For the end, [a Psalm] of David, the servant
of the Lord; [the words] which he spoke to the Lord, [even] the words of
this Song, in the day in which the Lord 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 Lord, my strength.
18:2 The Lord is my firm support, and my refuge, and my deliverer; my God 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 the Lord 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 the Lord, and cried to my God:
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 God 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 The Lord 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 Lord, 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 the Lord 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 the Lord 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 the Lord and have not wickedly departed
from my God.
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 the Lord 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 Lord, wilt light my lamp: my God, thou wilt lighten my
darkness.
18:29 For by thee shall I be delivered from a troop; and by my God I will
pass over a wall.
18:30 [As for] my God, his way is perfect: the oracles of the Lord are tried
in the fire; he is a protector of all them that hope in him.
18:31 For who is God but the Lord? and who is a God except our God?
18:32 [It is] God 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 the Lord, 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 The Lord lives; and blessed [be] my God; and let the God of my
salvation be exalted.
18:47 [It is] God 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 Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing
to thy name.
18:50 [God] 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 the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the
day that the LORD 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 LORD, my strength.
18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, 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 the LORD, 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 the LORD, and cried unto my God: 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 The LORD 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 LORD, 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 the LORD was my stay.
18:19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because
he delighted in me.
18:20 The LORD 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 the LORD, and have not wickedly departed
from my God.
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 the LORD 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: the LORD my God will enlighten my
darkness.
18:29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped
over a wall.
18:30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a
buckler to all those that trust in him.
18:31 For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
18:32 It is God 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 the LORD, 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 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my
salvation be exalted.
18:47 It is God 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 LORD, 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. |