< Psalms 18 >
1 To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake 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 will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
to/for to conduct to/for servant/slave LORD to/for David which to speak: speak to/for LORD [obj] word [the] song [the] this in/on/with day to rescue LORD [obj] him from palm all enemy his and from hand: power Saul and to say to have compassion you LORD strength my
2 The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, [and] my high tower.
LORD crag my and fortress my and to escape me God my rock my to seek refuge in/on/with him shield my and horn salvation my high refuge my
3 I will call upon the LORD, [who is worthy] to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
to boast: praise to call: call to LORD and from enemy my to save
4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
to surround me cord death and torrent: river Belial: destruction to terrify me
5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. (Sheol )
cord hell: Sheol to turn: surround me to meet me snare death (Sheol )
6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, [even] into his ears.
in/on/with distress to/for me to call: call to LORD and to(wards) God my to cry to hear: hear from temple his voice my and cry my to/for face: before his to come (in): come in/on/with ear his
7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
and to shake and to shake [the] land: country/planet and foundation mountain: mount to tremble and to shake for to be incensed to/for him
8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
to ascend: rise smoke in/on/with face: nose his and fire from lip his to eat coal to burn: burn from him
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness [was] under his feet.
and to stretch heaven and to go down and cloud underneath: under foot his
10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
and to ride upon cherub and to fly and to fly upon wing spirit: breath
11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him [were] dark waters [and] thick clouds of the skies.
to set: make darkness secrecy his around him booth his dark water cloud cloud
12 At the brightness [that was] before him his thick clouds passed, hail [stones] and coals of fire.
from brightness before him cloud his to pass hail and coal fire
13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail [stones] and coals of fire.
and to thunder in/on/with heaven LORD and Most High to give: cry out voice his hail and coal fire
14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
and to send: depart arrow his and to scatter them and lightning to multiply ten thousand and to confuse them
15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
and to see: see channel water and to reveal: uncover foundation world from rebuke your LORD from breath spirit: breath face: nose your
16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
to send: depart from height to take: take me to draw me from water many
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
to rescue me from enemy my strong and from to hate me for to strengthen from me
18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
to meet me in/on/with day calamity my and to be LORD to/for support to/for me
19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
and to come out: send me to/for broad to rescue me for to delight in in/on/with me
20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
to wean me LORD like/as righteousness my like/as cleanness hand my to return: pay to/for me
21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
for to keep: obey way: conduct LORD and not be wicked from God my
22 For all his judgments [were] before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
for all justice: judgement his to/for before me and statute his not to turn aside: remove from me
23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
and to be unblemished: blameless with him and to keep: guard from iniquity: crime my
24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
and to return: pay LORD to/for me like/as righteousness my like/as cleanness hand my to/for before eye: seeing his
25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
with pious be kind with great man unblemished: blameless to finish
26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
with to purify to purify and with twisted to twist
27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
for you(m. s.) people afflicted to save and eye to exalt to abase
28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
for you(m. s.) to light lamp my LORD God my to shine darkness my
29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
for in/on/with you to run: run band and in/on/with God my to leap wall
30 [As for] God, his way [is] perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he [is] a buckler to all those that trust in him.
[the] God unblemished way: conduct his word LORD to refine shield he/she/it to/for all [the] to seek refuge in/on/with him
31 For who [is] God save the LORD? or who [is] a rock save our God?
for who? god from beside LORD and who? rock exception God our
32 [It is] God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
[the] God [the] to gird me strength and to give: make unblemished: blameless way: conduct my
33 He maketh my feet like hinds’ [feet], and setteth me upon my high places.
to set foot my like/as doe and upon high place my to stand: stand me
34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
to learn: teach hand my to/for battle and to descend bow bronze arm my
35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
and to give: give to/for me shield salvation your and right your to support me and gentleness your to multiply me
36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
to enlarge step my underneath: under me and not to slip ankle my
37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
to pursue enemy my and to overtake them and not to return: return till to end: destroy them
38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
to wound them and not be able to arise: rise to fall: fall underneath: under foot my
39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
and to gird me strength to/for battle to bow to arise: rise me underneath: under me
40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
and enemy my to give: put to/for me neck and to hate me to destroy them
41 They cried, but [there was] none to save [them: even] unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
to cry and nothing to save upon LORD and not to answer them
42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
and to beat them like/as dust upon face: before spirit: breath like/as mud outside to empty them
43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; [and] thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people [whom] I have not known shall serve me.
to escape me from strife people to set: make me to/for head: leader nation people not to know to serve: minister me
44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
to/for report ear: hearing to hear: obey to/for me son: type of foreign to deceive to/for me
45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
son: type of foreign to wither and to quake from perimeter their
46 The LORD liveth; and blessed [be] my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
alive LORD and to bless rock my and to exalt God salvation my
47 [It is] God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
[the] God [the] to give: give vengeance to/for me and to speak: subdue people underneath: under me
48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
to escape me from enemy my also from to arise: rise me to exalt me from man violence to rescue me
49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
upon so to give thanks you in/on/with nation LORD and to/for name your to sing
50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
(to magnify *Q(k)*) salvation king his and to make: do kindness to/for anointed his to/for David and to/for seed: children his till forever: enduring