Psalms 18:1-36

¹To the Overseer. — By a servant of Jehovah, by David, who hath spoken to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and he saith: — I love Thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

²Jehovah is my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God is my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and a horn of my salvation, My high tower.

³The 'Praised One' I call Jehovah, And from my enemies I am saved.

⁴Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make me afraid.

⁵Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been snares of death.

⁶In mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God I cry. He heareth from His temple my voice, And My cry before Him cometh into His ears.

⁷And shake and tremble doth the earth, And foundations of hills are troubled, And they shake — because He hath wrath.

⁸Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils, And fire from His mouth consumeth, Coals have been kindled by it.

⁹And He inclineth the heavens, and cometh down, And thick darkness is under His feet.

¹⁰And He rideth on a cherub, and doth fly, And He flieth on wings of wind.

¹¹He maketh darkness His secret place, Round about Him His tabernacle, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

¹²From the brightness over-against Him His thick clouds have passed on, Hail and coals of fire.

¹³And thunder in the heavens doth Jehovah, And the Most High giveth forth His voice, Hail and coals of fire.

¹⁴And He sendeth His arrows and scattereth them, And much lightning, and crusheth them.

¹⁵And seen are the streams of waters, And revealed are foundations of the earth. From Thy rebuke, O Jehovah, From the breath of the spirit of Thine anger.

¹⁶He sendeth from above — He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters.

¹⁷He delivereth me from my strong enemy, And from those hating me, For they have been stronger than I.

¹⁸They go before me in a day of my calamity And Jehovah is for a support to me.

¹⁹And He bringeth me forth to a large place, He draweth me out, because He delighted in me.

²⁰Jehovah doth recompense me According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me.

²¹For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God.

²²For all His judgments are before me, And His statutes I turn not from me.

²³And I am perfect with him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity.

²⁴And Jehovah doth return to me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, Over-against his eyes.

²⁵With the kind Thou showest Thyself kind, With a perfect man showest Thyself perfect.

²⁶With the pure Thou showest Thyself pure, And with the perverse showest Thyself a wrestler,

²⁷For Thou a poor people savest, And the eyes of the high causest to fall.

²⁸For Thou — Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

²⁹For by Thee I run — a troop! And by my God I leap a wall.

³⁰God! perfect is His way, The saying of Jehovah is tried, A shield is He to all those trusting in Him.

³¹For who is God besides Jehovah? And who is a rock save our God?

³²God! who is girding me with strength, And He maketh perfect my way.

³³Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand.

³⁴Teaching my hands for battle, And a bow of brass was brought down by my arms.

³⁵And Thou givest to me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy right hand doth support me, And Thy lowliness maketh me great.

³⁶Thou enlargest my step under me, And mine ankles have not slidden.