Psalms 18

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