Lord, My Strength, My Rock

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.