Psalms 18
1 To the chief Musician. Of the servant of Yahweh, of David, —who spake unto Yahweh the words of this song, —in the day when Yahweh had rescued him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul; and he said: — I will love thee, O Yahweh 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 Yahweh, was my mountain crag and my stronghold, and my deliverer: My GOD, was my rock, I sought refuge in him, My shield, and my horn of 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 As one worthy to be praised, called I on Yahweh, —And, from my foes, was I saved.
to boast: praise to call: call to LORD and from enemy my to save
4 The meshes of death encompassed me, The torrents of perdition, made 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 distress, called I on Yahweh, And, unto my God, made outcry for help, He heard, out of his temple, my voice, And my outcry for help came before him—entered 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 did the earth shake and quake, Even, the foundations of the mountains, were deeply moved, Yea they did shake, because he was angry.
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 smoke in his nostrils, and, a fire out of his mouth, devoured, Live coals, were kindled from 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 Then he stretched out the heaven, and came down, —and, thick gloom, was under his feet;
and to stretch heaven and to go down and cloud underneath: under foot his
10 Then he rode on a cherub, and flew, and darted on the wings of the wind;
and to ride upon cherub and to fly and to fly upon wing spirit: breath
11 Made darkness his hiding-place, Round about him—his pavilion, Darkness of waters, clouds of vapours.
to set: make darkness secrecy his around him booth his dark water cloud cloud
12 Out of the brightness before him, his clouds rolled along, hail, and live coals of fire.
from brightness before him cloud his to pass hail and coal fire
13 Then did Yahweh thunder in the heavens, and the Highest uttered his voice, —hail, and live 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 sent forth his arrows and scattered them, yea, lightnings, he shot out, and confused them.
and to send: depart arrow his and to scatter them and lightning to multiply ten thousand and to confuse them
15 Then appeared the channels of waters, were uncovered the foundations of the world, —At thy rebuke O Yahweh, 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 on high, 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 rescued me from my foe, in his might, and from them who hated me, because 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 confronted me, in the day of my necessity, Then became Yahweh my stay:
to meet me in/on/with day calamity my and to be LORD to/for support to/for me
19 And brought me out, 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 Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, he repaid me;
to wean me LORD like/as righteousness my like/as cleanness hand my to return: pay to/for me
21 For I had kept the ways of Yahweh, and not broken away from my God;
for to keep: obey way: conduct LORD and not be wicked from God my
22 For, all his regulations, were before me, and, his statutes, did I not put from me:
for all justice: judgement his to/for before me and statute his not to turn aside: remove from me
23 So became I blameless with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity.
and to be unblemished: blameless with him and to keep: guard from iniquity: crime my
24 Yahweh therefore repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the pureness 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 loving, thou didst show thyself loving, —With the blameless man, thou didst show thyself blameless;
with pious be kind with great man unblemished: blameless to finish
26 With the pure, thou didst show thyself pure, But, with the perverse, thou didst show thyself ready to contend.
with to purify to purify and with twisted to twist
27 For, as for thee, an oppressed people, thou didst save, but, looks that were lofty, layedst thou low;
for you(m. s.) people afflicted to save and eye to exalt to abase
28 For, thou, didst light up my lamp, Yahweh my God, enlightened my darkness;
for you(m. s.) to light lamp my LORD God my to shine darkness my
29 For, by thee, I ran through a troop, and, by my God, I leapt 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, blameless is his way, The speech of Yahweh hath been proved, A shield, he is to all who seek refuge 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 a GOD, save Yahweh? And who is a Rock, save our God?
for who? god from beside LORD and who? rock exception God our
32 The GOD who girded me with strength, and set forth, as blameless, my way:
[the] God [the] to gird me strength and to give: make unblemished: blameless way: conduct my
33 Planting my feet like hinds’ [feet], yea, on my high places, he caused me to stand:
to set foot my like/as doe and upon high place my to stand: stand me
34 Teaching my hands to war, —so that a bow of bronze was bent by mine arms.
to learn: teach hand my to/for battle and to descend bow bronze arm my
35 Thus didst thou grant me, as a shield, thy salvation, —and, thy right hand, sustained me, and, thy condescension, 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 didst widen my stepping-places under me, so that, mine ankles, faltered not.
to enlarge step my underneath: under me and not to slip ankle my
37 I pursued my foes, and overtook them, and returned not, till they were consumed:
to pursue enemy my and to overtake them and not to return: return till to end: destroy them
38 I crushed them, and they were unable to rise, They fell under my feet.
to wound them and not be able to arise: rise to fall: fall underneath: under foot my
39 Thus didst thou gird me with strength, for the battle, Thou subduedst mine assailants under me.
and to gird me strength to/for battle to bow to arise: rise me underneath: under me
40 As for my foes, thou didst give me their neck, and, as for them who hated me, I destroyed them.
and enemy my to give: put to/for me neck and to hate me to destroy them
41 They cried out, but there was none to save, unto Yahweh, but he answered them not.
to cry and nothing to save upon LORD and not to answer them
42 Then did I beat them in pieces, like dust on the face of the wind. Like the mire in the lanes, did I scatter them.
and to beat them like/as dust upon face: before spirit: breath like/as mud outside to empty them
43 Thus didst thou rescue me from the contentions of a people, —didst appoint me to be the head of nations, A people I had not known, served 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 submitted to me, the sons of the foreigner, came cringing unto me:
to/for report ear: hearing to hear: obey to/for me son: type of foreign to deceive to/for me
45 The sons of the foreigner, lost heart, and came quaking out of their fortresses.
son: type of foreign to wither and to quake from perimeter their
46 Yahweh liveth and, blessed, be my Rock, yea, exalted, be the God of my salvation:
alive LORD and to bless rock my and to exalt God salvation my
47 The GOD, who hath avenged me, —and subjugated peoples under me:
[the] God [the] to give: give vengeance to/for me and to speak: subdue people underneath: under me
48 Who hath delivered me from my foes, —Yea, from mine assailants, hast thou set me on high, From the man of violence, hast thou rescued me.
to escape me from enemy my also from to arise: rise me to exalt me from man violence to rescue me
49 For this cause, will I praise thee among the nations, O Yahweh, and, to thy Name, will I sweep the strings: —
upon so to give thanks you in/on/with nation LORD and to/for name your to sing
50 Who hath made great the victories of his King, —and shown lovingkindness to his Anointed One, To David and to his Seed, Unto times age-abiding.
(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
