Psalms 18

PSALM 18

The LORD is Our Deliverance

To the director; to the servant of the lord; to  David; what he spoke to the lord; the words   of this ode, in the day in which [³rescued ⁴him ¹the ² lord] from out of the hand of all   his enemies, and from out of the hand of Saul. And he said;

1I shall love you, O lord, of my strength. 2The lord  is my firmament, and my refuge, and my rescuer. My God is my helper, and I will hope upon him; my defender and horn of my deliverance, and my shielder. 3In praising, I will call upon the lord; and from   my enemies I shall be delivered. 4[³compassed ⁴me ¹Pangs ²of death], and rushing streams of lawlessness disturbed me. 5Pangs of Hades surrounded me; [³anticipated ⁴me ¹snares ²of death]. 6And in   my being afflicted I called upon the lord, and to   my God I cried out. He heard [²from out of ⁴temple ³his holy ¹my voice], and   my cry before him shall enter into   his ears. 7And it was shaken; and trembling took place on the earth; and the foundations of the mountains were disturbed and shaken; for [²was provoked to anger ³by them   ¹God]. 8[²ascended ¹Smoke] in his anger, and fire from in front of him. [²shall be ignited ¹Coals]; they were lit by him. 9And he leaned the heavens, and came down, and dimness was under   his feet. 10And he mounted upon cherubim, and he spread out; he spread out upon wings of winds. 11And he established darkness for his concealment. Round about him   was his tent; dark water in clouds of air. 12From the radiance of his presence the clouds went by; hail and coals of fire. 13And [²thundered ³from out of ⁴heaven ¹the lord], and the highest uttered his voice. 14And he sent out arrows, and dispersed them; and [²lightnings ¹he multiplied], and disturbed them. 15And appeared the springs   of waters; and [⁵were uncovered ¹the ²foundations ³of the ⁴inhabitable world] from your reproach, O lord, from the blasting breath of your anger. 16He sent from the height, and he took me; he took me to himself from out of [²waters ¹many]. 17He will rescue me from [³enemies ¹my ²mighty], and from the ones detesting me; for they are more solidified than me. 18They went before me in the day of my ill-treatment, and the lord became my support. 19And he brought me into an enlargement. He shall rescue me, for he wanted me. 20And [²shall recompense ³to me ¹the lord] according to   my righteousness; even according to the cleanliness   of my hands he will recompense to me. 21For I guarded the ways of the lord, and did not impiously depart  from   my God. 22For all   his judgments are before me; and   his ordinances did not leave from me. 23And I will be unblemished with him; and I shall guard myself from   my lawlessness. 24And [²shall recompense ³to me ¹the lord] according to   my righteousness, and according to the cleanliness   of my hands before   his eyes. 25With the sacred you shall be sacred; and with [²man ¹the innocent] you shall be innocent; 26and with the choice one, you will be choice; and with the crooked you shall turn aside from. 27For you [³people ²the humble ¹will deliver], and the eyes of the proud you will humble. 28For you shall light my lamp, O lord    my God; you shall lighten   my darkness. 29For by you I shall be rescued from the band of marauders; and by   my God I shall pass over the wall. 30  My God -- unblemished is    his way. The oracles of the lord  are tried by fire. He is a defender of all the ones hoping upon him. 31For who is God besides the lord? Or who is God besides   our God? 32  God is the one girding me with power, and makes [²unblemished   ¹my way]; 33the one readying   my feet as a stag, and [³upon ⁴the ⁵high places  ¹setting ²me]; 34teaching my hands for war; and you made [²as the bow ³of brass   ¹my arms]; 35and you gave to me a shielding deliverance; and   your right hand  takes hold of me; and   your instruction re-erects me unto the end; and   your instruction itself teaches me. 36You widened   my footsteps underneath me, and [²weakened not   ¹my soles]. 37I shall pursue   my enemies and overtake them; and I will not return until whenever they should cease. 38I shall squeeze them, and in no way should they be able to stand; they shall fall under   my feet. 39And you girded me in power for war; you bound hand and foot all the ones rising up against me underneath me. 40And   [⁴of my enemies ¹you gave ²to me ³the back]; and the ones detesting me you utterly destroyed. 41They cried out [³and ⁴there was no one   ⁵delivering ¹to ²the lord], and he did not hear them. 42And I will make them as fine as dust against the face of the wind; as mud in the squares I will grind them. 43You shall rescue me from a dispute of people; you shall place me at the head of nations; a people whom I knew not shall serve to me; 44in the hearing of the ear they obeyed me. [²sons ¹Alien] lied to me. 45[²sons ¹Alien] grew old and became lame from   their paths. 46The lord lives, and blessed is    God, and [⁴is raised up high ¹the ²God   ³of my deliverance]. 47The God, the one granting acts of vengeance to me, and submitting peoples under me; 48  my rescuer from my enemies prone to anger. [²from ³the ones ⁴rising up ⁵against ⁶me ¹You raised me up high]; from [²man ¹the unjust] you shall rescue me. 49On account of this I shall make acknowledgment to you among the nations, O lord, and to  your name I shall strum; 50the one magnifying the deliverance of the king; and appointing mercy to  his anointed one, to  David and to  his seed unto the eon.