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.
For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said, I love you, 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 fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
3 I will call upon the Lord with praises, and I shall be saved from mine enemies.
I call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved from my enemies.
4 The pangs of death compassed me, and the torrents of ungodliness troubled me exceedingly.
The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares 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 distress I called on the LORD, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came 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 the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, 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.
Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.
9 And he bowed the heaven, and came down: and thick darkness was under his feet.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
10 And he mounted on cherubs and flew: he flew on the wings of winds.
He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared 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 darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
12 At the brightness before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.
At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.
13 The Lord also thundered from heaven, and the Highest uttered his voice.
The LORD also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire.
14 And he sent forth [his] weapons, and scattered them; and multiplied lightnings, and routed them.
He sent out his arrows, and scattered them. He routed them with great lightning bolts.
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 channels of waters appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
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. He drew me out of many waters.
17 He will deliver me from my mighty enemies, and from them that hate me; for they are stronger than I.
He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
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 calamity, 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 brought me out also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted 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 has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands, he has recompensed me.
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, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 For all his judgements were before me, and his ordinances departed not from me.
For all his ordinances were before me. I didn’t put away his statutes from me.
23 And I shall be blameless with hem, and shall keep myself from mine iniquity.
I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
24 And the Lord shall recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands before his eyes.
Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
25 With the holy you will be holy; and with the innocent man you will be innocent.
With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.
26 And with the excellent [man] you will be excellent; and with the perverse you will show frowardness.
With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
27 For you will save the lowly people, and will humble the eyes of the proud.
For you will save the afflicted people, but the arrogant eyes you will bring down.
28 For you, O Lord, will light my lamp: my God, you will lighten my darkness.
For you will light my lamp, LORD. My God will light up my darkness.
29 For by you shall I be delivered from a troop; and by my God I will pass over a wall.
For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap 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 perfect. The LORD’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
31 For who is God but the Lord? and who is a God except our God?
For who is God, except the LORD? Who is a rock, besides our God,
32 [It is] God that girds me with strength, and has made my way blameless:
the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?
33 who strengthens my feet as hart's feet, and sets me upon high places.
He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and sets me on my high places.
34 He instructs my hands for war: and you have made my arms [as] a brazen bow.
He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
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 also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.
36 You has made room for my goings under me, and by footsteps did not fail.
You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.
37 I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; and I will not turn back until they are consumed.
I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. I won’t turn away until they are consumed.
38 I will dash them to pieces and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet.
I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall 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 you have armed me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
40 And you has made mine enemies turn their backs before me; and you have destroyed them that hated me.
You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
41 They cried, but there was no deliverer: [even] to the Lord, but he listened not to them.
They cried, but there was no one to save; even to the LORD, but he didn’t answer them.
42 I will grind them as the mud of the streets: and I will beat them small as dust before the wind.
Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire 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 delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
44 at the hearing of the ear they obeyed me: the strange children lied to me.
As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.
45 The strange children waxed old, and fell away from their paths through lameness.
The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their strongholds.
46 The Lord lives; and blessed [be] my God; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
The LORD lives! Blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,
47 [It is] God that avenges me, and has subdued the nations under me;
even the God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me.
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 rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.
49 Therefore will I confess to you, O Lord, amongst the Gentiles, and sing to your name.
Therefore I will give thanks to you, LORD, amongst the nations, and will sing praises to your name.
50 [God] magnifies the deliverances of his king; and deals mercifully with David his anointed, and his seed, for ever.
He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his offspring, forever more.
