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