18 I ^(D)will love You, O Lord, my strength.

² The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
My God, my ^[a]strength, ^(A)in whom I will trust;
My shield and the ^[b]horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

² Behold, God is my salvation,
I will trust and not be afraid;
^(A)‘For ^(B)Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song;
He also has become my salvation.’ ”

¹⁸ Yet I will ^(A)rejoice in the Lord,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.