Psalms 18
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Psalm 18#18:0 Psalm 18 is virtually identical in wording to 2 Samuel 22.
For the choir director; by David, the servant of the Lord. He sang this song to the Lord when the Lord rescued him from all his enemies, especially from Saul. He said,
1I love you, O Lord, my strength.
2The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my Savior,
my God, my rock in whom I take refuge,
my shield, and the strength of my salvation,
my stronghold.
3The Lord should be praised.
I called on him, and I was saved from my enemies.
4The ropes of death had become tangled around me.
The torrents of destruction had overwhelmed me.
5The ropes of the grave had surrounded me.
The clutches of death had confronted me.
6I called on the Lord in my distress.
I cried to my God for help.
He heard my voice from his temple,
and my cry for help reached his ears.
7Then the earth shook and quaked.
Even the foundations of the mountains trembled.
They shook violently because he was angry.
8Smoke went up from his nostrils,
and a raging fire came out of his mouth.
Glowing coals flared up from it.
9He spread apart the heavens
and came down with a dark cloud under his feet.
10He rode on one of the angels #18:10 Or “cherubim.” as he flew,
and he soared on the wings of the wind.
11He made the darkness his hiding place,
the dark rain clouds his covering.
12Out of the brightness in front of him,
those rain clouds passed by with hailstones and lightning.
13The Lord thundered in the heavens.
The Most High made his voice heard with hailstones and lightning.
14He shot his arrows and scattered them.
He flashed streaks of lightning and threw them into confusion.
15Then the ocean floor could be seen.
The foundations of the earth were laid bare
at your stern warning, O Lord,
at the blast of the breath from your nostrils.
16He reached down from high above and took hold of me.
He pulled me out of the raging water.
17He rescued me from my strong enemy
and from those who hated me,
because they were too strong for me.
18On the day when I faced disaster, they confronted me,
but the Lord came to my defense.
19He brought me out to a wide-open place.
He rescued me because he was pleased with me.
20The Lord rewarded me
because of my righteousness,
because my hands are clean.
He paid me back
21because I have kept the ways of the Lord
and I have not wickedly turned away from my God,
22because all his judgments are in front of me
and I have not turned away from his laws.
23I was innocent as far as he was concerned.
I have kept myself from guilt.
24The Lord paid me back
because of my righteousness,
because he can see that my hands are clean.
25 ⌞In dealing⌟ with faithful people you are faithful,
with innocent people you are innocent,
26with pure people you are pure.
⌞In dealing⌟ with devious people you are clever.
27You save humble people,
but you bring down a conceited look.
28O Lord, you light my lamp.
My God turns my darkness into light.
29With you I can attack a line of soldiers.
With my God I can break through barricades.
30God’s way is perfect!
The promise of the Lord has proven to be true.
He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
31Who is God but the Lord?
Who is a rock except our God?
32God arms me with strength
and makes my way perfect.
33He makes my feet like those of a deer
and gives me sure footing on high places.
34He trains my hands for battle
so that my arms can bend an ⌞archer’s⌟ bow of bronze.
35You have given me the shield of your salvation.
Your right hand supports me.
Your gentleness makes me great.
36You make a wide path for me to walk on
so that my feet do not slip.
37I chased my enemies and caught up with them.
I did not return until I had ended their lives.
38I wounded them so badly that they were unable to get up.
They fell under my feet.
39You armed me with strength for battle.
You made my opponents bow at my feet.
40You made my enemies turn their backs to me,
and I destroyed those who hated me.
41They cried out for help, but there was no one to save them.
They cried out to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
42I beat them into a powder as fine as the dust blown by the wind.
I threw them out as though they were dirt on the streets.
43You rescued me from my conflicts with the people.
You made me the leader of nations.
A people I did not know will serve me:
44As soon as they hear of me, they will obey me.
Foreigners will cringe in front of me.
45Foreigners will lose heart,
and they will tremble when they come out of their fortifications.
46The Lord lives!
Thanks be to my rock!
May God my Savior be honored.
47God gives me vengeance!
He brings people under my authority.
48He saves me from my enemies.
You lift me up above my opponents.
You rescue me from violent people.
49That is why I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the nations
and make music to praise your name.
50He gives great victories to his king.
