Psalms 18
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PSALM 18
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
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,
1Thee will I love, O Lord, my strength.
2My fortress is the Lord,
My rock, and he that doth to me
deliverance afford:
My God, my strength, whom I will trust,
a buckler unto me,
The horn of my salvation,
and my high tow'r, is he.
3Upon the Lord, who worthy is
of praises, will I cry;
And then shall I preserved be
safe from mine enemy.
4Floods of ill men affrighted me,
death's pangs about me went;
5Hell's sorrows me environed;
death's snares did me prevent.
6In my distress I call'd on God,
cry to my God did I;
He from his temple heard my voice,
to his ears came my cry.
7Th' earth, as affrighted, then did shake,
trembling upon it seiz'd:
The hills' foundations moved were,
because he was displeas'd.
8Up from his nostrils came a smoke,
and from his mouth there came
Devouring fire, and coals by it
were turned into flame.
9He also bowed down the heav'ns,
and thence he did descend;
And thickest clouds of darkness did
under his feet attend.
10And he upon a cherub rode,
and thereon he did fly;
Yea, on the swift wings of the wind
his flight was from on high.
11He darkness made his secret place:
about him, for his tent,
Dark waters were, and thickest clouds
of th' airy firmament.
12And at the brightness of that light,
which was before his eye,
His thick clouds pass'd away, hailstones
and coals of fire did fly.
13The Lord God also in the heav'ns
did thunder in his ire;
And there the Highest gave his voice,
hailstones and coals of fire.
14Yea, he his arrows sent abroad,
and them he scattered;
His lightnings also he shot out,
and them discomfited.
15The waters' channels then were seen,
the world's foundations vast
At thy rebuke discover'd were,
and at thy nostrils' blast.
16And from above the Lord sent down,
and took me from below;
From many waters he me drew,
which would me overflow.
17He me reliev'd from my strong foes,
and such as did me hate;
Because he saw that they for me
too strong were, and too great.
18They me prevented in the day
of my calamity;
But even then the Lord himself
a stay was unto me.
19He to a place where liberty
and room was hath me brought;
Because he took delight in me,
he my deliv'rance wrought.
20According to my righteousness
he did me recompense,
He me repaid according to
my hands' pure innocence.
21For I God's ways kept, from my God
did not turn wickedly.
22His judgments were before me, I
his laws put not from me.
23Sincere before him was my heart;
with him upright was I;
And watchfully I kept myself
from mine iniquity.
24After my righteousness the Lord
hath recompensed me,
After the cleanness of my hands
appearing in his eye.
25Thou gracious to the gracious art,
to upright men upright:
26Pure to the pure, froward thou kyth'st
unto the froward wight.
27For thou wilt the afflicted save
in grief that low do lie:
But wilt bring down the countenance
of them whose looks are high.
28The Lord will light my candle so,
that it shall shine full bright:
The Lord my God will also make
my darkness to be light.
29By thee through troops of men I break,
and them discomfit all;
And, by my God assisting me,
I overleap a wall.
30As for God, perfect is his way:
the Lord his word is try'd;
He is a buckler to all those
who do in him confide.
31Who but the Lord is God? but he
who is a rock and stay?
32'Tis God that girdeth me with strength,
and perfect makes my way.
33He made my feet swift as the hinds,
set me on my high places.
34Mine hands to war he taught, mine arms
brake bows of steel in pieces.
35The shield of thy salvation
thou didst on me bestow:
Thy right hand held me up, and great
thy kindness made me grow.
36And in my way my steps thou hast
enlarged under me,
That I go safely, and my feet
are kept from sliding free.
37Mine en'mies I pursued have,
and did them overtake;
Nor did I turn again till I
an end of them did make.
38I wounded them, they could not rise;
they at my feet did fall.
39Thou girdedst me with strength for war;
my foes thou brought'st down all:
40And thou hast giv'n to me the necks
of all mine enemies;
That I might them destroy and slay,
who did against me rise.
41They cried out, but there was none
that would or could them save;
Yea, they did cry unto the Lord,
but he no answer gave.
42Then did I beat them small as dust
before the wind that flies;
And I did cast them out like dirt
upon the street that lies.
43Thou mad'st me free from people's strife,
and heathen's head to be:
A people whom I have not known
shall service do to me.
44At hearing they shall me obey,
to me they shall submit.
45Strangers for fear shall fade away,
who in close places sit.
46God lives, bless'd be my Rock; the God
of my health praised be.
47God doth avenge me, and subdues
the people under me.
48He saves me from mine enemies;
yea, thou hast lifted me
Above my foes; and from the man
of vi'lence set me free.
49Therefore to thee will I give thanks
the heathen folk among;
And to thy name, O Lord, I will
sing praises in a song.
50He great deliv'rance gives his king:
he mercy doth extend
To David, his anointed one,
and his seed without end.
