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
Yahweh, I love you, the one who enables me to be strong.
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
Yahweh is like an [overhanging] rock [DOU, MET] [under which I can hide from my enemies]; he is like a strong fortress, the one who protects me; he protects me like a shield [MET] [protects a soldier]; he is the one to whom I go (for refuge/to be protected/safe), and he defends me by his great power [IDM].
3 to boast: praise to call: call to LORD and from enemy my to save
I called out to Yahweh, who deserves to be praised, and he rescued me from my enemies.
4 to surround me cord death and torrent: river Belial: destruction to terrify me
All around me were dangerous situations in which I might be killed [PRS]; it was as though there were huge waves [MET] that almost crashed on me and killed me.
[It was as though] the place where dead people are had ropes that were wrapped around me, or [it was as though] there was a trap [MET] that would [seize and] kill 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
But when I was very distressed, I called out to Yahweh, and from his temple he heard me. He listened to me when I cried out [for help].
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 the earth quaked/shook strongly [DOU]; the mountains shook very strongly from their centers [DOU] because Yahweh 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
[It was as though] smoke poured out from his nostrils, and [as though] burning coals came out of his mouth.
9 and to stretch heaven and to go down and cloud underneath: under foot his
He opened the sky and came down with a black cloud under his feet.
10 and to ride upon cherub and to fly and to fly upon wing spirit: breath
He flew, riding on the back of a creature that had wings, traveling [fast], blown along by the wind.
11 to set: make darkness secrecy his around him booth his dark water cloud cloud
Darkness was all around him [like a blanket] [MET]; dark clouds, full of moisture, covered him [MET].
12 from brightness before him cloud his to pass hail and coal fire
Hailstones and flashes of lightning were around him; hail and burning coals fell from the sky.
13 and to thunder in/on/with heaven LORD and Most High to give: cry out voice his hail and coal fire
Then Yahweh [spoke in a loud voice] from the sky, and [his enemies] heard his voice that sounded like thunder.
14 and to send: depart arrow his and to scatter them and lightning to multiply ten thousand and to confuse them
He shot his arrows at them and caused them to scatter; His flashes of lightning caused them to become very confused (OR, to run away).
15 and to see: see channel water and to reveal: uncover foundation world from rebuke your LORD from breath spirit: breath face: nose your
The bottom of the ocean became visible, and the foundations of the earth were uncovered, when Yahweh rebuked his enemies when he snorted.
16 to send: depart from height to take: take me to draw me from water many
[It was as though] he reached down from heaven and grabbed me and pulled me up out of the deep ocean.
17 to rescue me from enemy my strong and from to hate me for to strengthen from me
He rescued me from my strong enemies who hated me; they were very strong, with the result that I [could not defeat them].
18 to meet me in/on/with day calamity my and to be LORD to/for support to/for me
When I (was distressed/had troubles), they attacked me, but Yahweh defended/protected me.
19 and to come out: send me to/for broad to rescue me for to delight in in/on/with me
He led me to a place where I was safe; he rescued me because he was pleased with me.
20 to wean me LORD like/as righteousness my like/as cleanness hand my to return: pay to/for me
Yahweh has rewarded me because I do what is right; he has blessed me because I (am innocent/have not done things that are wrong).
21 for to keep: obey way: conduct LORD and not be wicked from God my
I have obeyed Yahweh’s laws; I have not abandoned him.
22 for all justice: judgement his to/for before me and statute his not to turn aside: remove from me
My behavior was directed by his rules; I have not stopped obeying them.
23 and to be unblemished: blameless with him and to keep: guard from iniquity: crime my
He knows that I have not done what is wrong; I have kept myself from sinning.
24 and to return: pay LORD to/for me like/as righteousness my like/as cleanness hand my to/for before eye: seeing his
So he rewards me because I do what is right; he knows that I [SYN] have not committed sins.
25 with pious be kind with great man unblemished: blameless to finish
Yahweh, you are faithful to those who faithfully [do what you tell them to do]; you always do what is good/right to those who do what you want them to do.
