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.
“To the chief musician, by the servant of the Lord, by David, who spoke unto the Lord the words of this song on the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the power of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul; And he said,” I ever 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 rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
3 I will call upon Jehovah, who is to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
Praised, I cried, be the Lord, and from my enemies was I saved.
4 The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid.
The bonds of death encompassed me, and the floods of destruction made me afraid.
The bonds of hell encircled me: the snares of death seized on 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.
[When] in my distress I called upon the Lord, and unto my God I cried: he heard from his temple my voice, and my complaint came 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 shook and trembled the earth; and the foundations of the mountains were moved; and they were shaken, because he was wroth.
8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals burned forth from it.
Smoke went up in his anger and consuming fire out of his mouth: coals flamed forth from him.
9 And he bowed the heavens, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
And he bent the heavens, 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 rode upon a cherub, and flew along, and he flitted by upon the wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
He made darkness his hiding-place, round about him as his pavilion, dark waters, thick clouds of the skies.
12 From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed forth: hail and coals of fire.
From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed away, [with] hail-stones 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 in the heavens, and the Most High uttered forth his voice, [with] hail-stones 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 out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot forth lightnings, and discomfited 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 then were seen the channels of the waters, and there were laid open the foundations of the world, through thy rebuke, O Lord, through the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
16 He reached forth from above, he took me, he drew me out of great waters:
He stretched out from above [his hand], he took me; he drew me out from mighty 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 enemy, the strong, and from those that hated me, when they were too mighty for me.
18 They encountered me in the day of my calamity, but Jehovah was my stay.
They overcame me on the day of my calamity; but the Lord became my stay.
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 space; he delivered me, because he had delight in me.
20 Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the purity of my hands did 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 ways 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 ordinances were before me, and his statutes had I not put away from me.
23 And I was upright with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity.
I was also upright with him, and I guarded myself against my iniquity.
24 And Jehovah hath recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
Therefore did the Lord recompense me according to my righteousness, 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 kind thou wilt show thyself kind; with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright;
26 With the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary.
With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt wage a contest.
27 For it is thou that savest the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes wilt thou bring down.
For thou wilt indeed save the afflicted people; but haughty eyes wilt thou bring down.
28 For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.
For thou wilt cause my light to shine: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
For [aided] by thee I run through a troop; and [helped] by my God I leap 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 God, —his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: he is a shield to all those that trust in him.
31 For who is God save Jehovah? and who is a rock if not our God?
For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock beside our God?
32 The God who girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect,
He is the God that girdeth me with strength, and rendereth my way unobstructed.
33 Who maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], and setteth me upon my high places;
He maketh my feet like those of the hinds, and upon my high-places he causeth me to stand.
34 Who teacheth my hands to war, and mine arms bend a bow of brass;
He teacheth my hands for the war, so that a brazen bow is bent by my arms.
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 gavest me the shield of thy salvation, and thy right hand supported me: and thy meekness hath made me great.
36 Thou didst enlarge my steps under me, and mine ankles have not wavered.
Thou enlargest my steps under me, so that my joints do not slip.
37 I pursued mine enemies, and overtook them; and I turned not again till they were consumed.
I pursue my enemies, and overtake them; and I return not again till I have made an end of them.
38 I crushed them, and they were not able to rise: they fell under my feet.
I crush them that they are not able to rise: they 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 thou hast girded me with strength for the war: thou subduest my opponents under me.
40 And mine enemies didst thou make to turn their backs unto me, and those that hated me I destroyed.
And my enemies thou causest to turn their back to me; and those that hate me, —that I may destroy them.
41 They cried, and there was none to save; — unto Jehovah, and he answered them not.
They cry, but there is none to help; unto the Lord, —but he answereth 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 beat them small as the dust before the wind: like the dirt in the streets do I cast them out.
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 deliverest me from the contests of the people; thou appointest me to be the head of nations: a people that I know not shall serve me.
44 At the hearing of the ear, they obey me: strangers come cringing unto me.
As soon as their ear heareth they shall be obedient to me: the children of the stranger shall utter flattery unto me.
45 Strangers have faded away, and they come trembling forth from their close places.
The children of the stranger shall fade away, and come forth trembling out of their close places.
46 Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of my salvation,
The Lord liveth, and blessed be my Rock; and exalted be the God of my salvation;
47 The God who hath avenged me, and hath subjected the peoples to me;
The God that granteth me vengeance, and subdueth 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.
That delivereth me from my enemies: also above my opponents thou liftest me up; thou deliverest me from the man of violence.
49 Therefore will I give thanks to thee, Jehovah, among the nations, and will sing psalms to thy name.
Therefore will I give thanks unto thee among the nations, O Lord, and unto thy name will I sing praises, —
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.
[To him] that maketh great the salvation of his king, and who sheweth kindness to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for ever.
