Psalms 18
1 I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.
To the chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spoke to Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies and out of the hand of Saul. And he said, I will love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.
2 Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
3 I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised. So I shall be saved from my enemies.
I will call upon Jehovah, who is to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
4 The cords of death encompassed me, and the floods of lawlessness made me afraid.
The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid.
The bands of Sheol surrounded me, the cords of death encountered me. (Sheol h7585)
6 In my distress I called upon Jehovah, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry before him came into his ears.
In my distress I called upon Jehovah, and I cried out to my God; he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, into his ears.
7 Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken because he was angry.
Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled and shook, because he was wroth.
8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals burned forth from it.
9 He also bowed the heavens, and came down, and thick darkness was under his feet.
And he bowed the heavens, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
10 And he rode upon a cherub, and flew. Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind.
And he rode upon a cherub and did fly; yea, he flew fast upon the wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
12 At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.
From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed forth: hail and coals of fire.
13 Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.
And Jehovah thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice: hail and coals of fire.
14 And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them, Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.
And he sent his arrows, and scattered [mine enemies]; and he shot forth lightnings, and discomfited them.
15 Then the channels of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at thy rebuke, O Jehovah, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
And the beds of the waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered at thy rebuke, Jehovah, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
16 He sent from on high, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
He reached forth from above, he took me, he drew me out of great waters:
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me; for they were mightier than I.
18 They came upon me in the day of my calamity, but Jehovah was my stay.
They encountered me in the day of my calamity, but Jehovah was my stay.
19 He also brought me forth into a large place. He delivered me because he delighted in me.
And he brought me forth into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20 Jehovah has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands he has recompensed me.
Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
21 For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 For all his ordinances were before me, and I put not away his statutes from me.
For all his ordinances were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me;
23 I was also perfect with him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.
And I was upright with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity.
24 Therefore Jehovah has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
And Jehovah hath recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
25 With the merciful thou will show thyself merciful. With the perfect man thou will show thyself perfect.
With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; with the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright;
26 With the pure thou will show thyself pure. And with the perverse thou will show thyself contrary.
With the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary.
27 For thou will save the afflicted people, but the haughty eyes thou will bring down.
For it is thou that savest the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes wilt thou bring down.
28 For thou will light my lamp. Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.
For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.
29 For by thee I run upon a troop, and by my God I leap over a wall.
For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
30 As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Jehovah is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
As for God, his way is perfect; the word of Jehovah is tried: he is a shield to all that trust in him.
31 For who is God, except Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God,
For who is God save Jehovah? and who is a rock if not our God?
32 the God who girds me with strength, and makes my way perfect?
The God who girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect,
33 He makes my feet like hinds' feet, and sets me upon my high places.
Who maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], and setteth me upon my high places;
34 He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of brass.
Who teacheth my hands to war, and mine arms bend a bow of brass;
35 Thou have also given me the shield of thy salvation, and thy right hand has held me up, and thy gentleness has made me great.
And thou didst give me the shield of thy salvation, and thy right hand held me up; and thy condescending gentleness hath made me great.
36 Thou have enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.
Thou didst enlarge my steps under me, and mine ankles have not wavered.
37 I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. Neither will I turn again till they are consumed.
I pursued mine enemies, and overtook them; and I turned not again till they were consumed.
38 I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.
I crushed them, and they were not able to rise: they fell under my feet.
39 For thou have girded me with strength to the battle. Thou have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
And thou girdedst me with strength to battle; thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against me.
40 Thou have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
And mine enemies didst thou make to turn their backs unto me, and those that hated me I destroyed.
41 They cried, but there was none to save, even to Jehovah, but he answered them not.
They cried, and there was none to save; — unto Jehovah, and he answered them not.
42 Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets.
And I did beat them small as dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.
43 Thou have delivered me from the strivings of the people. Thou have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; thou hast made me the head of the nations: a people I knew not doth serve me.
44 As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.
At the hearing of the ear, they obey me: strangers come cringing unto me.
45 The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their close places.
Strangers have faded away, and they come trembling forth from their close places.
46 Jehovah lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation,
Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of my salvation,
47 even the God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me.
The God who hath avenged me, and hath subjected the peoples to me;
48 He rescues me from my enemies. Yea, thou lift me up above those who rise up against me. Thou deliver me from the violent man.
Who hath delivered me from mine enemies: yea, thou hast lifted me up above them that rose up against me; from the man of violence hast thou delivered me.
49 Therefore I will give thanks to thee, O Jehovah, among the Gentiles, and will sing praises to thy name.
Therefore will I give thanks to thee, Jehovah, among the nations, and will sing psalms to thy name.
50 He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.
[It is he] who giveth great deliverances to his king, and sheweth loving-kindness to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
