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Psalm 18 (WEBP)

[1] I love you, Yahweh, my strength.
[2] Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
[3] I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved from my enemies.
[4] The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
[5] The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.
[6] In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.
[7] Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
[8] Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.
[9] He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
[10] He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.
[11] He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
[12] At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.
[13] Yahweh also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire.
[14] He sent out his arrows, and scattered them. He routed them with great lightning bolts.
[15] Then the channels of waters appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Yahweh, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
[16] He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters.
[17] He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
[18] They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support.
[19] He brought me out also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
[20] Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands, he has recompensed me.
[21] For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
[22] For all his ordinances were before me. I didn’t put away his statutes from me.
[23] I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
[24] Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
[25] With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.
[26] With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
[27] For you will save the afflicted people, but the arrogant eyes you will bring down.
[28] For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.
[29] For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.
[30] As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
[31] For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God,
[32] the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?
[33] He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and sets me on my high places.
[34] He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
[35] You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.
[36] You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.
[37] I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. I won’t turn away until they are consumed.
[38] I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.
[39] For you have armed me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
[40] You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
[41] They cried, but there was no one to save; even to Yahweh, but he didn’t answer them.
[42] Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets.
[43] You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
[44] As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.
[45] The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their strongholds.
[46] Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,
[47] even the God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me.
[48] He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.
[49] Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations, and will sing praises to your name.
[50] He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his offspring, forever more.

Psalm 18:5 Sheol is the place of the dead.
Psalm 18:50 or, seed

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 18 (KJVS)

[1] I will love () thee, O Lord, my strength.
[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 will call () upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: () So shall I be saved () from mine enemies. ()
[4] The sorrows of death compassed () me, And the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. ()
[5] The sorrows of hell compassed me about: () The snares of death prevented () 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.
[7] Then the earth shook () and trembled; () The foundations also of the hills moved () and were shaken, () because he was wroth. ()
[8] There went up () a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: () Coals were kindled () by it.
[9] He bowed () the heavens also, and came down: () And darkness was under his feet.
[10] And he rode () upon a cherub, and did fly: () Yea, he did fly () upon 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.
[12] At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, () Hail stones and coals of fire.
[13] The Lord also thundered () in the heavens, and the Highest gave () his voice; Hail stones and coals of fire.
[14] Yea, he sent out () his arrows, and scattered () them; And he shot out () lightnings, and discomfited () 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.
[16] He sent () from above, he took () me, He drew () me out of many waters.
[17] He delivered () me from my strong enemy, () and from them which hated () me: For they were too strong () for me.
[18] They prevented () me in the day of my calamity: But the Lord was my stay.
[19] He brought me forth () also into a large place; He delivered () me, because he delighted () in me.
[20] The Lord rewarded () me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed () me.
[21] For I have kept () the ways of the Lord, And have not wickedly departed () from my God.
[22] For all his judgments were before me, And I did not put away () his statutes from me.
[23] I was also upright before him, And I kept () myself from mine iniquity.
[24] Therefore hath the Lord recompensed () me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
[25] With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; () With an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright; ()
[26] With the pure () thou wilt shew thyself pure; () And with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward. ()
[27] For thou wilt save () the afflicted people; But wilt bring down () high () looks.
[28] For thou wilt light () my candle: The Lord my God will enlighten () my darkness.
[29] For by thee I have run through () a troop; And by my God have I leaped over () a wall.
[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 save the Lord? Or who is a rock save our God?
[32] It is God that girdeth () me with strength, And maketh () my way perfect.
[33] He maketh () my feet like hinds’ feet, And setteth () me upon my high places.
[34] He teacheth () my hands to war, So that a bow of steel is broken () by mine arms.
[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] Thou hast enlarged () my steps under me, That my feet did not slip. ()
[37] I have pursued () mine enemies, () and overtaken () them: Neither did I turn again () till they were consumed. ()
[38] I have wounded () them that they were not able () to rise: () They are fallen () 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.
[40] Thou hast also given () me the necks of mine enemies; () That I might destroy () them that hate () me.
[41] They cried, () but there was none to save () them: Even unto the Lord, but he answered () them not.
[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] 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] As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey () me: The strangers shall submit () themselves unto me.
[45] The strangers shall fade away, () And be afraid () out of their close places.
[46] The Lord liveth; and blessed () be my rock; And let the God of my salvation be exalted. ()
[47] It is God that avengeth () me, And subdueth () the people under 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.
[49] Therefore will I give thanks () unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, And sing praises () unto thy name.
[50] Great () deliverance giveth he to his king; And sheweth () mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