26 with to purify to purify and with twisted to twist
You are kind to those who are kind to others, but you act wisely toward those who (act perversely/do bad things).
27 for you(m. s.) people afflicted to save and eye to exalt to abase
You save those who are humble, but you cause those who are proud to be humiliated/ashamed.
28 for you(m. s.) to light lamp my LORD God my to shine darkness my
You give light to my [soul/spirit]; you take away the darkness of my soul.
29 for in/on/with you to run: run band and in/on/with God my to leap wall
You enable me to be strong, with the result that I can run and attack a line of enemy soldiers; with your help I can (scale/climb up) the walls [that surround my enemies’ cities].
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
Everything that Yahweh my God does is perfect. We can depend on him to do what he promises. He is like a shield [MET] to protect all those who go to him for refuge.
31 for who? god from beside LORD and who? rock exception God our
Yahweh is [RHQ] the only one who is God; only he is like an [overhanging] rock [under which we can be safe].
32 [the] God [the] to gird me strength and to give: make unblemished: blameless way: conduct my
God is the one who enables me to be strong and who keeps me safe on the roads that I walk on.
33 to set foot my like/as doe and upon high place my to stand: stand me
He enables me to [walk swiftly without stumbling], like a deer walks/runs in the mountains.
34 to learn: teach hand my to/for battle and to descend bow bronze arm my
He teaches me how to use a strong/metal bow in order that I can use it to fight in battles.
35 and to give: give to/for me shield salvation your and right your to support me and gentleness your to multiply me
Yahweh, you protect and save me with your shield; you have made me safe by your power [MTY]. I have become (strong/a great [king]) because you have helped me.
36 to enlarge step my underneath: under me and not to slip ankle my
You have cleared the road for me, with the result that now I do not slip/stumble.
37 to pursue enemy my and to overtake them and not to return: return till to end: destroy them
I have pursued my enemies and caught them; I did not stop until I had defeated/killed them all.
38 to wound them and not be able to arise: rise to fall: fall underneath: under foot my
When I strike them, they are not able to get up again; they lie on the ground, defeated.
39 and to gird me strength to/for battle to bow to arise: rise me underneath: under me
You have enabled me to be strong in order that I can fight battles and defeat my enemies.
40 and enemy my to give: put to/for me neck and to hate me to destroy them
You caused my enemies to run away (OR, you enabled me to put my foot on my enemies’ necks [after I captured them and forced them to lie on the ground]); I have gotten rid of all those who hated me.
41 to cry and nothing to save upon LORD and not to answer them
They called out for someone to help them, but no one saved them.
42 and to beat them like/as dust upon face: before spirit: breath like/as mud outside to empty them
I pulverize them, with the result that they become like [MET] the dust that the wind [blows away]; I throw them out like [SIM] [people throw] dirt out into 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 enabled me to defeat those who fought against me, and appointed me to be the ruler of [many]; people whom I did not know about previously are now slaves [in my kingdom].
44 to/for report ear: hearing to hear: obey to/for me son: type of foreign to deceive to/for me
When foreigners hear about me, they (cringe/bow low before me) and they obey me.
45 son: type of foreign to wither and to quake from perimeter their
They are no longer courageous, and from their forts [where they were hiding] they come [to me] trembling.
46 alive LORD and to bless rock my and to exalt God salvation my
Yahweh is alive! Praise the one who is like an [overhanging] rock [MET] [under which I am safe] Exalt the God who saves me!
47 [the] God [the] to give: give vengeance to/for me and to speak: subdue people underneath: under me
He enables me to get revenge on my enemies; he causes me to defeat nations and to rule over them,
48 to escape me from enemy my also from to arise: rise me to exalt me from man violence to rescue me
and he rescues me from my enemies. He has lifted me up high so that violent men could not reach me [and harm me].
49 upon so to give thanks you in/on/with nation LORD and to/for name your to sing
So I praise him [and I tell] the nations [the great things that he has done].
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
He has enabled me, his king, to powerfully defeat my enemies; he faithfully loves me, David, the one he has chosen [to be king], and he will faithfully love my descendants forever.
