids us go on our way untroubled                          v33
                      gives us freedom                                                       v35
His saving power is our defence                                                   v36
His right hand supports us                                                           v36
His tender care fosters us                                                             v36
Blessed be the Living Lord who is our refuge                            v47
                   and grants Victory to His anointed.                         v51

Each phrase here can be the subject of our prayerful reflection,   and worship.

Augustus M Toplady   1740- 1778

                                   Rock of Ages, cleft for me
                                   Let me hide myself in Thee;
                                   Let the water and the blood,
                                   From Thy riven side which flowed,
                                   Be of sin the double cure
                                   Cleanse me from its guilt and power.

If we look at Psalm 18 in the English Standard version, we read;-
                         31      For who is God, but the Lord?
                         32      And who is a rock, except our God ?--
Jesus--the rock from whom water and blood flowed.
                         46      The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock,
                                   and exalted be the God of my salvation.

Believers to-day can sing the words of the psalmist, from their own experience.
                                    Psalm 18:46 KJV
                                    The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock;
                                     and let the God of my salvation  be exalted.

God with us is God for us,   The Living God .
                                     Psalm 42:2
                                     My soul thirsts for God
                                     for the living God.
                                     Jeremiah 10:10
                                     But the Lord is the true God
                                     He is the living God,
                                     1st Timothy 4:10
                                      We trust in the living God.