Psalms 18
1 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.
Unto the end, for David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hands of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. I will love thee, O Lord, my strength:
2 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.
The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer. My God is my helper, and in him will I put my trust. My protector and the horn of my salvation, and my support.
3 I will call upon Jehovah, who is to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
Praising I will call upon the Lord: and I shall be saved from my enemies.
4 The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid.
The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.
The sorrows of hell encompassed me: and the snares of death prevented me. (Sheol h7585)
6 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.
In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my God: And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and my cry before him came into his ears.
7 Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled and shook, because he was wroth.
The earth shook and trembled: the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because he was angry with them.
8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals burned forth from it.
There went up a smoke in his wrath: and a fire flamed from his face: coals were kindled by it.
9 And he bowed the heavens, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
10 And he rode upon a cherub and did fly; yea, he flew fast upon the wings of the wind.
And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the wings of the winds.
11 He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.
12 From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed forth: hail and coals of fire.
At the brightness that was before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.
13 And Jehovah thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice: hail and coals of fire.
And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the highest gave his voice: hail and coals of fire.
14 And he sent his arrows, and scattered [mine enemies]; and he shot forth lightnings, and discomfited them.
And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: he multiplied lightnings, and troubled them.
15 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.
Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were discovered: At thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the spirit of thy wrath.
16 He reached forth from above, he took me, he drew me out of great waters:
He sent from on high, and took me: and received me out of many waters.
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me; for they were mightier than I.
He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
18 They encountered me in the day of my calamity, but Jehovah was my stay.
They prevented me in the day of my affliction: and the Lord became my protector.
19 And he 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 saved me, because he was well pleased with me.
20 Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands:
21 For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Because I have kept the ways of the Lord; and have not done wickedly against my God.
22 For all his ordinances were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me;
For till his judgments are in my sight: and his justices I have not put away from me.
23 And I was upright with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity.
And I shall be spotless with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.
24 And Jehovah hath recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.
25 With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; with the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright;
With the holy, thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent.
26 With the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary.
And with the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.
27 For it is thou that savest the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes wilt thou bring down.
For thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down the eyes of the proud.
28 For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.
For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God enlighten my darkness.
29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
For by thee I shall be delivered from temptation; and through my God I shall go over a wall.
30 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of Jehovah is tried: he is a shield to all that trust in him.
As for my God, his way is undefiled: the words of the Lord are fire tried: he is the protector of all that trust in him.
31 For who is God save Jehovah? and who is a rock if not our God?
For who is God but the Lord? or who is God but our God?
32 The God who girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect,
God who hath girt me with strength; and made my way blameless.
33 Who maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], and setteth me upon my high places;
Who hath made my feet like the feet of harts: and who setteth me upon high places.
34 Who teacheth my hands to war, and mine arms bend a bow of brass;
Who teacheth my hands to war: and thou hast made my arms like a brazen bow.
35 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.
And thou hast given me the protection of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath held me up: And thy discipline hath corrected me unto the end: and thy discipline, the same shall teach me.
36 Thou didst enlarge my steps under me, and mine ankles have not wavered.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; and my feet are not weakened.
37 I pursued mine enemies, and overtook them; and I turned not again till they were consumed.
I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: and I will not turn again till they are consumed.
38 I crushed them, and they were not able to rise: they fell under my feet.
I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet.
39 And thou girdedst me with strength to battle; thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against me.
And thou hast girded me with strength unto battle; and hast subdued under me them that rose up against me.
40 And mine enemies didst thou make to turn their backs unto me, and those that hated me I destroyed.
And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, and hast destroyed them that hated me.
41 They cried, and there was none to save; — unto Jehovah, and he answered them not.
They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he heard them not.
42 And I did beat them small as dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.
And I shall beat them as small as the dust before the wind; I shall bring them to nought, like the dirt in the streets.
43 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.
Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people: thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles.
44 At the hearing of the ear, they obey me: strangers come cringing unto me.
A people, which I knew not, hath served me: at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me.
45 Strangers have faded away, and they come trembling forth from their close places.
The children that are strangers have lied to me, strange children have faded away, and have halted from their paths.
46 Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of my salvation,
The Lord liveth, and blessed be my God, and let the God of my salvation be exalted:
47 The God who hath avenged me, and hath subjected the peoples to me;
O God, who avengest me, and subduest the people under me, my deliverer from my enemies.
48 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.
And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise up against me: from the unjust man thou wilt deliver me.
49 Therefore will I give thanks to thee, Jehovah, among the nations, and will sing psalms to thy name.
Therefore will I give glory to thee, O Lord, among the nations, and I will sing a psalm to thy name.
50 [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.
Giving great deliverance to his king, and shewing mercy to David his anointed: and to his seed for ever.
