Psalms 18
1 For the Leader. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD, who spoke unto 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; And he said: I love thee, O LORD, 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 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in Him I take refuge; my shield, and my horn of 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 Praised, I cry, is the LORD, and I am saved from mine enemies.
Praising I will call upon the Lord: and I shall be saved from my enemies.
4 The cords of Death compassed me, and the floods of Belial assailed me.
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 the LORD, and cried unto my God; out of His temple He heard my voice, and my cry came before Him unto 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 did shake and quake, the foundations also of the mountains did tremble; they were shaken, 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 Smoke arose up in His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth did devour; coals flamed forth from Him.
There went up a smoke in his wrath: and a fire flamed from his face: coals were kindled by it.
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and thick 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 did swoop down 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 hiding-place, His pavilion 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 At the brightness before Him, there passed through His thick clouds hailstones and coals of fire.
At the brightness that was before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.
13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High gave forth His voice; hailstones 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 out His arrows, and scattered them; 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 channels of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid bare, at Thy rebuke, O LORD, 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 sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.
He sent from on high, and took me: and received me out of many waters.
17 He delivered me from mine enemy most strong, and from them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but the LORD was a stay unto me.
They prevented me in the day of my affliction: and the Lord became my protector.
19 He brought me forth also 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 The LORD 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 the LORD, 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 put not 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 single-hearted with Him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
And I shall be spotless with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.
24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.
And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.
25 With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful, with the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright;
With the holy, thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent.
26 With the pure Thou dost show Thyself pure; and with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself subtle.
And with the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.
27 For Thou dost save the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes Thou dost humble.
For thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down the eyes of the proud.
28 For Thou dost light my lamp; the LORD my God doth lighten my darkness.
For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God enlighten my darkness.
29 For by Thee I run upon a troop; and by my God do I scale 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 the LORD is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge 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 the LORD? And who is a Rock, except our God?
For who is God but the Lord? or who is God but our God?
32 The God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way straight;
God who hath girt me with strength; and made my way blameless.
33 Who maketh my feet like hinds', 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 traineth my hands for war, so that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
Who teacheth my hands to war: and thou hast made my arms like a brazen bow.
35 Thou hast also given me Thy shield of salvation, and Thy right hand hath holden me up; and Thy condescension 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 hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; and my feet are not weakened.
37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them; neither did I turn back 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 have smitten them through, so that they are not able to rise; they are fallen under my feet.
I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet.
39 For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued 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 Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, and I did cut off them that hate me.
And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, and hast destroyed them that hated me.
41 They cried, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but He answered them not.
They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he heard them not.
42 Then did I beat them small as the 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 contentions of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations; a people whom I have not known serve me.
Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people: thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles.
44 As soon as they hear of me, they obey me; the sons of the stranger dwindle away before me.
A people, which I knew not, hath served me: at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me.
45 The sons of the stranger fade away, and come trembling out of their close places.
The children that are strangers have lied to me, strange children have faded away, and have halted from their paths.
46 The LORD 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 Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, and subdueth peoples under me.
O God, who avengest me, and subduest the people under me, my deliverer from my enemies.
48 He delivereth me from mine enemies; yea, Thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.
And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise up against me: from the unjust man thou wilt deliver me.
49 Therefore I will give thanks unto Thee, O LORD, among the nations, and will sing praises unto Thy name.
Therefore will I give glory to thee, O Lord, among the nations, and I will sing a psalm to thy name.
50 Great salvation giveth He to His king; and showeth mercy 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.