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Tehillim 18
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(For the one directing. Of Dovid Eved Hashem who sang to Hashem the lyrics of this shirah on the day Hashem delivered him from the hand of all his oyevim and from the hand of Sha'ul; and he said)
1I will love Thee, Hashem, my strength.
2 Hashem is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; Eli my Tzur (rock), in whom I take refuge; my mogen, and the keren of my salvation, and my misgav (high place as a refuge).
3 I will call upon Hashem, Who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from mine oyevim.
4 The chevlei mavet entangled me, and the floods of Beliya'al terrorized me.
5 The chevlei Sheol snaked around me; the snares of mavet confronted me.
6 In my distress I called upon Hashem, and cried unto Elohai; He heard my voice out of His Heikhal, and my cry came before Him, even into His ears.
7 Ha'aretz shook and trembled; the foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because He was angry.
8 Smoke went up from His nostrils, and eish out of His mouth devoured; coals were kindled by it.
9 He parted Shomayim, and descended, and dark clouds were under His feet.
10 And He rode upon a keruv (cherub), and did fly; yea, He soared upon the wings of the ruach.
11 He made choshech His secret place; His sukkah round about Him was dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
12 Out of the brightness that was before Him there broke through barad (hailstones) and coals of eish out of His clouds.
13 Hashem also thundered in Shomayim, and Elyon gave His voice amid barad and coals of eish.
14 Yea, He sent out His khitzim (arrows), and scattered them; and He shot out great lightning bolts, and did put them to rout.
15 Then the channels of waters were exposed, and the foundations of the tevel (world) were laid bare at Thy rebuke, Hashem, at the blast of the ruach of Thy nostrils.
16 He sent from on high, He took hold of me, He drew me out of mayim rabbim (many waters).
17 He delivered me from my strong oyev, and from them which hated me; for they were too strong for me.
18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but Hashem was my stay.
19 He brought me forth also into a place merkhav (spacious); He delivered me, because He delighted in me.
20 Hashem dealt with me according to my tzedek; according to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.
21 For I have been shomer regarding the Darkhei Hashem, and have not wickedly departed from Elohai.
22 For all His mishpatim were before me, and I did not put away His chukkot from me.
23 I was also tamim (blameless) before Him, and I kept myself from mine avon.
24 Therefore hath Hashem recompensed me according to my tzedek, according to the cleanness of my hands before His eyes.
25 With the chasid Thou wilt show Thyself chesed; with a perfect man Thou wilt show Thyself perfect;
26 With the pure Thou wilt show Thyself pure; and with the ikesh (crooked, perverted, false) Thou wilt show Thyself shrewd.
27 For Thou wilt save the ani (poor); but wilt bring down low haughty looks.
28 For Thou wilt light my ner; Hashem Elohai will enlighten my choshech.
29 For by Thee have I scattered a troop; and by Elohai have I leaped over a wall.
30 As for El, His derech is tamim (perfect); the word of Hashem is tzerufah (tested and proved flawless, inerrant); He is a mogen to all those that take refuge in Him.
31 For who is Elohim besides Hashem? Or who is Tzur but Eloheinu?
32 It is El that armeth me with chayil, and maketh my derech tamim (perfect).
33 He maketh my raglayim like deer feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
34 He traineth my hands for milchamah, so that a keshet-nechushah mine arms can bend.
35 Thou hast also given me the mogen of Thy salvation; and Thy right hand hath held me up, and Thy lowliness hath made me great.
36 Thou hast made rakhav (broad) the place for my footsteps under me, that my ankles did not turn.
37 I have pursued mine oyevim, and overtaken them; neither did I turn back till they were consumed.
38 I have crushed them that they were not able to rise; they are fallen under my raglayim.
39 For Thou hast armed me with chayil unto the milchamah; Thou hast made bow down under me those that rose up against me.
40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine oyevim; that I might destroy them that hate me.
41 They cried for help, but there was no Moshi'a to save them, even unto Hashem, but He answered them not.
42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the ruach; I did empty them out as the dirt in the chutzot (streets).
43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and Thou hast made me the Rosh (head) of the Goyim (nations); an Am (people) whom I have not known shall serve me.
44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me; the Bnei Nekhar (foreigners) shall submit themselves unto me.
45 The Bnei Nekhar shall fade away, and come forth trembling out of their misgerot (stongholds, fastnesses, secure places).
46 Hashem chai; and baruch be my Tzur; and let the Elohei of my salvation be exalted.
47 It is El that avengeth me, and subdueth the nations under me.
48 He saveth me from mine oyevim; yea, Thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me; Thou hast delivered me from the ish chamas.
49 Therefore will I give thanks unto Thee, Hashem, among the Goyim, and sing praises unto Shimecha.
50 Great deliverance giveth He to His Melech; and showeth chesed to His Moshiach, to Dovid, and to his Zera ad olam.
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