Psalm 18

 

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Psalm 18

Psalm 18

For the end, [a Psalm] of David, the servant of Yehovah; [the words] which he spoke to Yehovah, [even] the words of this Song, in the day in which Yehovah delivered him out the hand of all his enemies, and out the hand of Saul: and he said:

18:1 I will love thee, O Yehovah, my strength.

18:2 Yehovah is my firm support, and my refuge, and my deliverer; my Elohim is my helper, I will hope in him; [he is] my defender, and the horn of my salvation, and my helper.

18:3 I will call upon Yehovah with praises, and I shall be saved from mine enemies.

18:4 The pangs of death compassed me, and the torrents of ungodliness troubled me exceedingly.

18:5 The pangs of hell came round about me: the snares of death prevented me.

18:6 And when I was afflicted I called upon Yehovah, and cried to my Elohim: he heard my voice out of this holy temple, and my cry shall enter before him, [even] into his ears.

18:7 Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains were disturbed, and were shaken, because Elohim was angry with them.

18:8 There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire burst into a flame at his presence: coals were kindled at it.

18:9 And he bowed the heaven, and came down: and thick darkness was under his feet.

18:10 And he mounted on cherubs and flew: he flew on the wings of winds.

18:11 And he made darkness his secret place: round about him was his tabernacle, [even] dark water in the clouds of the air.

18:12 At the brightness before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.

18:13 Yehovah also thundered from heaven, and the Highest uttered his voice.

18:14 And he sent forth [his] weapons, and scattered them; and multiplied lightnings, and routed them.

18:15 And the springs of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at thy rebuke, O Yehovah, at the blasting of the breath of thy wrath.

18:16 He sent from on high and took me, he drew me to himself out of many waters.

18:17 He will deliver me from my mighty enemies, and from them that hate me; for they are stronger than I.

18:18 They prevented me in the day of mine affliction: but Yehovah was my stay against [them].

18:19 And he brought me out into a wide place: he will deliver me, because he has pleasure in me.

18:20 And Yehovah will recompense me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands will he recompense me.

18:21 For I have kept the way of Yehovah and have not wickedly departed from my Elohim.

18:22 For all his judgments were before me, and his ordinances departed not from me.

18:23 And I shall be blameless with hem, and shall keep myself from mine iniquity.

18:24 And Yehovah shall recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands before his eyes.

18:25 With the holy thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent.

18:26 And with the excellent [man] thou wilt be excellent; and with the perverse thou wilt shew frowardness.

18:27 For thou wilt save the lowly people, and wilt humble the eyes of the proud.

18:28 For thou, O Yehovah, wilt light my lamp: my Elohim, thou wilt lighten my darkness.

18:29 For by thee shall I be delivered from a troop; and by my Elohim I will pass over a wall.

18:30 [As for] my Elohim, his way is perfect: the oracles of Yehovah are tried in the fire; he is a protector of all them that hope in him.

18:31 For who is Elohim but Yehovah? and who is a Elohim except our Elohim?

18:32 [It is] Elohim that girds me with strength, and has made my way blameless:

18:33 who strengthens my feet as hart's feet, and sets me upon high places.

18:34 He instructs my hands for war: and thou hast made my arms [as] a brazen bow.

18:35 And thou hast made me secure in my salvation: and thy right hand has helped me, and thy correction as upheld me to the end; yea, thy correction itself shall instruct me.

18:36 Thou has made room for my goings under me, and by footsteps did not fail.

18:37 I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; and I will not turn back until they are consumed.

18:38 I will dash them to pieces and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet.

18:39 For thou hast girded me with strength for war: thou hast beaten down under me all that rose up against me.

18:40 And thou has made mine enemies turn their backs before me; and thou hast destroyed them that hated me.

18:41 They cried, but there was no deliverer: [even] to Yehovah, but he hearkened not to them.

18:42 I will grind them as the mud of the streets: and I will beat them small as dust before the wind.

18:43 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,

18:44 at the hearing of the ear they obeyed me: the strange children lied to me.

18:45 The strange children waxed old, and fell away from their paths through lameness.

18:46 Yehovah lives; and blessed [be] my Elohim; and let the Elohim of my salvation be exalted.

18:47 [It is] Elohim that avenges me, and has subdued the nations under me;

18:48 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.

18:49 Therefore will I confess to thee, O Yehovah, among the Gentiles, and sing to thy name.

18:50 [Elohim] magnifies the deliverances of his king; and deals mercifully with David his anointed, and his seed, for ever.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of Yehovah, who spake unto Yehovah the words of this song in the day that Yehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,

18:1 I will love thee, O Yehovah, my strength.

18:2 Yehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my Elohim, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

18:3 I will call upon Yehovah, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

18:4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

18:5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

18:6 In my distress I called upon Yehovah, and cried unto my Elohim: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

18:7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

18:8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

18:9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

18:10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

18:11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

18:12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

18:13 Yehovah also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.

18:14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

18:15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O Yehovah, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

18:16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

18:17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

18:18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but Yehovah was my stay.

18:19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

18:20 Yehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

18:21 For I have kept the ways of Yehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my Elohim.

18:22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

18:23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

18:24 Therefore hath Yehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

18:25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

18:26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.

18:27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

18:28 For thou wilt light my candle: Yehovah my Elohim will enlighten my darkness.

18:29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my Elohim have I leaped over a wall.

18:30 As for Elohim, his way is perfect: the word of Yehovah is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

18:31 For who is Elohim save Yehovah? or who is a rock save our Elohim?

18:32 It is Elohim that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

18:33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.

18:34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

18:35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.

18:36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

18:37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

18:38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.

18:39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

18:40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

18:41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto Yehovah, but he answered them not.

18:42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

18:43 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.

18:44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.

18:45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.

18:46 Yehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the Elohim of my salvation be exalted.

18:47 It is Elohim that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.

18:48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

18:49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Yehovah, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.

18:50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.


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