Psalms 18
1 To the Overseer. — By a servant of Jehovah, by David, who hath spoken to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and he saith: — I love Thee, O Jehovah, 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 thee, O Lord, my strength.
2 Jehovah [is] my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God [is] my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and a horn of my salvation, 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 The 'Praised One' I call Jehovah, And from my enemies I am saved.
I will call upon the Lord with praises, and I shall be saved from mine enemies.
4 Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make 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 mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God I cry. He heareth from His temple my voice, And My cry before Him cometh 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 And shake and tremble doth the earth, And foundations of hills are troubled, And they shake — because He hath wrath.
Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains were disturbed, and were shaken, because God was angry with them.
8 Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils, And fire from His mouth consumeth, Coals have been 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 And He inclineth the heavens, and cometh down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet.
And he bowed the heaven, and came down: and thick darkness was under his feet.
10 And He rideth on a cherub, and doth fly, And He flieth on wings of wind.
And he mounted on cherubs and flew: he flew on the wings of winds.
11 He maketh darkness His secret place, Round about Him His tabernacle, Darkness of waters, 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 From the brightness over-against Him His thick clouds have passed on, Hail and coals of fire.
At the brightness before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.
13 And thunder in the heavens doth Jehovah, And the Most High giveth forth His voice, Hail and coals of fire.
The Lord also thundered from heaven, and the Highest uttered his voice.
14 And He sendeth His arrows and scattereth them, And much lightning, and crusheth them.
And he sent forth [his] weapons, and scattered them; and multiplied lightnings, and routed them.
15 And seen are the streams of waters, And revealed are foundations of the earth. From Thy rebuke, O Jehovah, From the breath of the spirit of Thine anger.
And the springs of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blasting of the breath of thy wrath.
16 He sendeth from above — He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters.
He sent from on high and took me, he drew me to himself out of many waters.
17 He delivereth me from my strong enemy, And from those hating me, For they have been stronger than I.
He will deliver me from my mighty enemies, and from them that hate me; for they are stronger than I.
18 They go before me in a day of my calamity And Jehovah is for a support to me.
They prevented me in the day of mine affliction: but the Lord was my stay against [them].
19 And He bringeth me forth to a large place, He draweth me out, 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 Jehovah doth recompense me According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to 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 Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God.
For I have kept the way of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 For all His judgments [are] before me, And His statutes I turn not from me.
For all his judgments were before me, and his ordinances departed not from me.
23 And I am perfect with him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity.
And I shall be blameless with hem, and shall keep myself from mine iniquity.
24 And Jehovah doth return to me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, Over-against his eyes.
And the Lord shall recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands before his eyes.
25 With the kind Thou showest Thyself kind, With a perfect man showest Thyself perfect.
With the holy thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent.
26 With the pure Thou showest Thyself pure, And with the perverse showest Thyself a wrestler,
And with the excellent [man] thou wilt be excellent; and with the perverse thou wilt shew frowardness.
27 For Thou a poor people savest, And the eyes of the high causest to fall.
For thou wilt save the lowly people, and wilt humble the eyes of the proud.
28 For Thou — Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.
For thou, O Lord, wilt light my lamp: my God, thou wilt lighten my darkness.
29 For by Thee I run — a troop! And by my God I leap a wall.
For by thee shall I be delivered from a troop; and by my God I will pass over a wall.
30 God! perfect [is] His way, The saying of Jehovah is tried, A shield [is] He to all those trusting 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 besides Jehovah? And who [is] a rock save our God?
For who is God but the Lord? and who is a God except our God?
32 God! who is girding me [with] strength, And He maketh perfect my way.
[It is] God that girds me with strength, and has made my way blameless:
33 Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand.
who strengthens my feet as hart's feet, and sets me upon high places.
34 Teaching my hands for battle, And a bow of brass was brought down by my arms.
He instructs my hands for war: and thou hast made my arms [as] a brazen bow.
35 And Thou givest to me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy right hand doth support me, And Thy lowliness maketh me great.
And thou hast made me secure in my salvation: and thy right hand has helped me, and thy correction has upheld me to the end; yea, thy correction itself shall instruct me.
36 Thou enlargest my step under me, And mine ankles have not slidden.
Thou has made room for my goings under me, and by footsteps did not fail.
37 I pursue mine enemies, and overtake them, And turn back not till they are consumed.
I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; and I will not turn back until they are consumed.
38 I smite them, and they are not able to rise, They fall under my feet,
I will dash them to pieces and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet.
39 And Thou girdest me [with] strength for battle, Causest my withstanders to bow under me.
For thou hast girded me with strength for war: thou hast beaten down under me all that rose up against me.
40 As to mine enemies — Thou hast given to me the neck, As to those hating me — I cut them off.
And thou has made mine enemies turn their backs before me; and thou hast destroyed them that hated me.
41 They cry, and there is no saviour, On Jehovah, and He doth not answer them.
They cried, but there was no deliverer: [even] to the Lord, but he hearkened not to them.
42 And I beat them as dust before wind, As mire of the streets I empty them out.
I will grind them as the mud of the streets: and I will beat them small as dust before the wind.
43 Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of the people, Thou placest me for a head of nations, A people I have not known do serve me.
Deliver me from the gain sayings of the people: thou shalt make me head of the Gentiles: a people whom I knew not served me,
44 At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,
at the hearing of the ear they obeyed me: the strange children lied to me.
45 Sons of a stranger fade away, And are slain out of their close places.
The strange children waxed old, and fell away from their paths through lameness.
46 Jehovah liveth — and blessed [is] my rock, And exalted is the God of my salvation.
The Lord lives; and blessed [be] my God; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
47 God — who is giving vengeance to me, And He subdueth peoples under me,
[It is] God that avenges me, and has subdued the nations under me;
48 My deliverer from mine enemies, Above my withstanders Thou raisest me, From a man of violence dost deliver me.
my deliverer from angry enemies: thou shalt set me on high above them that rise up against me: thou shalt deliver me from the unrighteous man.
49 Therefore I confess Thee among nations, O Jehovah, And to Thy name I sing praise,
Therefore will I confess to thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing to thy name.
50 Magnifying the salvation of His king, And doing kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed — unto the age!
[God] magnifies the deliverances of his king; and deals mercifully with David his anointed, and his seed, for ever.
