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.
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.
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 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.
3 I will call upon Jehovah, who is to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
I will call upon the Lord with praises, and I shall be saved from mine enemies.
4 The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid.
The pangs of death compassed me, and the torrents of ungodliness troubled me exceedingly.
The pangs of hell came round about me: 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.
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.
7 Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled and shook, because he was wroth.
Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains were disturbed, and were shaken, because God 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 fire burst into a flame at his presence: coals were kindled at it.
9 And he bowed the heavens, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
And he bowed the heaven, and came down: and thick 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 mounted on cherubs and flew: he flew on the wings of 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 secret place: round about him was his tabernacle, [even] dark water 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 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.
The Lord also thundered from heaven, and the Highest uttered his voice.
14 And he sent his arrows, and scattered [mine enemies]; and he shot forth lightnings, and discomfited them.
And he sent forth [his] weapons, and scattered them; and multiplied lightnings, and routed 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.
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.
16 He reached forth from above, he took me, he drew me out of great waters:
He sent from on high and took me, he drew me to himself 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 will deliver me from my mighty enemies, and from them that hate me; for they are stronger than I.
18 They encountered me in the day of my calamity, but Jehovah was my stay.
They prevented me in the day of mine affliction: but the Lord was my stay against [them].
19 And he brought me forth into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
And he brought me out into a wide place: he will deliver me, because he has pleasure in 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 recompense me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands will he recompense me.
21 For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
For I have kept the way of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 For all his ordinances were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me;
For all his judgments were before me, and his ordinances departed not from me.
23 And I was upright with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity.
And I shall be blameless with hem, and shall keep myself from mine iniquity.
24 And Jehovah hath recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
And the Lord shall recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity 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 you will be holy; and with the innocent man you will be innocent.
26 With the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary.
And with the excellent [man] you will be excellent; and with the perverse you will show frowardness.
27 For it is thou that savest the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes wilt thou bring down.
For you will save the lowly people, and will humble the eyes of the proud.
28 For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.
For you, O Lord, will light my lamp: my God, you will lighten my darkness.
29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
For by you shall I be delivered from a troop; and by my God I will pass 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 perfect: the oracles of the Lord are tried in the fire; he is a protector of all them that hope 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? and who is a God except our God?
32 The God who girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect,
[It is] God that girds me with strength, and has made my way blameless:
33 Who maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], and setteth me upon my high places;
who strengthens my feet as hart's feet, and sets me upon high places.
34 Who teacheth my hands to war, and mine arms bend a bow of brass;
He instructs my hands for war: and you have made my arms [as] 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 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.
36 Thou didst enlarge my steps under me, and mine ankles have not wavered.
You has made room for my goings under me, and by footsteps did not fail.
37 I pursued mine enemies, and overtook them; and I turned not again till they were consumed.
I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; and I will not turn back until they are consumed.
38 I crushed them, and they were not able to rise: they fell under my feet.
I will dash them to pieces 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.
For you have girded me with strength for war: you have beaten down under me all 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 you has made mine enemies turn their backs before me; and you have 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 no deliverer: [even] to the Lord, but he listened not to them.
42 And I did beat them small as dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.
I will grind them as the mud of the streets: and I will beat them small as dust before the wind.
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.
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,
44 At the hearing of the ear, they obey me: strangers come cringing unto me.
at the hearing of the ear they obeyed me: the strange children lied to me.
45 Strangers have faded away, and they come trembling forth from their close places.
The strange children waxed old, and fell away from their paths through lameness.
46 Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of my salvation,
The Lord lives; 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;
[It is] God that avenges me, and has subdued the nations under me;
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.
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.
49 Therefore will I give thanks to thee, Jehovah, among the nations, and will sing psalms to thy name.
Therefore will I confess to you, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing to your 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.
[God] magnifies the deliverances of his king; and deals mercifully with David his anointed, and his seed, for ever.
