Psalms 18
1 To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord, of David, who said the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord made him free from the hand of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul; and he said, I will give you my love, O Lord, my strength.
To the choirmaster - of [the] servant of Yahweh of David who he spoke - to Yahweh [the] words of the song this on [the] day [when] he delivered Yahweh him from [the] hand of all enemies his and from [the] hand of Saul. And he said I love you O Yahweh strength my.
2 The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Yahweh - [is] rock my and stronghold my and deliverer my God my [is] rock my [whom] I take refuge in him shield my and [the] horn of salvation my refuge my.
3 I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.
[the one] to be praised I call out to Yahweh and from enemies my I am delivered.
4 The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear.
They encompassed me [the] cords of death and [the] torrents of worthlessness they overwhelmed me.
[the] cords of Sheol they surrounded me they confronted me [the] snares of death. (Sheol h7585)
6 In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came before him, even into his ears.
When it was distress to me - I called out to Yahweh and to God my I cried for help he heard from temple his voice my and cry for help my before him - it came in ears his.
7 Then trouble and shock came on the earth; and the bases of the mountains were moved and shaking, because he was angry.
And it shook and it quaked - the earth and [the] foundations of [the] mountains they trembled and they shook back and forth for it burned to him.
8 There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it.
It went up smoke - in nose his and fire from mouth his it consumed coals they burned from him.
9 The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.
And he bent down [the] heavens and he came down and thick darkness [was] under feet his.
10 And he went in flight through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind.
And he rode on a cherub and he flew and he soared on [the] wings of [the] wind.
11 He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him was the dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
He made darkness - covering his around him canopy his darkness of waters dark clouds of clouds.
12 Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and fire.
From [the] brightness before him dark clouds his they passed on hail and coals of fire.
13 The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire.
And he thundered in the heavens - Yahweh and [the] Most High he gave forth voice his hail and coals of fire.
14 He sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.
And he sent out arrows his and he scattered them and lightning flashes he shot and he routed them.
15 Then the deep beds of the waters were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of your words of wrath, O Lord, because of the breath from your mouth.
And they appeared - channels of water and they were uncovered [the] foundations of [the] world from rebuke your O Yahweh from [the] breath of [the] breath of nostril[s] your.
16 He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.
He stretched out from a high place he took hold of me he drew me from waters many.
17 He made me free from my strong hater, and from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.
He rescued me from enemy my strong and from [those who] hate me for they were [too] strong for me.
18 They came on me in the day of my trouble; but the Lord was my support.
They confronted me in [the] day of calamity my and he became Yahweh a support of me.
19 He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.
And he brought out me to roomy place he rescued me for he delighted in me.
20 The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.
He has dealt with me Yahweh according to righteousness my according to [the] cleanness of hands my he has repaid to me.
21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.
For I have kept [the] ways of Yahweh and not I have acted wickedly from God my.
22 For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.
For all judgments his [have been] to before me and statutes his not I have turned aside from me.
23 And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.
And I have been blameless with him and I have kept myself from iniquity my.
24 Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.
And he has repaid Yahweh to me according to righteousness my according to [the] cleanness of hands my to before eyes his.
25 On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;
With a faithful [person] you show yourself faithful with a man blameless you show yourself blameless.
26 He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.
With [one who] purifies himself you show yourself pure and with a perverse [person] you show yourself twisted.
27 For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low.
For you a people afflicted you save and eyes uplifted you bring low.
28 You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.
For you you light lamp my Yahweh God my he lightens darkness my.
29 By your help I have made a way through the wall which was shutting me in; by the help of my God I have gone over a wall.
For by you I run a marauding band and by God my I leap over a wall.
30 As for God, his way is completely good; the word of the Lord is tested; he is a breastplate for all those who put their faith in him.
God [is] blameless way his [the] word of Yahweh [is] refined [is] a shield he for all - those [who] take refuge in him.
31 For who is God but the Lord? or who is a Rock but our God?
For who? [is] God except Yahweh and who? [is] a rock except God our.
32 God puts a strong band about me, guiding me in a straight way.
God [is] the [one who] has girded me strength and he has made blameless way my.
33 He makes my feet like roes' feet, and puts me on high places.
[he has] made Feet my like does and on high places my he has made stand firm me.
34 He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.
[he has] trained Hands my for battle and it will stretch a bow of bronze arms my.
35 You have given me the breastplate of your salvation: your right hand has been my support, and your mercy has made me great.
And you have given to me [the] shield of salvation your and right [hand] your it has supported me and humility your you have made great me.
36 You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.
You have enlarged step[s] my under me and not they have slipped ankles my.
37 I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome.
I pursued enemies my and I overtook them and not I returned until destroyed them.
38 I will give them wounds, so that they are not able to get up: they are stretched under my feet.
I shattered them and not they were able [surely] to rise they fell under feet my.
39 For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who come out against me.
And you girded me strength for the battle you made bow down [those who] rose against me under me.
40 By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.
And enemies my you gave to me [the] neck and [those who] hated me I destroyed them.
41 They were crying out, but there was no one to come to their help: even to the Lord, but he gave them no answer.
They cried for help and there not [was] a deliverer to Yahweh and not he answered them.
42 Then they were crushed as small as dust before the wind; they were drained out like the waste of the streets.
And I crushed them like dust on [the] face of [the] wind like [the] mud of [the] streets I poured out them.
43 You have made me free from the fightings of the people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.
You delivered me from [the] strivings of a people you appointed me to [the] head of nations a people [which] not I knew they serve me.
44 From the time when my name comes to their ears they will be ruled by me: men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority.
To [the] hearing of an ear they become obedient to me sons of foreignness they cringe to me.
45 They will be wasting away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear.
Sons of foreignness they wither and they may come trembling from strongholds their.
46 The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured.
[is] living Yahweh and [be] blessed rock my and may he be exalted [the] God of salvation my.
47 It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.
God [is] the [one who] has given vengeance to me and he has subdued peoples under me.
48 He makes me free from my haters; I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.
[he has] delivered Me from enemies my also more than [those who] rose against me you have exalted me from a man of violence you have rescued me.
49 Because of this I will give you praise, O Lord, among the nations, and will make a song of praise to your name.
There-fore - I will give thanks to you among the nations - O Yahweh and to name your I will sing praises.
50 Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.
([he is] making great *Q(k)*) [the] victories of King his and [he is] doing covenant loyalty - to anointed his to David and to offspring his until perpetuity.
