Psalms 18 — LSV
18Verse 1TO THE OVERSEER. BY A SERVANT OF YHWH, BY DAVID, WHO HAS SPOKEN TO YHWH THE WORDS OF THIS SONG IN THE DAY YHWH DELIVERED HIM FROM THE HAND OF ALL HIS ENEMIES, AND FROM THE HAND OF SAUL, AND HE SAYS: I love You, O YHWH, my strength.Verse 2YHWH [is] my rock, and my bulwark, || And my deliverer, || My God [is] my rock, || I trust in Him: My shield, and the horn of my salvation, || My high tower.Verse 3I call on YHWH, the Praised One, || And I am saved from my enemies.Verse 4Cords of death have surrounded me, || And streams of the worthless make me afraid.Verse 5Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, || Snares of death have been before me.Verse 6In my adversity I call YHWH, || And I cry to my God. He hears my voice from His temple, || And My cry comes into His ears before Him.Verse 7And the earth shakes and trembles, || And foundations of hills are troubled, || And they shake—because He has wrath.Verse 8Smoke has gone up from His nostrils, || And fire from His mouth consumes, || Coals have been kindled by it.Verse 9And He inclines the heavens, and comes down, || And thick darkness [is] under His feet.Verse 10And He rides on a cherub, and flies, || And He flies on wings of wind.Verse 11He makes darkness His secret place, || Around Him His dwelling place, || Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.Verse 12From the brightness before Him His thick clouds have passed on, || Hail and coals of fire.Verse 13And YHWH thunders in the heavens, || And the Most High gives forth His voice, || Hail and coals of fire.Verse 14And He sends His arrows and scatters them, || And much lightning, and crushes them.Verse 15And the streams of waters are seen, || And foundations of the earth are revealed, || From Your rebuke, O YHWH, || From the breath of the wind of Your anger.Verse 16He sends from above—He takes me, || He draws me out of many waters.Verse 17He delivers me from my strong enemy, || And from those hating me, || For they have been stronger than I.Verse 18They go before me in a day of my calamity || And YHWH is for a support to me.Verse 19And He brings me forth to a large place, || He draws me out, because He delighted in me.Verse 20YHWH repays me || According to my righteousness, || According to the cleanness of my hands, || He returns to me.Verse 21For I have kept the ways of YHWH, || And have not done wickedly against my God.Verse 22For all His judgments [are] before me, || And I do not turn His statutes from me.Verse 23And I am perfect with Him, || And I keep myself from my iniquity.Verse 24And YHWH returns to me, || According to my righteousness, || According to the cleanness of my hands, || Before His eyes.Verse 25With the kind You show Yourself kind, || With a perfect man You show Yourself perfect.Verse 26With the pure You show Yourself pure, || And with the perverse You show Yourself a wrestler,Verse 27For You save a poor people, || And cause the eyes of the high to fall.Verse 28For You light my lamp, || My God YHWH enlightens my darkness.Verse 29For by You I run [against] a troop! And by my God I leap a wall.Verse 30God—perfect [is] His way, || The saying of YHWH is tried, || He [is] a shield to all those trusting in Him.Verse 31For who [is] God besides YHWH? And who [is] a rock except our God?Verse 32God—who is girding me [with] strength, || And He makes my way perfect.Verse 33Making my feet like does, || And on my high places causes me to stand.Verse 34Teaching my hands for battle, || And a bow of bronze was brought down by my arms.Verse 35And You give to me the shield of Your salvation, || And Your right hand supports me, || And Your lowliness makes me great.Verse 36You enlarge my step under me, || And my ankles have not slipped.Verse 37I pursue my enemies, and overtake them, || And do not turn back until they are consumed.Verse 38I strike them, and they are not able to rise, || They fall under my feet,Verse 39And You gird me [with] strength for battle, || You cause my withstanders to bow under me.Verse 40As for my enemies—You have given to me the neck, || As for those hating me—I cut them off.Verse 41They cry, and there is no savior, || On YHWH, and He does not answer them.Verse 42And I beat them as dust before wind, || I empty them out as mire of the streets.Verse 43You deliver me || From the strivings of the people, || You place me for a head of nations, || A people I have not known serve me.Verse 44At the hearing of the ear they listen to me, || Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,Verse 45Sons of a stranger fade away, || And are slain out of their close places.Verse 46YHWH lives—and blessed [is] my rock, || And exalted is the God of my salvation.Verse 47God—who is giving vengeance to me, || And He subdues peoples under me,Verse 48My deliverer from my enemies, || You raise me above my withstanders, || Deliver me from a man of violence.Verse 49Therefore I confess You among nations, O YHWH, || And I sing praise to Your Name,Verse 50Magnifying the salvation of His king, || And doing kindness to His anointed, || To David, and to his seed—for all time!