Psalms 18
1 TO THE OVERSEER. BY A SERVANT OF YHWH, BY DAVID, WHO HAS SPOKEN TO YHWH THE WORDS OF THIS SONG IN THE DAY YHWH DELIVERED HIM FROM THE HAND OF ALL HIS ENEMIES, AND FROM THE HAND OF SAUL, AND HE SAYS: I love You, O YHWH, 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 YHWH [is] my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God [is] my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and the horn of my salvation, My high tower.
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 I call on YHWH, the Praised One, And I am saved from my enemies.
I will call upon Jehovah, who is to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
4 Cords of death have surrounded me, And streams of the worthless make me afraid.
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 adversity I call YHWH, And I cry to my God. He hears my voice from His temple, And My cry comes into His ears before Him.
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 And the earth shakes and trembles, And foundations of hills are troubled, And they shake—because He has wrath.
Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled and shook, because he was wroth.
8 Smoke has gone up from His nostrils, And fire from His mouth consumes, Coals have been 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 And He inclines the heavens, and comes down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet.
And he bowed the heavens, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
10 And He rides on a cherub, and flies, And He flies on wings of wind.
And he rode upon a cherub and did fly; yea, he flew fast upon the wings of the wind.
11 He makes darkness His secret place, Around Him His dwelling place, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
12 From the brightness before Him His thick clouds have passed on, Hail and coals of fire.
From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed forth: hail and coals of fire.
13 And YHWH thunders in the heavens, And the Most High gives forth 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 sends His arrows and scatters them, And much lightning, and crushes them.
And he sent his arrows, and scattered [mine enemies]; and he shot forth lightnings, and discomfited them.
15 And the streams of waters are seen, And foundations of the earth are revealed, From Your rebuke, O YHWH, From the breath of the wind of Your anger.
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 sends from above—He takes me, He draws me out of many waters.
He reached forth from above, he took me, he drew me out of great waters:
17 He delivers me from my strong enemy, And from those hating me, For they have been stronger than I.
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me; for they were mightier than I.
18 They go before me in a day of my calamity And YHWH is for a support to me.
They encountered me in the day of my calamity, but Jehovah was my stay.
19 And He brings me forth to a large place, He draws me out, because He delighted in me.
And he brought me forth into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20 YHWH repays me According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He returns to me.
Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
21 For I have kept the ways of YHWH, 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 all His judgments [are] before me, And I do not turn His statutes from me.
For all his ordinances were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me;
23 And I am perfect with Him, And I keep myself from my iniquity.
And I was upright with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity.
24 And YHWH returns to me, According to my righteousness, 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 kind You show Yourself kind, With a perfect man You show Yourself perfect.
With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; with the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright;
26 With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the perverse You show Yourself a wrestler,
With the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary.
27 For You save a poor people, And cause the eyes of the high to fall.
For it is thou that savest the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes wilt thou bring down.
28 For You light my lamp, My God YHWH enlightens my darkness.
For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.
29 For by You I run [against] a troop! And by my God I leap a wall.
For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
30 God—perfect [is] His way, The saying of YHWH is tried, He [is] a shield to all those trusting 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 besides YHWH? And who [is] a rock except our God?
For who is God save Jehovah? and who is a rock if not our God?
32 God—who is girding me [with] strength, And He makes my way perfect.
The God who girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect,
33 Making my feet like does, And on my high places causes me to stand.
Who maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], and setteth me upon my high places;
34 Teaching my hands for battle, And a bow of bronze was brought down by my arms.
Who teacheth my hands to war, and mine arms bend a bow of brass;
35 And You give to me the shield of Your salvation, And Your right hand supports me, And Your lowliness makes me great.
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 You enlarge my step under me, And my ankles have not slipped.
Thou didst enlarge my steps under me, and mine ankles have not wavered.
37 I pursue my enemies, and overtake them, And do not turn back until they are consumed.
I pursued mine enemies, and overtook them; and I turned not again till they were consumed.
38 I strike them, and they are not able to rise, They fall under my feet,
I crushed them, and they were not able to rise: they fell under my feet.
39 And You gird me [with] strength for battle, You cause my withstanders to bow under me.
And thou girdedst me with strength to battle; thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against me.
40 As for my enemies—You have given to me the neck, As for those hating me—I cut them off.
And mine enemies didst thou make to turn their backs unto me, and those that hated me I destroyed.
41 They cry, and there is no savior, On YHWH, and He does not answer them.
They cried, and there was none to save; — unto Jehovah, and he answered them not.
42 And I beat them as dust before wind, I empty them out as mire of 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 You deliver me From the strivings of the people, You place me for a head of nations, A people I have not known serve me.
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 At the hearing of the ear they listen to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,
At the hearing of the ear, they obey me: strangers come cringing unto me.
45 Sons of a stranger fade away, And are slain out of their close places.
Strangers have faded away, and they come trembling forth from their close places.
46 YHWH lives—and blessed [is] my rock, And exalted is the God of my salvation.
Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of my salvation,
47 God—who is giving vengeance to me, And He subdues peoples under me,
The God who hath avenged me, and hath subjected the peoples to me;
48 My deliverer from my enemies, You raise me above my withstanders, Deliver me from a man of violence.
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 I confess You among nations, O YHWH, And I sing praise to Your Name,
Therefore will I give thanks to thee, Jehovah, among the nations, and will sing psalms to thy name.
50 Magnifying the salvation of His king, And doing kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed—for all time!
[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.
