Psalm 18 (I Will Call Upon The Lord)
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One of the 94 hymns we sing together at Cornerstone Reformed Baptist Church on the Gold Coast. Browse the full hymnbook.
Lyrics
Verse 1
I will call upon the Lord [Ladies Echo]
Who is worthy to be praised [Ladies Echo]
So shall I be saved from my enemies
Chorus
The Lord liveth and blessed be my Rock
And let the God of my salvation be exalted!
The Lord liveth and blessed be my Rock
And let the God of my salvation be exalted!
Verse 2
Cords of death encompassed me [Ladies Echo] Echo]
The snares of death confronted me [Ladies Echo] Echo]
To my God I cried out in my distress
Chorus
The Lord liveth and blessed be my Rock
And let the God of my salvation be exalted!
The Lord liveth and blessed be my Rock
And let the God of my salvation be exalted!
Verse 3
My cry reached unto His ears [Ladies Echo]
He bowed the heavens and came
down. [Ladies Echo]
He sent from on high and He rescued me
Chorus
The Lord liveth and blessed be my Rock
And let the God of my salvation be exalted!
The Lord liveth and blessed be my Rock
And let the God of my salvation be exalted!
Verse 4
For who is God but the Lord? [Ladies Echo]
Who’s a Rock except my God? [Ladies Echo]
You by Your right hand have supported me
Chorus
The Lord liveth and blessed be my Rock
And let the God of my salvation be exalted!
The Lord liveth and blessed be my Rock
And let the God of my salvation be exalted!
Behind the Hymn
"Psalm 18 (I Will Call Upon the Lord)" is a worship song based on Psalm 18, one of David's great songs of deliverance. David wrote this psalm after the Lord rescued him from the hand of all his enemies and from King Saul, who had pursued him for years with murderous intent. The psalm opens with the passionate declaration "I will love thee, O Lord, my strength" and contains some of the most dramatic imagery in all of Scripture — God descending in fire and smoke, the earth shaking, the waters parting — as David recounts his divine rescue. The chorus "I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies" captures the essential movement of the psalm: calling on God in distress and receiving deliverance. This song has been adapted for congregational worship to give modern believers the same language of desperate dependence and triumphant praise that David used three thousand years ago. The tradition of singing the Psalms in worship connects today's church to the longest continuous tradition of worship music in human history.