Psalms 18

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.	1 [For the choirmaster Of David, the servant of Yahweh, who addressed the words of this song toYahweh when Yahweh had delivered him from all his enemies and from the clutches of Saul. He said:] I loveyou, Yahweh, my strength (my Saviour, you have saved me from violence).
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.	2 Yahweh is my rock and my fortress, my deliverer is my God. I take refuge in him, my rock, my shield,my saving strength, my stronghold, my place of refuge.
3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.	3 I call to Yahweh who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my foes.
4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.	4 With Death's breakers closing in on me, Belial's torrents ready to swal ow me,
5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.	5 Sheol's snares every side of me, Death's traps lying ahead of me,
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.	6 I called to Yahweh in my anguish, I cried for help to my God; from his Temple he heard my voice, mycry came to his ears.
7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.	7 Then the earth quaked and rocked, the mountains' foundations shuddered, they quaked at his blazinganger.
8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.	8 Smoke rose from his nostrils, from his mouth devouring fire (coals were kindled at it).
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.	9 He parted the heavens and came down, a storm-cloud underneath his feet;
10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.	10 riding one of the winged creatures, he flew, soaring on the wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.	11 His covering he made the darkness, his pavilion dark waters and dense cloud.
12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.	12 A brightness lit up before him, hail and blazing fire.
13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.	13 Yahweh thundered from the heavens, the Most High made his voice heard.
14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.	14 He shot his arrows and scattered them, he hurled his lightning and routed them.
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.	15 The very springs of ocean were exposed, the world's foundations were laid bare, at your roaring,Yahweh, at the blast of breath from your nostrils!
16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.	16 He reached down from on high, snatched me up, pulled me from the watery depths,
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.	17 rescued me from my mighty foe, from my enemies who were stronger than I.
18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.	18 They assailed me on my day of disaster but Yahweh was there to support me;
19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.	19 he freed me, set me at large, he rescued me because he loves me.
20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.	20 Yahweh rewards me for my uprightness, as my hands are pure, so he repays me,
21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.	21 since I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and not fallen away from my God.
22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.	22 His judgements are al before me, his statutes I have not put away from me.
23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.	23 I am blameless before him, I keep myself clear of evil.
24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.	24 So Yahweh repaid me for acting uprightly because he could see I was pure.
25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;	25 You are faithful to the faithful, blameless with the blameless,
26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.	26 sincere to the sincere, but cunning to the crafty,
27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.	27 you save a people that is humble and humiliate those with haughty looks.
28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.	28 Yahweh, you yourself are my lamp, my God lights up my darkness;
29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.	29 with you I storm the rampart, with my God I can scale any wal .
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.	30 This God, his way is blameless; the word of Yahweh is refined in the furnace, for he alone is theshield of al who take refuge in him.
31 For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?	31 For who is God but Yahweh, who is a rock but our God?
32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.	32 This God who girds me with strength, who makes my way free from blame,
33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.	33 who makes me as swift as a deer and sets me firmly on the heights,
34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.	34 who trains my hands for battle, my arms to bend a bow of bronze.
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.	35 You give me your invincible shield (your right hand upholds me) you never cease to listen to me,
36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.	36 you give me the strides of a giant, give me ankles that never weaken.
37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.	37 I pursue my enemies and overtake them, not turning back til they are annihilated;
38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.	38 I strike them down and they cannot rise, they fall, they are under my feet.
39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.	39 You have girded me with strength for the fight, bent down my assailants beneath me,
40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.	40 made my enemies retreat before me; and those who hate me I destroy.
41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.	41 They cry out, there is no one to save; to Yahweh, but no answer comes.
42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.	42 I crumble them like dust before the wind, trample them like the mud of the streets.
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.	43 You free me from the quarrels of my people, you place me at the head of the nations, a people I didnot know are now my servants;
44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.	44 foreigners come wooing my favour, no sooner do they hear than they obey me;
45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.	45 foreigners grow faint of heart, they come trembling out of their fastnesses.
46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.	46 Life to Yahweh! Blessed be my rock! Exalted be the God of my salvation,
47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.	47 the God who gives me vengeance, and subjects whole peoples to me,
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.	48 who rescues me from my raging enemies. You lift me high above those who attack me, you deliverme from the man of violence.
49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.	49 For this I wil praise you, Yahweh, among the nations, and sing praise to your name.
50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.	50 He saves his king time after time, displays his faithful love for his anointed, for David and his heirs forever.