Psalm 18:2 Heb. my rock
Psalm 18:4 Heb. Belial
Psalm 18:5 Or, cords
Psalm 18:8 Heb. by his
Psalm 18:16 Or, great waters
Psalm 18:23 Heb. with
Psalm 18:24 Heb. before his eyes
Psalm 18:26 Or, wrestle
Psalm 18:28 Or, lamp
Psalm 18:29 Or, broken
Psalm 18:30 Or, refined
Psalm 18:35 Or, with thy meekness thou hast multiplied me
Psalm 18:36 Heb. mine ankles
Psalm 18:39 Heb. caused to bow
Psalm 18:44a Heb. the sons of the stranger
Psalm 18:44b Or, yield feigned obedience
Psalm 18:47a Heb. giveth avengements for me
Psalm 18:47b Or, destroyeth
Psalm 18:48 Heb. man of violence
Psalm 18:49 Or, confess

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 18 (BYZ)

[1] [17:1] εις το τελος τω παιδι κυριου τω δαυιδ α ελαλησεν τω κυριω τους λογους της ωδης ταυτης εν ημερα η ερρυσατο αυτον κυριος εκ χειρος παντων των εχθρων αυτου και εκ χειρος σαουλ [17:2] και ειπεν αγαπησω σε κυριε η ισχυς μου
[2] [17:3] κυριος στερεωμα μου και καταφυγη μου και ρυστης μου ο θεος μου βοηθος μου και ελπιω επ αυτον υπερασπιστης μου και κερας σωτηριας μου αντιλημπτωρ μου
[3] [17:4] αινων επικαλεσομαι κυριον και εκ των εχθρων μου σωθησομαι
[4] [17:5] περιεσχον με ωδινες θανατου και χειμαρροι ανομιας εξεταραξαν με
[5] [17:6] ωδινες αδου περιεκυκλωσαν με προεφθασαν με παγιδες θανατου
[6] [17:7] και εν τω θλιβεσθαι με επεκαλεσαμην τον κυριον και προς τον θεον μου εκεκραξα ηκουσεν εκ ναου αγιου αυτου φωνης μου και η κραυγη μου ενωπιον αυτου εισελευσεται εις τα ωτα αυτου
[7] [17:8] και εσαλευθη και εντρομος εγενηθη η γη και τα θεμελια των ορεων εταραχθησαν και εσαλευθησαν οτι ωργισθη αυτοις ο θεος
[8] [17:9] ανεβη καπνος εν οργη αυτου και πυρ απο προσωπου αυτου κατεφλογισεν ανθρακες ανηφθησαν απ αυτου
[9] [17:10] και εκλινεν ουρανον και κατεβη και γνοφος υπο τους ποδας αυτου
[10] [17:11] και επεβη επι χερουβιν και επετασθη επετασθη επι πτερυγων ανεμων
[11] [17:12] και εθετο σκοτος αποκρυφην αυτου κυκλω αυτου η σκηνη αυτου σκοτεινον υδωρ εν νεφελαις αερων
[12] [17:13] απο της τηλαυγησεως ενωπιον αυτου αι νεφελαι διηλθον χαλαζα και ανθρακες πυρος
[13] [17:14] και εβροντησεν εξ ουρανου κυριος και ο υψιστος εδωκεν φωνην αυτου
[14] [17:15] και εξαπεστειλεν βελη και εσκορπισεν αυτους και αστραπας επληθυνεν και συνεταραξεν αυτους
[15] [17:16] και ωφθησαν αι πηγαι των υδατων και ανεκαλυφθη τα θεμελια της οικουμενης απο επιτιμησεως σου κυριε απο εμπνευσεως πνευματος οργης σου
[16] [17:17] εξαπεστειλεν εξ υψους και ελαβεν με προσελαβετο με εξ υδατων πολλων
[17] [17:18] ρυσεται με εξ εχθρων μου δυνατων και εκ των μισουντων με οτι εστερεωθησαν υπερ εμε
[18] [17:19] προεφθασαν με εν ημερα κακωσεως μου και εγενετο κυριος αντιστηριγμα μου
[19] [17:20] και εξηγαγεν με εις πλατυσμον ρυσεται με οτι ηθελησεν με ρυσεται με εξ εχθρων μου δυνατων και εκ των μισουντων με
