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
For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said, I love you, 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 fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
3 to boast: praise to call: call to LORD and from enemy my to save
I call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved from my enemies.
4 to surround me cord death and torrent: river Belial: destruction to terrify me
The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares 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 distress I called on the LORD, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came 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 the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, 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
Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.
9 and to stretch heaven and to go down and cloud underneath: under foot his
He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
10 and to ride upon cherub and to fly and to fly upon wing spirit: breath
He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.
11 to set: make darkness secrecy his around him booth his dark water cloud cloud
He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
12 from brightness before him cloud his to pass hail and coal fire
At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of 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 also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of 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, and scattered them. He routed them with great lightning bolts.
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 channels of waters appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
16 to send: depart from height to take: take me to draw me from water many
He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters.
17 to rescue me from enemy my strong and from to hate me for to strengthen from me
He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
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 calamity, 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 brought me out also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20 to wean me LORD like/as righteousness my like/as cleanness hand my to return: pay to/for me
The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands, he has recompensed me.
21 for to keep: obey way: conduct LORD and not be wicked from God my
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed 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 ordinances were before me. I didn’t put away his statutes from me.
23 and to be unblemished: blameless with him and to keep: guard from iniquity: crime my
I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
24 and to return: pay LORD to/for me like/as righteousness my like/as cleanness hand my to/for before eye: seeing his
Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
25 with pious be kind with great man unblemished: blameless to finish
With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.
26 with to purify to purify and with twisted to twist
With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
27 for you(m. s.) people afflicted to save and eye to exalt to abase
For you will save the afflicted people, but the arrogant eyes you will bring down.
28 for you(m. s.) to light lamp my LORD God my to shine darkness my
For you will light my lamp, LORD. My God will light up my darkness.
29 for in/on/with you to run: run band and in/on/with God my to leap wall
For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap 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 perfect. The LORD’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
31 for who? god from beside LORD and who? rock exception God our
For who is God, except the LORD? Who is a rock, besides our God,
32 [the] God [the] to gird me strength and to give: make unblemished: blameless way: conduct my
the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?
33 to set foot my like/as doe and upon high place my to stand: stand me
He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and sets me on my high places.
34 to learn: teach hand my to/for battle and to descend bow bronze arm my
He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
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 also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.
36 to enlarge step my underneath: under me and not to slip ankle my
You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.
37 to pursue enemy my and to overtake them and not to return: return till to end: destroy them
I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. I won’t turn away until they are consumed.
38 to wound them and not be able to arise: rise to fall: fall underneath: under foot my
I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.
39 and to gird me strength to/for battle to bow to arise: rise me underneath: under me
For you have armed me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
40 and enemy my to give: put to/for me neck and to hate me to destroy them
You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
41 to cry and nothing to save upon LORD and not to answer them
They cried, but there was no one to save; even to the LORD, but he didn’t answer them.
42 and to beat them like/as dust upon face: before spirit: breath like/as mud outside to empty them
Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire 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 delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
44 to/for report ear: hearing to hear: obey to/for me son: type of foreign to deceive to/for me
As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.
45 son: type of foreign to wither and to quake from perimeter their
The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their strongholds.
46 alive LORD and to bless rock my and to exalt God salvation my
The LORD lives! Blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,
47 [the] God [the] to give: give vengeance to/for me and to speak: subdue people underneath: under me
even the God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me.
48 to escape me from enemy my also from to arise: rise me to exalt me from man violence to rescue me
He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.
49 upon so to give thanks you in/on/with nation LORD and to/for name your to sing
Therefore I will give thanks to you, LORD, amongst the nations, and will sing praises 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
He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his offspring, forever more.
