Psalms 18
1 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
To the music director. A psalm of David the servant of the Lord, who sang the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord saved him from all his enemies, and from Saul. He sang: I love you, Lord. You are my strength.
2 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
The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my Savior. He is my God, my rock who protects me. He shields me from harm, his power protects me, he keeps me safe.
3 to boast: praise to call: call to LORD and from enemy my to save
I call for help from the Lord who should be praised, and he saves me from those who hate me.
4 to surround me cord death and torrent: river Belial: destruction to terrify me
Ropes of death encircled me, surging waters of destruction flooded over me;
The grave wound its ropes around me; death set snares for me. (Sheol h7585)
6 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
In my despair I called on the Lord—I cried out to my God for help. He heard my voice from his Temple—my cry for help reached his ears.
7 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
The earth shook to and fro; the foundations of the mountains trembled, shaking because of his anger.
8 to ascend: rise smoke in/on/with face: nose his and fire from lip his to eat coal to burn: burn from him
Smoke came out of his nostrils, and fire came from his mouth; burning coals blazed before him.
9 and to stretch heaven and to go down and cloud underneath: under foot his
He parted the heavens and came down, with dark clouds beneath his feet.
10 and to ride upon cherub and to fly and to fly upon wing spirit: breath
Riding on an angel he flew, swooping on the wings of the wind.
11 to set: make darkness secrecy his around him booth his dark water cloud cloud
He hid himself in darkness, covering himself with black thunderclouds.
12 from brightness before him cloud his to pass hail and coal fire
Hailstones and burning coals flew out from his brightness, passing through his thick clouds.
13 and to thunder in/on/with heaven LORD and Most High to give: cry out voice his hail and coal fire
The Lord thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High sounded among the hailstones and burning coals.
14 and to send: depart arrow his and to scatter them and lightning to multiply ten thousand and to confuse them
He fired his arrows, scattering his enemies; he routed them with his lightning bolts.
15 and to see: see channel water and to reveal: uncover foundation world from rebuke your LORD from breath spirit: breath face: nose your
You roared, Lord, and by the wind from the breath of your nostrils the valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth were uncovered.
16 to send: depart from height to take: take me to draw me from water many
He reached down his hand from above and grabbed hold of me. He pulled me out of the deep water.
17 to rescue me from enemy my strong and from to hate me for to strengthen from me
He rescued me from my powerful enemies, from those who hated me and who were much stronger than me.
18 to meet me in/on/with day calamity my and to be LORD to/for support to/for me
They came at me at my worst possible moment, but the Lord supported me.
19 and to come out: send me to/for broad to rescue me for to delight in in/on/with me
He set me free, he rescued me because he's my friend.
20 to wean me LORD like/as righteousness my like/as cleanness hand my to return: pay to/for me
The Lord rewarded me because I do what's right; he repaid me because I am innocent.
21 for to keep: obey way: conduct LORD and not be wicked from God my
For I have followed the Lord's ways; I have not sinned by turning away from my God.
22 for all justice: judgement his to/for before me and statute his not to turn aside: remove from me
I have kept all his laws in mind; I have not ignored his commandments.
23 and to be unblemished: blameless with him and to keep: guard from iniquity: crime my
I am blameless in his sight; I keep myself from sinning.
24 and to return: pay LORD to/for me like/as righteousness my like/as cleanness hand my to/for before eye: seeing his
The Lord rewarded me for doing what's right. I am innocent in his sight.
25 with pious be kind with great man unblemished: blameless to finish
You show trust to those who trust; you show integrity to those with integrity,
26 with to purify to purify and with twisted to twist
You show yourself pure to those who are pure, but you show yourself smart to those who are crafty.
27 for you(m. s.) people afflicted to save and eye to exalt to abase
You save the humble, but you bring down the proud.
28 for you(m. s.) to light lamp my LORD God my to shine darkness my
You light my lamp! Lord, my God, you light up my darkness!
29 for in/on/with you to run: run band and in/on/with God my to leap wall
With you, I can charge down a troop of soldiers; with you, my God, I can climb a fortress wall.
30 [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
God's way is absolutely right. What the Lord says is trustworthy. He is a shield to all who come to him for protection.
31 for who? god from beside LORD and who? rock exception God our
For who is God except the Lord? Who is the rock, except our God?
32 [the] God [the] to gird me strength and to give: make unblemished: blameless way: conduct my
God makes me strong and keeps me safe.
33 to set foot my like/as doe and upon high place my to stand: stand me
He makes me surefooted like the deer, able to walk the heights in safety.
34 to learn: teach hand my to/for battle and to descend bow bronze arm my
He teaches me how to fight in battle; he gives me the strength to draw a bronze bow.
35 and to give: give to/for me shield salvation your and right your to support me and gentleness your to multiply me
You protect me with the shield of your salvation; you support me with your powerful right hand; your help has made me great.
36 to enlarge step my underneath: under me and not to slip ankle my
You gave me space in which to walk, and prevented my feet from slipping.
37 to pursue enemy my and to overtake them and not to return: return till to end: destroy them
I chased my enemies, and caught up with them. I did not turn around until I had destroyed them.
38 to wound them and not be able to arise: rise to fall: fall underneath: under foot my
I struck them down—they couldn't get up. They fell at my feet.
39 and to gird me strength to/for battle to bow to arise: rise me underneath: under me
You made me strong for battle; you made those who rose up against me kneel down before me.
40 and enemy my to give: put to/for me neck and to hate me to destroy them
You made my enemies run away; I destroyed all my enemies.
41 to cry and nothing to save upon LORD and not to answer them
They cried out for help, but no one came to rescue them. They even called out to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
42 and to beat them like/as dust upon face: before spirit: breath like/as mud outside to empty them
I ground them into dust, like dust in the wind. I threw them out like mud in the street.
43 to escape me from strife people to set: make me to/for head: leader nation people not to know to serve: minister me
You rescued me from rebellious people; you made me ruler over nations—people I didn't know now serve me.
44 to/for report ear: hearing to hear: obey to/for me son: type of foreign to deceive to/for me
As soon as they hear of me, they obey; foreigners cringe before me.
45 son: type of foreign to wither and to quake from perimeter their
They lose heart, and come trembling in surrender from their strongholds.
46 alive LORD and to bless rock my and to exalt God salvation my
The Lord lives! Blessed be my rock! May the God who saves me be praised!
47 [the] God [the] to give: give vengeance to/for me and to speak: subdue people underneath: under me
God avenges me, he subdues peoples under me,
48 to escape me from enemy my also from to arise: rise me to exalt me from man violence to rescue me
he rescues me from those who hate me. You keep me safe from those who rebel against me, you save me from violent men.
49 upon so to give thanks you in/on/with nation LORD and to/for name your to sing
That's why I will praise you among the nations, Lord; I will sing praises about who you are.
50 (to magnify *Qk) salvation king his and to make: do kindness to/for anointed his to/for David and to/for seed: children his till forever: enduring
You have saved the king so often, showing your trustworthy love to David, your anointed, and to his descendants forever.
