Psalms 18:1-6

¹Yahweh, I love you, the one who enables me to be strong.

²Yahweh is like an overhanging rock DOU, MET under which I can hide from my enemies; he is like a strong fortress, the one who protects me; he protects me like a shield MET protects a soldier; he is the one to whom I go ◄for refuge/to be protected/safe►, and he defends me by his great power IDM.

³I called out to Yahweh, who deserves to be praised, and he rescued me from my enemies.

⁴All around me were dangerous situations in which I might be killed PRS; it was as though there were huge waves MET that almost crashed on me and killed me.

⁵It was as though the place where dead people are had ropes that were wrapped around me, or it was as though there was a trap MET that would seize and kill me.

⁶But when I was very distressed, I called out to Yahweh, and from his temple he heard me. He listened to me when I cried out for help.