Psalms 18 — TOJB

18Verse 1(For the one directing. Of Dovid Eved Hashem who sang to Hashem the lyrics of this shirah on the day Hashem delivered him from the hand of all his oyevim and from the hand of Sha'ul;^{Verse 2}and he said)1I will love Thee, Hashem, my strength.
^{Verse 3}Hashem is my rock, and my fortress,
and my deliverer;
Eli my Tzur (rock), in whom I take refuge;
my mogen, and the keren of my salvation, and my misgav (high place as a refuge).
^{Verse 4}I will call upon Hashem, Who is worthy to be praised;
so shall I be saved from mine oyevim.^{Verse 5}The chevlei mavet entangled me,
and the floods of Beliya'al terrorized me.
^{Verse 6}The chevlei Sheol snaked around me;
the snares of mavet confronted me.
^{Verse 7}In my distress I called upon Hashem,
and cried unto Elohai;
He heard my voice out of His Heikhal,
and my cry came before Him, even into His ears.^{Verse 8}Ha'aretz shook and trembled;
the foundations also of the mountains quaked
and were shaken, because He was angry.
^{Verse 9}Smoke went up from His nostrils,
and eish out of His mouth devoured;
coals were kindled by it.
^{Verse 10}He parted Shomayim, and descended,
and dark clouds were under His feet.
^{Verse 11}And He rode upon a keruv (cherub), and did fly;
yea, He soared upon the wings of the ruach.
^{Verse 12}He made choshech His secret place;
His sukkah round about Him
was dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
^{Verse 13}Out of the brightness that was before Him there broke through
barad (hailstones) and coals of eish out of His clouds.
^{Verse 14}Hashem also thundered in Shomayim,
and Elyon gave His voice
amid barad and coals of eish.
^{Verse 15}Yea, He sent out His khitzim (arrows), and scattered them;
and He shot out great lightning bolts, and did put them to rout.
^{Verse 16}Then the channels of waters were exposed,
and the foundations of the tevel (world) were laid bare
at Thy rebuke, Hashem,
at the blast of the ruach of Thy nostrils.^{Verse 17}He sent from on high, He took hold of me,
He drew me out of mayim rabbim (many waters).
^{Verse 18}He delivered me from my strong oyev,
and from them which hated me;
for they were too strong for me.
^{Verse 19}They confronted me in the day of my calamity;
but Hashem was my stay.
^{Verse 20}He brought me forth also into a place merkhav (spacious);
He delivered me, because He delighted in me.^{Verse 21}Hashem dealt with me according to my tzedek;
according to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.
^{Verse 22}For I have been shomer regarding the Darkhei Hashem,
and have not wickedly departed from Elohai.
^{Verse 23}For all His mishpatim were before me,
and I did not put away His chukkot from me.
^{Verse 24}I was also tamim (blameless) before Him,
and I kept myself from mine avon.
^{Verse 25}Therefore hath Hashem recompensed me according to my tzedek,
according to the cleanness of my hands before His eyes.^{Verse 26}With the chasid Thou wilt show Thyself chesed;
with a perfect man Thou wilt show Thyself perfect;
^{Verse 27}With the pure Thou wilt show Thyself pure;
and with the ikesh (crooked, perverted, false) Thou wilt show Thyself shrewd.
^{Verse 28}For Thou wilt save the ani (poor);
but wilt bring down low haughty looks.
^{Verse 29}For Thou wilt light my ner;
Hashem Elohai will enlighten my choshech.
^{Verse 30}For by Thee have I scattered a troop;
and by Elohai have I leaped over a wall.
^{Verse 31}As for El, His derech is tamim (perfect);
the word of Hashem is tzerufah (tested and proved flawless, inerrant);
He is a mogen to all those that take refuge in Him.^{Verse 32}For who is Elohim besides Hashem?
Or who is Tzur but Eloheinu?
^{Verse 33}It is El that armeth me with chayil,
and maketh my derech tamim (perfect).
^{Verse 34}He maketh my raglayim like deer feet,
and setteth me upon my high places.
^{Verse 35}He traineth my hands for milchamah,
so that a keshet-nechushah mine arms can bend.
^{Verse 36}Thou hast also given me the mogen of Thy salvation;
and Thy right hand hath held me up,
and Thy lowliness hath made me great.
^{Verse 37}Thou hast made rakhav (broad) the place for my footsteps under me,
that my ankles did not turn.
^{Verse 38}I have pursued mine oyevim, and overtaken them;
neither did I turn back till they were consumed.
^{Verse 39}I have crushed them that they were not able to rise;
they are fallen under my raglayim.
^{Verse 40}For Thou hast armed me with chayil unto the milchamah;
Thou hast made bow down under me those that rose up against me.
^{Verse 41}Thou hast also given me the necks of mine oyevim;
that I might destroy them that hate me.
^{Verse 42}They cried for help, but there was no Moshi'a to save them,
even unto Hashem, but He answered them not.
^{Verse 43}Then did I beat them small as the dust before the ruach;
I did empty them out as the dirt in the chutzot (streets).^{Verse 44}Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people;
and Thou hast made me the Rosh (head) of the Goyim (nations);
an Am (people) whom I have not known shall serve me.
^{Verse 45}As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me;
the Bnei Nekhar (foreigners) shall submit themselves unto me.
^{Verse 46}The Bnei Nekhar shall fade away,
and come forth trembling out of their misgerot (stongholds, fastnesses, secure places).^{Verse 47}Hashem chai; and baruch be my Tzur;
and let the Elohei of my salvation be exalted.
^{Verse 48}It is El that avengeth me,
and subdueth the nations under me.
^{Verse 49}He saveth me from mine oyevim;
yea, Thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me;
Thou hast delivered me from the ish chamas.
^{Verse 50}Therefore will I give thanks unto Thee, Hashem, among the Goyim,
and sing praises unto Shimecha.
^{Verse 51}Great deliverance giveth He to His Melech;
and showeth chesed to His Moshiach,
to Dovid, and to his Zera ad olam.