Psalms 18
1 For the end, [a Psalm] of David, the servant of the Lord; [the words] which he spoke to the Lord, [even] the words of this Song, in the day in which the Lord delivered him out the hand of all his enemies, and out the hand of Saul: and he said: I will love you, O Lord, my strength.
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.
2 The Lord is my firm support, and my refuge, and my deliverer; my God is my helper, I will hope in him; [he is] my defender, and the horn of my salvation, and my helper.
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.
3 I will call upon the Lord with praises, and I shall be saved from mine enemies.
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.
4 The pangs of death compassed me, and the torrents of ungodliness troubled me exceedingly.
The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear.
The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me. (Sheol h7585)
6 And when I was afflicted I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: he heard my voice out of this holy temple, and my cry shall enter before him, [even] into his ears.
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.
7 Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains were disturbed, and were shaken, because God was angry with them.
Then trouble and shock came on the earth; and the bases of the mountains were moved and shaking, because he was angry.
8 There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire burst into a flame at his presence: coals were kindled at it.
There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it.
9 And he bowed the heaven, and came down: and thick darkness was under his feet.
The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.
10 And he mounted on cherubs and flew: he flew on the wings of winds.
And he went in flight through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind.
11 And he made darkness his secret place: round about him was his tabernacle, [even] dark water in the clouds of the air.
He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him was the dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
12 At the brightness before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.
Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and fire.
13 The Lord also thundered from heaven, and the Highest uttered his voice.
The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire.
14 And he sent forth [his] weapons, and scattered them; and multiplied lightnings, and routed them.
He sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.
15 And the springs of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at your rebuke, O Lord, at the blasting of the breath of your wrath.
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.
16 He sent from on high and took me, he drew me to himself out of many waters.
He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.
17 He will deliver me from my mighty enemies, and from them that hate me; for they are stronger than I.
He made me free from my strong hater, and from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.
18 They prevented me in the day of mine affliction: but the Lord was my stay against [them].
They came on me in the day of my trouble; but the Lord was my support.
19 And he brought me out into a wide place: he will deliver me, because he has pleasure in me.
He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.
20 And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands will he recompense me.
The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.
21 For I have kept the way of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God.
For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.
22 For all his judgements were before me, and his ordinances departed not from me.
For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.
23 And I shall be blameless with hem, and shall keep myself from mine iniquity.
And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.
24 And the Lord shall recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands before his eyes.
Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.
25 With the holy you will be holy; and with the innocent man you will be innocent.
On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;
26 And with the excellent [man] you will be excellent; and with the perverse you will show frowardness.
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.
27 For you will save the lowly people, and will humble the eyes of the proud.
For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low.
28 For you, O Lord, will light my lamp: my God, you will lighten my darkness.
You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.
29 For by you shall I be delivered from a troop; and by my God I will pass over a wall.
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.
30 [As for] my God, his way is perfect: the oracles of the Lord are tried in the fire; he is a protector of all them that hope in him.
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.
31 For who is God but the Lord? and who is a God except our God?
For who is God but the Lord? or who is a Rock but our God?
32 [It is] God that girds me with strength, and has made my way blameless:
God puts a strong band about me, guiding me in a straight way.
33 who strengthens my feet as hart's feet, and sets me upon high places.
He makes my feet like roes' feet, and puts me on high places.
34 He instructs my hands for war: and you have made my arms [as] a brazen bow.
He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.
35 And you have made me secure in my salvation: and your right hand has helped me, and your correction has upheld me to the end; yes, your correction itself shall instruct me.
You have given me the breastplate of your salvation: your right hand has been my support, and your mercy has made me great.
36 You has made room for my goings under me, and by footsteps did not fail.
You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.
37 I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; and I will not turn back until they are consumed.
I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome.
38 I will dash them to pieces and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet.
I will give them wounds, so that they are not able to get up: they are stretched under my feet.
39 For you have girded me with strength for war: you have beaten down under me all that rose up against me.
For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who come out against me.
40 And you has made mine enemies turn their backs before me; and you have destroyed them that hated me.
By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.
41 They cried, but there was no deliverer: [even] to the Lord, but he listened not to them.
They were crying out, but there was no one to come to their help: even to the Lord, but he gave them no answer.
42 I will grind them as the mud of the streets: and I will beat them small as dust before the wind.
Then they were crushed as small as dust before the wind; they were drained out like the waste of the streets.
43 Deliver me from the gain sayings of the people: you shall make me head of the Gentiles: a people whom I knew not served me,
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.
44 at the hearing of the ear they obeyed me: the strange children lied to me.
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.
45 The strange children waxed old, and fell away from their paths through lameness.
They will be wasting away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear.
46 The Lord lives; and blessed [be] my God; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured.
47 [It is] God that avenges me, and has subdued the nations under me;
It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.
48 my deliverer from angry enemies: you shall set me on high above them that rise up against me: you shall deliver me from the unrighteous man.
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.
49 Therefore will I confess to you, O Lord, amongst the Gentiles, and sing to your name.
Because of this I will give you praise, O Lord, among the nations, and will make a song of praise to your name.
50 [God] magnifies the deliverances of his king; and deals mercifully with David his anointed, and his seed, for ever.
Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.
