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.
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
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.
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
3 The 'Praised One' I call Jehovah, And from my enemies I am saved.
to boast: praise to call: call to LORD and from enemy my to save
4 Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make me afraid.
to surround me cord death and torrent: river Belial: destruction to terrify me
cord hell: Sheol to turn: surround me to meet me snare death (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.
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
7 And shake and tremble doth the earth, And foundations of hills are troubled, And they shake — because He hath wrath.
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
8 Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils, And fire from His mouth consumeth, Coals have been kindled by it.
to ascend: rise smoke in/on/with face: nose his and fire from lip his to eat coal to burn: burn from him
9 And He inclineth the heavens, and cometh down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet.
and to stretch heaven and to go down and cloud underneath: under foot his
10 And He rideth on a cherub, and doth fly, And He flieth on wings of wind.
and to ride upon cherub and to fly and to fly upon wing spirit: breath
11 He maketh darkness His secret place, Round about Him His tabernacle, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
to set: make darkness secrecy his around him booth his dark water cloud cloud
12 From the brightness over-against Him His thick clouds have passed on, Hail and coals of fire.
from brightness before him cloud his to pass hail and coal fire
13 And thunder in the heavens doth Jehovah, And the Most High giveth forth His voice, Hail and coals of fire.
and to thunder in/on/with heaven LORD and Most High to give: cry out voice his hail and coal fire
14 And He sendeth His arrows and scattereth them, And much lightning, and crusheth them.
and to send: depart arrow his and to scatter them and lightning to multiply ten thousand and to confuse 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 to see: see channel water and to reveal: uncover foundation world from rebuke your LORD from breath spirit: breath face: nose your
16 He sendeth from above — He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters.
to send: depart from height to take: take me to draw me from water many
17 He delivereth me from my strong enemy, And from those hating me, For they have been stronger than I.
to rescue me from enemy my strong and from to hate me for to strengthen from me
18 They go before me in a day of my calamity And Jehovah is for a support to me.
to meet me in/on/with day calamity my and to be LORD to/for support to/for me
19 And He bringeth me forth to a large place, He draweth me out, because He delighted in me.
and to come out: send me to/for broad to rescue me for to delight in in/on/with me
20 Jehovah doth recompense me According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me.
to wean me LORD like/as righteousness my like/as cleanness hand my to return: pay to/for me
21 For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God.
for to keep: obey way: conduct LORD and not be wicked from God my
22 For all His judgments [are] before me, And His statutes I turn not from me.
for all justice: judgement his to/for before me and statute his not to turn aside: remove from me
23 And I am perfect with him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity.
and to be unblemished: blameless with him and to keep: guard from iniquity: crime my
24 And Jehovah doth return to me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, Over-against his eyes.
and to return: pay LORD to/for me like/as righteousness my like/as cleanness hand my to/for before eye: seeing his
25 With the kind Thou showest Thyself kind, With a perfect man showest Thyself perfect.
with pious be kind with great man unblemished: blameless to finish
26 With the pure Thou showest Thyself pure, And with the perverse showest Thyself a wrestler,
with to purify to purify and with twisted to twist
27 For Thou a poor people savest, And the eyes of the high causest to fall.
for you(m. s.) people afflicted to save and eye to exalt to abase
28 For Thou — Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.
for you(m. s.) to light lamp my LORD God my to shine darkness my
29 For by Thee I run — a troop! And by my God I leap a wall.
for in/on/with you to run: run band and in/on/with God my to leap wall
30 God! perfect [is] His way, The saying of Jehovah is tried, A shield [is] He to all those trusting in Him.
[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
31 For who [is] God besides Jehovah? And who [is] a rock save our God?
for who? god from beside LORD and who? rock exception God our
32 God! who is girding me [with] strength, And He maketh perfect my way.
[the] God [the] to gird me strength and to give: make unblemished: blameless way: conduct my
33 Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand.
to set foot my like/as doe and upon high place my to stand: stand me
34 Teaching my hands for battle, And a bow of brass was brought down by my arms.
to learn: teach hand my to/for battle and to descend bow bronze arm my
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 to give: give to/for me shield salvation your and right your to support me and gentleness your to multiply me
36 Thou enlargest my step under me, And mine ankles have not slidden.
to enlarge step my underneath: under me and not to slip ankle my
37 I pursue mine enemies, and overtake them, And turn back not till they are consumed.
to pursue enemy my and to overtake them and not to return: return till to end: destroy them
38 I smite them, and they are not able to rise, They fall under my feet,
to wound them and not be able to arise: rise to fall: fall underneath: under foot my
39 And Thou girdest me [with] strength for battle, Causest my withstanders to bow under me.
and to gird me strength to/for battle to bow to arise: rise me underneath: under me
40 As to mine enemies — Thou hast given to me the neck, As to those hating me — I cut them off.
and enemy my to give: put to/for me neck and to hate me to destroy them
41 They cry, and there is no saviour, On Jehovah, and He doth not answer them.
to cry and nothing to save upon LORD and not to answer them
42 And I beat them as dust before wind, As mire of the streets I empty them out.
and to beat them like/as dust upon face: before spirit: breath like/as mud outside to empty them
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.
to escape me from strife people to set: make me to/for head: leader nation people not to know to serve: minister me
44 At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,
to/for report ear: hearing to hear: obey to/for me son: type of foreign to deceive to/for me
45 Sons of a stranger fade away, And are slain out of their close places.
son: type of foreign to wither and to quake from perimeter their
46 Jehovah liveth — and blessed [is] my rock, And exalted is the God of my salvation.
alive LORD and to bless rock my and to exalt God salvation my
47 God — who is giving vengeance to me, And He subdueth peoples under me,
[the] God [the] to give: give vengeance to/for me and to speak: subdue people underneath: under me
48 My deliverer from mine enemies, Above my withstanders Thou raisest me, From a man of violence dost deliver me.
to escape me from enemy my also from to arise: rise me to exalt me from man violence to rescue me
49 Therefore I confess Thee among nations, O Jehovah, And to Thy name I sing praise,
upon so to give thanks you in/on/with nation LORD and to/for name your to sing
50 Magnifying the salvation of His king, And doing kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed — unto the age!
(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
