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.
For the end, [a Psalm] of David, the servant of the Lord; [the words] which he spoke to the Lord, [even] the words of this Song, in the day in which the Lord delivered him out the hand of all his enemies, and out the hand of Saul: and he said: I will love you, 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 firm support, and my refuge, and my deliverer; my God is my helper, I will hope in him; [he is] my defender, and the horn of my salvation, and my helper.
3 I will call upon the LORD, [who is worthy] to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies.
I will call upon the Lord with praises, and I shall be saved from mine enemies.
4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
The pangs of death compassed me, and the torrents of ungodliness troubled me exceedingly.
The pangs of hell came round about me: 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.
And when I was afflicted I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: he heard my voice out of this holy temple, and my cry shall enter before him, [even] into his ears.
7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains were disturbed, and were shaken, because God 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 fire burst into a flame at his presence: coals were kindled at it.
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness [was] under his feet.
And he bowed the heaven, and came down: and thick 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 mounted on cherubs and flew: he flew on the wings of 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 secret place: round about him was his tabernacle, [even] dark water 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 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.
The Lord also thundered from heaven, and the Highest uttered his voice.
14 Yes, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
And he sent forth [his] weapons, and scattered them; and multiplied lightnings, and routed 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.
And the springs of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at your rebuke, O Lord, at the blasting of the breath of your wrath.
16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
He sent from on high and took me, he drew me to himself 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 will deliver me from my mighty enemies, and from them that hate me; for they are stronger than I.
18 They attacked me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
They prevented me in the day of mine affliction: but the Lord was my stay against [them].
19 He brought me forth also in a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
And he brought me out into a wide place: he will deliver me, because he has pleasure in 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 recompense me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands will he recompense me.
21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
For I have kept the way of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 For all his judgments [were] before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
For all his judgments were before me, and his ordinances departed not from me.
23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.
And I shall be blameless with hem, and shall keep myself from mine 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 shall recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity 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 you will be holy; and with the innocent man you will be innocent.
26 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt contend.
And with the excellent [man] you will be excellent; and with the perverse you will show frowardness.
27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
For you will save the lowly people, and will humble the eyes of the proud.
28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
For you, O Lord, will light my lamp: my God, you will lighten my darkness.
29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
For by you shall I be delivered from a troop; and by my God I will pass 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 perfect: the oracles of the Lord are tried in the fire; he is a protector of all them that hope 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? and who is a God except our God?
32 [It is] God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
[It is] God that girds me with strength, and has made my way blameless:
33 He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], and setteth me upon my high places.
who strengthens my feet as hart's feet, and sets me upon high places.
34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.
He instructs my hands for war: and you have made my arms [as] 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 you have made me secure in my salvation: and your right hand has helped me, and your correction has upheld me to the end; yes, your correction itself shall instruct me.
36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
You has made room for my goings under me, and by footsteps did not fail.
37 I have pursued my enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; and I will not turn back until they are consumed.
38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they have fallen under my feet.
I will dash them to pieces 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.
For you have girded me with strength for war: you have beaten down under me all 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 you has made mine enemies turn their backs before me; and you have 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 no deliverer: [even] to the Lord, but he listened not to them.
42 Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
I will grind them as the mud of the streets: and I will beat them small as dust before the wind.
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.
Deliver me from the gain sayings of the people: you shall make me head of the Gentiles: a people whom I knew not served me,
44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves to me.
at the hearing of the ear they obeyed me: the strange children lied to me.
45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid from their close places.
The strange children waxed old, and fell away from their paths through lameness.
46 The LORD liveth; and blessed [be] my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
The Lord lives; 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.
[It is] God that avenges me, and has subdued the nations under me;
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.
my deliverer from angry enemies: you shall set me on high above them that rise up against me: you shall deliver me from the unrighteous man.
49 Therefore will I give thanks to thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises to thy name.
Therefore will I confess to you, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.
50 He giveth great deliverance to his king; and showeth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for ever.
[God] magnifies the deliverances of his king; and deals mercifully with David his anointed, and his seed, for ever.
