Psalms 18
1 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:
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 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.
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 Praising I will call upon the Lord: and I shall 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 surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.
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 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.
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 The earth shook and trembled: the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because he was angry with them.
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 in his wrath: and a fire flamed from his face: 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, 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 ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the wings of the winds.
And he mounted on cherubs and flew: he flew on the wings of winds.
11 And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.
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 the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.
At the brightness before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.
13 And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the highest gave his voice: hail and coals of fire.
The Lord also thundered from heaven, and the Highest uttered his voice.
14 And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: he multiplied lightnings, and troubled them.
And he sent forth [his] weapons, and scattered them; and multiplied lightnings, and routed them.
15 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.
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 on high, and took me: and received 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 strongest enemies, and from them that 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 prevented me in the day of my affliction: and the Lord became my protector.
They prevented me in the day of mine affliction: but the Lord was my stay against [them].
19 And he brought me forth into a large place: he saved me, because he was well pleased with me.
And he brought me out into a wide place: he will deliver me, because he has pleasure in me.
20 And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands:
And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands will he recompense me.
21 Because I have kept the ways of the Lord; 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 till his judgments are in my sight: and his justices I have not put away from me.
For all his judgements were before me, and his ordinances departed not from me.
23 And I shall be spotless with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.
And I shall be blameless with hem, and shall keep myself from mine iniquity.
24 And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and according to the cleanness of my hands before 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 holy, thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent.
With the holy you will be holy; and with the innocent man you will be innocent.
26 And with the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.
And with the excellent [man] you will be excellent; and with the perverse you will show frowardness.
27 For thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down the eyes of the proud.
For you will save the lowly people, and will humble the eyes of the proud.
28 For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God enlighten my darkness.
For you, O Lord, will light my lamp: my God, you will lighten my darkness.
29 For by thee I shall be delivered from temptation; and through my God I shall go 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 my God, his way is undefiled: the words of the Lord are fire tried: he is the protector of all 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 but the Lord? or who is God but our God?
For who is God but the Lord? and who is a God except our God?
32 God who hath girt me with strength; and made my way blameless.
[It is] God that girds me with strength, and has made my way blameless:
33 Who hath made my feet like the feet of harts: and who setteth me upon high places.
who strengthens my feet as hart's feet, and sets me upon high places.
34 Who teacheth my hands to war: and thou hast made my arms like a brazen bow.
He instructs my hands for war: and you have made my arms [as] a brazen bow.
35 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.
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; and my feet are not weakened.
You has made room for my goings under me, and by footsteps did not fail.
37 I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: and I will not turn again till they are consumed.
I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; and I will not turn back until they are consumed.
38 I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand: they shall 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 hast girded me with strength unto battle; and hast subdued under me them 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 And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, and hast destroyed them that hated 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, to the Lord: but he heard them not.
They cried, but there was no deliverer: [even] to the Lord, but he listened not to them.
42 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.
I will grind them as the mud of the streets: and I will beat them small as dust before the wind.
43 Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people: thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles.
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 A people, which I knew not, hath served me: at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me.
at the hearing of the ear they obeyed me: the strange children lied to me.
45 The children that are strangers have lied to me, strange children have faded away, and have halted from their paths.
The strange children waxed old, and fell away from their paths through lameness.
46 The Lord liveth, and blessed be my God, 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 O God, who avengest me, and subduest the people under me, my deliverer from my enemies.
[It is] God that avenges me, and has subdued the nations under me;
48 And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise up against me: from the unjust man thou wilt deliver me.
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 glory to thee, O Lord, among the nations, and I will sing a psalm to thy name.
Therefore will I confess to you, O Lord, amongst the Gentiles, and sing to your name.
50 Giving great deliverance to his king, and shewing mercy to David his anointed: 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.
