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/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 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.
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 call on YHWH, the Praised One, And I am saved from my enemies.
to boast: praise to call: call to LORD and from enemy my to save
4 Cords of death have surrounded me, And streams of the worthless make me afraid.
to surround me cord death and torrent: river Belial: destruction to terrify me
cord hell: Sheol to turn: surround me to meet me snare death (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/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 And the earth shakes and trembles, And foundations of hills are troubled, And they shake—because He has wrath.
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 Smoke has gone up from His nostrils, And fire from His mouth consumes, Coals have been 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 And He inclines the heavens, and comes down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet.
and to stretch heaven and to go down and cloud underneath: under foot his
10 And He rides on a cherub, and flies, And He flies on wings of wind.
and to ride upon cherub and to fly and to fly upon wing spirit: breath
11 He makes darkness His secret place, Around Him His dwelling place, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
to set: make darkness secrecy his around him booth his dark water cloud cloud
12 From the brightness before Him His thick clouds have passed on, Hail and coals of fire.
from brightness before him cloud his to pass hail and coal fire
13 And YHWH thunders in the heavens, And the Most High gives forth His voice, Hail 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 And He sends His arrows and scatters them, And much lightning, and crushes them.
and to send: depart arrow his and to scatter them and lightning to multiply ten thousand and to confuse 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 to see: see channel water and to reveal: uncover foundation world from rebuke your LORD from breath spirit: breath face: nose your
16 He sends from above—He takes me, He draws me out of many waters.
to send: depart from height to take: take me to draw me from water many
17 He delivers me from my strong enemy, And from those hating me, For they have been stronger than I.
to rescue me from enemy my strong and from to hate me for to strengthen from me
18 They go before me in a day of my calamity And YHWH is for a support to me.
to meet me in/on/with day calamity my and to be LORD to/for support to/for me
19 And He brings me forth to a large place, He draws me out, 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 YHWH repays me According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He returns to 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 YHWH, And have not done wickedly against my God.
for to keep: obey way: conduct LORD and not be wicked from God my
22 For all His judgments [are] before me, And I do not turn His statutes from me.
for all justice: judgement his to/for before me and statute his not to turn aside: remove from me
23 And I am perfect with Him, And I keep myself from my iniquity.
and to be unblemished: blameless with him and to keep: guard from iniquity: crime my
24 And YHWH returns to me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, Before His eyes.
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 kind You show Yourself kind, With a perfect man You show Yourself perfect.
with pious be kind with great man unblemished: blameless to finish
26 With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the perverse You show Yourself a wrestler,
with to purify to purify and with twisted to twist
27 For You save a poor people, And cause the eyes of the high to fall.
for you(m. s.) people afflicted to save and eye to exalt to abase
28 For You light my lamp, My God YHWH enlightens my darkness.
for you(m. s.) to light lamp my LORD God my to shine darkness my
29 For by You I run [against] a troop! And by my God I leap a wall.
for in/on/with you to run: run band and in/on/with God my to leap wall
30 God—perfect [is] His way, The saying of YHWH is tried, He [is] a shield to all those trusting 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 besides YHWH? And who [is] a rock except our God?
for who? god from beside LORD and who? rock exception God our
32 God—who is girding me [with] strength, And He makes my way perfect.
[the] God [the] to gird me strength and to give: make unblemished: blameless way: conduct my
33 Making my feet like does, And on my high places causes me to stand.
to set foot my like/as doe and upon high place my to stand: stand me
34 Teaching my hands for battle, And a bow of bronze was brought down by my arms.
to learn: teach hand my to/for battle and to descend bow bronze arm my
35 And You give to me the shield of Your salvation, And Your right hand supports me, And Your lowliness makes 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 You enlarge my step under me, And my ankles have not slipped.
to enlarge step my underneath: under me and not to slip ankle my
37 I pursue my enemies, and overtake them, And do not turn back until they are consumed.
to pursue enemy my and to overtake them and not to return: return till to end: destroy them
38 I strike them, and they are not able to rise, They fall under my feet,
to wound them and not be able to arise: rise to fall: fall underneath: under foot my
39 And You gird me [with] strength for battle, You cause my withstanders to bow under me.
and to gird me strength to/for battle to bow to arise: rise me underneath: under me
40 As for my enemies—You have given to me the neck, As for those hating me—I cut them off.
and enemy my to give: put to/for me neck and to hate me to destroy them
41 They cry, and there is no savior, On YHWH, and He does not answer them.
to cry and nothing to save upon LORD and not to answer them
42 And I beat them as dust before wind, I empty them out as mire of the streets.
and to beat them like/as dust upon face: before spirit: breath like/as mud outside to empty them
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.
to escape me from strife people to set: make me to/for head: leader nation people not to know to serve: minister me
44 At the hearing of the ear they listen to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,
to/for report ear: hearing to hear: obey to/for me son: type of foreign to deceive to/for me
45 Sons of a stranger fade away, And are slain out of their close places.
son: type of foreign to wither and to quake from perimeter their
46 YHWH lives—and blessed [is] my rock, And exalted is the God of my salvation.
alive LORD and to bless rock my and to exalt God salvation my
47 God—who is giving vengeance to me, And He subdues peoples under me,
[the] God [the] to give: give vengeance to/for me and to speak: subdue people underneath: under me
48 My deliverer from my enemies, You raise me above my withstanders, Deliver me from a man of violence.
to escape me from enemy my also from to arise: rise me to exalt me from man violence to rescue me
49 Therefore I confess You among nations, O YHWH, And I sing praise to Your Name,
upon so to give thanks you in/on/with nation LORD and to/for name your to sing
50 Magnifying the salvation of His king, And doing kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed—for all time!
(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
