Psalms 18
1 To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of 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: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
Unto the end, for David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hands of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. I will love thee, O Lord, my strength:
2 The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, [and] my high tower.
The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer. My God is my helper, and in him will I put my trust. My protector and the horn of my salvation, and my support.
3 I will call upon the LORD, [who is worthy] to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies.
Praising I will call upon the Lord: and I shall be saved from my enemies.
4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.
The sorrows of hell encompassed me: and the snares of death prevented me. (Sheol h7585)
6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, [even] into his ears.
In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my God: And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and my cry before him came into his ears.
7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
The earth shook and trembled: the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because he was angry with them.
8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
There went up a smoke in his wrath: and a fire flamed from his face: coals were kindled by it.
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness [was] under his feet.
He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
10 And he rode upon a cherub, and flew; yes, he flew upon the wings of the wind.
And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the wings of the winds.
11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion around him [were] dark waters [and] thick clouds of the skies.
And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.
12 At the brightness [that was] before him his thick clouds passed, hail [stones] and coals of fire.
At the brightness that was before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.
13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail [stones] and coals of fire.
And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the highest gave his voice: hail and coals of fire.
14 Yes, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: he multiplied lightnings, and troubled them.
15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were discovered: At thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the spirit of thy wrath.
16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
He sent from on high, and took me: and received me out of many waters.
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them who hated me: for they were too strong for me.
He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
18 They attacked me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
They prevented me in the day of my affliction: and the Lord became my protector.
19 He brought me forth also in a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
And he brought me forth into a large place: he saved me, because he was well pleased with me.
20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands:
21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Because I have kept the ways of the Lord; and have not done wickedly against my God.
22 For all his judgments [were] before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
For till his judgments are in my sight: and his justices I have not put away from me.
23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.
And I shall be spotless with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.
24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.
25 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt show thyself upright;
With the holy, thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent.
26 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt contend.
And with the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.
27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
For thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down the eyes of the proud.
28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God enlighten my darkness.
29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
For by thee I shall be delivered from temptation; and through my God I shall go over a wall.
30 [As for] God, his way [is] perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he [is] a buckler to all those that trust in him.
As for my God, his way is undefiled: the words of the Lord are fire tried: he is the protector of all that trust in him.
31 For who [is] God save the LORD? or who [is] a rock save our God?
For who is God but the Lord? or who is God but our God?
32 [It is] God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
God who hath girt me with strength; and made my way blameless.
33 He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], and setteth me upon my high places.
Who hath made my feet like the feet of harts: and who setteth me upon high places.
34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.
Who teacheth my hands to war: and thou hast made my arms like a brazen bow.
35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath held me up and thy gentleness hath made me great.
And thou hast given me the protection of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath held me up: And thy discipline hath corrected me unto the end: and thy discipline, the same shall teach me.
36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; and my feet are not weakened.
37 I have pursued my enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: and I will not turn again till they are consumed.
38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they have fallen under my feet.
I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet.
39 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
And thou hast girded me with strength unto battle; and hast subdued under me them that rose up against me.
40 Thou hast also given me the necks of my enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, and hast destroyed them that hated me.
41 They cried, but [there was] none to save [them]: [even] to the LORD, but he answered them not.
They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he heard them not.
42 Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
And I shall beat them as small as the dust before the wind; I shall bring them to nought, like the dirt in the streets.
43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; [and] thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people [whom] I have not known shall serve me.
Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people: thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles.
44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves to me.
A people, which I knew not, hath served me: at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me.
45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid from their close places.
The children that are strangers have lied to me, strange children have faded away, and have halted from their paths.
46 The LORD liveth; and blessed [be] my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
The Lord liveth, and blessed be my God, and let the God of my salvation be exalted:
47 [It is] God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
O God, who avengest me, and subduest the people under me, my deliverer from my enemies.
48 He delivereth me from my enemies: yes, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise up against me: from the unjust man thou wilt deliver me.
49 Therefore will I give thanks to thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises to thy name.
Therefore will I give glory to thee, O Lord, among the nations, and I will sing a psalm to thy name.
50 He giveth great deliverance to his king; and showeth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for ever.
Giving great deliverance to his king, and shewing mercy to David his anointed: and to his seed for ever.