[20] [17:21] και ανταποδωσει μοι κυριος κατα την δικαιοσυνην μου και κατα την καθαριοτητα των χειρων μου ανταποδωσει μοι
[21] [17:22] οτι εφυλαξα τας οδους κυριου και ουκ ησεβησα απο του θεου μου
[22] [17:23] οτι παντα τα κριματα αυτου ενωπιον μου και τα δικαιωματα αυτου ουκ απεστησα απ εμου
[23] [17:24] και εσομαι αμωμος μετ αυτου και φυλαξομαι απο της ανομιας μου
[24] [17:25] και ανταποδωσει μοι κυριος κατα την δικαιοσυνην μου και κατα την καθαριοτητα των χειρων μου ενωπιον των οφθαλμων αυτου
[25] [17:26] μετα οσιου οσιωθηση και μετα ανδρος αθωου αθωος εση
[26] [17:27] και μετα εκλεκτου εκλεκτος εση και μετα στρεβλου διαστρεψεις
[27] [17:28] οτι συ λαον ταπεινον σωσεις και οφθαλμους υπερηφανων ταπεινωσεις
[28] [17:29] οτι συ φωτιεις λυχνον μου κυριε ο θεος μου φωτιεις το σκοτος μου
[29] [17:30] οτι εν σοι ρυσθησομαι απο πειρατηριου και εν τω θεω μου υπερβησομαι τειχος
[30] [17:31] ο θεος μου αμωμος η οδος αυτου τα λογια κυριου πεπυρωμενα υπερασπιστης εστιν παντων των ελπιζοντων επ αυτον
[31] [17:32] οτι τις θεος πλην του κυριου και τις θεος πλην του θεου ημων
[32] [17:33] ο θεος ο περιζωννυων με δυναμιν και εθετο αμωμον την οδον μου
[33] [17:34] ο καταρτιζομενος τους ποδας μου ως ελαφου και επι τα υψηλα ιστων με
[34] [17:35] διδασκων χειρας μου εις πολεμον και εθου τοξον χαλκουν τους βραχιονας μου
[35] [17:36] και εδωκας μοι υπερασπισμον σωτηριας μου και η δεξια σου αντελαβετο μου και η παιδεια σου ανωρθωσεν με εις τελος και η παιδεια σου αυτη με διδαξει
[36] [17:37] επλατυνας τα διαβηματα μου υποκατω μου και ουκ ησθενησαν τα ιχνη μου
[37] [17:38] καταδιωξω τους εχθρους μου και καταλημψομαι αυτους και ουκ αποστραφησομαι εως αν εκλιπωσιν
[38] [17:39] εκθλιψω αυτους και ου μη δυνωνται στηναι πεσουνται υπο τους ποδας μου
[39] [17:40] και περιεζωσας με δυναμιν εις πολεμον συνεποδισας παντας τους επανιστανομενους επ εμε υποκατω μου
[40] [17:41] και τους εχθρους μου εδωκας μοι νωτον και τους μισουντας με εξωλεθρευσας
[41] [17:42] εκεκραξαν και ουκ ην ο σωζων προς κυριον και ουκ εισηκουσεν αυτων
[42] [17:43] και λεπτυνω αυτους ως χουν κατα προσωπον ανεμου ως πηλον πλατειων λεανω αυτους
[43] [17:44] ρυση με εξ αντιλογιων λαου καταστησεις με εις κεφαλην εθνων λαος ον ουκ εγνων εδουλευσεν μοι
[44] [17:45] εις ακοην ωτιου υπηκουσεν μοι υιοι αλλοτριοι εψευσαντο μοι
[45] [17:46] υιοι αλλοτριοι επαλαιωθησαν και εχωλαναν απο των τριβων αυτων
[46] [17:47] ζη κυριος και ευλογητος ο θεος μου και υψωθητω ο θεος της σωτηριας μου
[47] [17:48] ο θεος ο διδους εκδικησεις εμοι και υποταξας λαους υπ εμε
[48] [17:49] ο ρυστης μου εξ εχθρων μου οργιλων απο των επανιστανομενων επ εμε υψωσεις με απο ανδρος αδικου ρυση με
[49] [17:50] δια τουτο εξομολογησομαι σοι εν εθνεσιν κυριε και τω ονοματι σου ψαλω
[50] [17:51] μεγαλυνων τας σωτηριας του βασιλεως αυτου και ποιων ελεος τω χριστω αυτου τω δαυιδ και τω σπερματι αυτου εως αιωνος