He shows mercy to his anointed,
to David, and to his descendant #18:50 Or “to his descendants.” forever.
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Tehillim (Psa) 18
18
1For the leader. By David the servant of Adonai, who addressed the words of this song to Adonai on the day when Adonai delivered him from the power of all his enemies, including from the power of Sha’ul. 2He said:
“I love you, Adonai, my strength!
3“Adonai is my Rock, my fortress and deliverer,
my God, my Rock, in whom I find shelter,
my shield, the power that saves me,
my stronghold.
4I call on Adonai, who is worthy of praise;
and I am saved from my enemies.
5“For the cords of death surrounded me,
the floods of B’liya‘al terrified me,
6the ropes of Sh’ol were wrapped around me,
the snares of death lay there before me.
7In my distress I called to Adonai;
I cried out to my God.
Out of his temple he heard my voice;
my cry reached his ears.
8“Then the earth quaked and shook,
the foundations of the mountains trembled.
They were shaken because he was angry.
9Smoke arose in his nostrils;
out of his mouth came devouring fire;
sparks blazed forth from him.
10He lowered heaven and came down
with thick darkness under his feet.
11He rode on a keruv; he flew,
swooping down on the wings of the wind.
12He made darkness his hiding-place,
his canopy thick clouds dark with water.
13From the brightness before him,
there broke through his thick clouds
hailstones and fiery coals.
14“Adonai also thundered in heaven,
Ha‘Elyon sounded his voice —
hailstones and fiery coals.
15He sent out arrows and scattered them,
shot out lightning and routed them.
16The channels of water appeared,
the foundations of the world were exposed
at your rebuke, Adonai,
at the blast of breath from your nostrils.
17“He sent from on high, he took me
and pulled me out of deep water;
18he rescued me from my powerful enemy,
from those who hated me,
for they were stronger than I.
19They came against me on my day of disaster,
but Adonai was my support.
20He brought me out to an open place;
he rescued me, because he took pleasure in me.
21Adonai rewarded me for my uprightness,
he repaid me because my hands were clean.
22“For I have kept the ways of Adonai,
I have not done evil by leaving my God;
23for all his rulings were before me,
I did not distance his regulations from me.
24I was pure-hearted with him
and kept myself from my sin.
25“Hence Adonai repaid me for my uprightness,
according to the purity of my hands in his view.
26With the merciful, you are merciful;
with a man who is sincere, you are sincere;
27with the pure, you are pure;
but with the crooked you are cunning.
28People afflicted, you save;
but haughty eyes, you humble.
29“For you, Adonai, light my lamp;
Adonai, my God, lights up my darkness.
30With you I can run through a whole troop of men,
with my God I can leap a wall.
31“As for God, his way is perfect,
the word of Adonai has been tested by fire;
he shields all who take refuge in him.
32“For who is God but Adonai?
Who is a Rock but our God?
33“It is God who girds me with strength;
he makes my way go straight.
34He makes me swift, sure-footed as a deer,
and enables me to stand on my high places.
35He trains my hands for war
until my arms can bend a bow of bronze;
36“You give me your shield, which is salvation,
your right hand holds me up,
your humility makes me great.
37You lengthen the steps I can take,
yet my ankles do not turn.
38“I pursued my enemies and overtook them,
without turning back until they were destroyed.
39I crushed them, so that they can’t get up;
they have fallen under my feet.
40“For you braced me with strength for the battle
and bent down my adversaries beneath me.
41You made my enemies turn their backs in flight,
and I destroyed those who hated me.
42“They cried out, but there was no one to help,
even to Adonai, but he didn’t answer.
43I pulverized them like dust in the wind,
threw them out like mud in the streets.
44“You also freed me from the quarrels of my people.
You made me head of the nations;
a people I did not know now serve me —
45the moment they hear of me, they obey me,
foreigners come cringing to me.
46Foreigners lose heart
as they come trembling from their fortresses.
47“Adonai is alive! Blessed is my Rock!
Exalted be the God of my salvation,
48the God who avenges me
and subdues peoples under me.
49He delivers me from my enemies.
You lift me high above my enemies,
you rescue me from violent men.
50“So I give thanks to you, Adonai, among the nations;
I sing praises to your name.
51Great salvation he gives to his king;
he displays grace to his anointed,
to David and his descendants forever.”
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