Psalms 18
1 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
To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord, of David, who said the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord made him free from the hand of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul; and he said, I will give you my love, O Lord, my strength.
2 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
The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
3 to boast: praise to call: call to LORD and from enemy my to save
I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.
4 to surround me cord death and torrent: river Belial: destruction to terrify me
The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear.
The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me. (Sheol h7585)
6 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
In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came before him, even into his ears.
7 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
Then trouble and shock came on the earth; and the bases of the mountains were moved and shaking, because he was angry.
8 to ascend: rise smoke in/on/with face: nose his and fire from lip his to eat coal to burn: burn from him
There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it.
9 and to stretch heaven and to go down and cloud underneath: under foot his
The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.
10 and to ride upon cherub and to fly and to fly upon wing spirit: breath
And he went in flight through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind.
11 to set: make darkness secrecy his around him booth his dark water cloud cloud
He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him was the dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
12 from brightness before him cloud his to pass hail and coal fire
Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and fire.
13 and to thunder in/on/with heaven LORD and Most High to give: cry out voice his hail and coal fire
The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire.
14 and to send: depart arrow his and to scatter them and lightning to multiply ten thousand and to confuse them
He sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.
15 and to see: see channel water and to reveal: uncover foundation world from rebuke your LORD from breath spirit: breath face: nose your
Then the deep beds of the waters were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of your words of wrath, O Lord, because of the breath from your mouth.
16 to send: depart from height to take: take me to draw me from water many
He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.
17 to rescue me from enemy my strong and from to hate me for to strengthen from me
He made me free from my strong hater, and from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.
18 to meet me in/on/with day calamity my and to be LORD to/for support to/for me
They came on me in the day of my trouble; but the Lord was my support.
19 and to come out: send me to/for broad to rescue me for to delight in in/on/with me
He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.
20 to wean me LORD like/as righteousness my like/as cleanness hand my to return: pay to/for me
The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.
21 for to keep: obey way: conduct LORD and not be wicked from God my
For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.
22 for all justice: judgement his to/for before me and statute his not to turn aside: remove from me
For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.
23 and to be unblemished: blameless with him and to keep: guard from iniquity: crime my
And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.
24 and to return: pay LORD to/for me like/as righteousness my like/as cleanness hand my to/for before eye: seeing his
Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.
25 with pious be kind with great man unblemished: blameless to finish
On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;
26 with to purify to purify and with twisted to twist
He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.
27 for you(m. s.) people afflicted to save and eye to exalt to abase
For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low.
28 for you(m. s.) to light lamp my LORD God my to shine darkness my
You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.
29 for in/on/with you to run: run band and in/on/with God my to leap wall
By your help I have made a way through the wall which was shutting me in; by the help of my God I have gone over a wall.
30 [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
As for God, his way is completely good; the word of the Lord is tested; he is a breastplate for all those who put their faith in him.
31 for who? god from beside LORD and who? rock exception God our
For who is God but the Lord? or who is a Rock but our God?
32 [the] God [the] to gird me strength and to give: make unblemished: blameless way: conduct my
God puts a strong band about me, guiding me in a straight way.
33 to set foot my like/as doe and upon high place my to stand: stand me
He makes my feet like roes' feet, and puts me on high places.
34 to learn: teach hand my to/for battle and to descend bow bronze arm my
He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.
35 and to give: give to/for me shield salvation your and right your to support me and gentleness your to multiply me
You have given me the breastplate of your salvation: your right hand has been my support, and your mercy has made me great.
36 to enlarge step my underneath: under me and not to slip ankle my
You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.
37 to pursue enemy my and to overtake them and not to return: return till to end: destroy them
I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome.
38 to wound them and not be able to arise: rise to fall: fall underneath: under foot my
I will give them wounds, so that they are not able to get up: they are stretched under my feet.
39 and to gird me strength to/for battle to bow to arise: rise me underneath: under me
For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who come out against me.
40 and enemy my to give: put to/for me neck and to hate me to destroy them
By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.
41 to cry and nothing to save upon LORD and not to answer them
They were crying out, but there was no one to come to their help: even to the Lord, but he gave them no answer.
42 and to beat them like/as dust upon face: before spirit: breath like/as mud outside to empty them
Then they were crushed as small as dust before the wind; they were drained out like the waste of the streets.
43 to escape me from strife people to set: make me to/for head: leader nation people not to know to serve: minister me
You have made me free from the fightings of the people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.
44 to/for report ear: hearing to hear: obey to/for me son: type of foreign to deceive to/for me
From the time when my name comes to their ears they will be ruled by me: men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority.
45 son: type of foreign to wither and to quake from perimeter their
They will be wasting away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear.
46 alive LORD and to bless rock my and to exalt God salvation my
The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured.
47 [the] God [the] to give: give vengeance to/for me and to speak: subdue people underneath: under me
It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.
48 to escape me from enemy my also from to arise: rise me to exalt me from man violence to rescue me
He makes me free from my haters; I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.
49 upon so to give thanks you in/on/with nation LORD and to/for name your to sing
Because of this I will give you praise, O Lord, among the nations, and will make a song of praise to your name.
50 (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
Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.
