Psalm 18 NKJV ISV Parallel

◄ Psalm 18 ►

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1To the Chief Musician. [i]A Psalm[/i] of David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song on the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said: I will love You, O LORD, my strength.

1He said: "I love you, Lord, my strength.

2The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, my God, my stronghold in whom I take refuge, my shield, the glory of my salvation, and my high tower."

3I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.

3I cried out to the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I was delivered from my enemies.

4The pangs of death surrounded me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

4The cords of death entangled me; the rivers of Belial made me afraid.

5The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.

5The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.

6In my distress I called upon the LORD, And cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry came before Him, even to His ears.

6In my distress I cried to the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his Temple he heard my voice; my cry reached his ears.

7Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations of the hills also quaked and were shaken, Because He was angry.

7The world shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains quaked, they shook because he was angry.

8Smoke went up from His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it.

8In his anger smoke poured out of his nostrils, and consuming fire from his mouth; coals were lit from it.

9He bowed the heavens also, and came down With darkness under His feet.

9He bent the sky and descended, and darkness was under his feet.

10And He rode upon a cherub, and flew; He flew upon the wings of the wind.

10He rode upon a cherub and flew; he soared upon the wings of the wind.

11He made darkness His secret place; His canopy around Him was dark waters And thick clouds of the skies.

11He made darkness his hiding place, his canopy surrounding him was dark waters and thick clouds.

12From the brightness before Him, His thick clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire.

12The brightness before him scattered the thick clouds, with hail stones and flashes of fire.

13The LORD thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.

13Then the LORD thundered in the heavens, and the Most High sounded aloud, calling for hail stones and flashes of fire.

14He sent out His arrows and scattered the foe, Lightnings in abundance, and He vanquished them.

14He shot his arrows and scattered them; with many lightning bolts he frightened them.

15Then the channels of the sea were seen, The foundations of the world were uncovered At Your rebuke, O LORD, At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

15Then the channels of the sea could be seen, and the foundations of the earth were uncovered because of your rebuke, LORD, because of the blast from the breath of your nostrils.

16He sent from above, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.

16He reached down and took me; he drew me from many waters.

17He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me, For they were too strong for me.

17He delivered me from my strong enemies, from those who hated me because they were stronger than I.

18They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the LORD was my support.

18They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.

19He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.

19He brought me out to a spacious place; he delivered me, for in me he takes delight.

20The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.

20The LORD will reward me because I am righteous; because my hands are clean he will restore me;

21For I have kept the ways of the LORD, And have not wickedly departed from my God.

21because I have kept the ways of the LORD, and I have not wickedly departed from my God;

22For all His judgments were before me, And I did not put away His statutes from me.

22because all his judgments were always before me, and I did not cast off his statutes.

23I was also blameless before Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity.

23I was upright before him, and I kept myself from iniquity.

24Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

24So the LORD restored me according to my righteousness, because my hands were clean in his sight.

25With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful; With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;

25To the holy, you show your gracious love, to the upright, you show yourself upright;

26With the pure You will show Yourself pure; And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.

26to the pure, you show yourself pure, and to the morally corrupt, you appear to be perverse.

27For You will save the humble people, But will bring down haughty looks.

27Indeed, you deliver the oppressed, but you bring down those who exalt themselves in their own eyes.

28For You will light my lamp; The LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

28For you, LORD, make my lamp shine; my God enlightens my darkness.

29For by You I can run against a troop, By my God I can leap over a wall.

29With your help I will run through an army, with help from my God I leap over walls.

30As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the LORD is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.

30As for God, his way is upright; the word of God is pure; he is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

31For who is God, except the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?

31For who is God but the LORD, and who is a Rock other than our God?—

32It is God who arms me with strength, And makes my way perfect.

32the God who clothes me with strength, and who makes my way upright;

33He makes my feet like the feet of deer, And sets me on my high places.

33who makes my feet swift as the deer; who makes me stand on high places;

34He teaches my hands to make war, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

34who teaches my hands to make war, and my arms to bend a bronze bow.

35You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; Your right hand has held me up, Your gentleness has made me great.

35You have given to me the shield of your deliverance, and your right hand holds me up; your gentleness made me great.

36You enlarged my path under me, So my feet did not slip.

36You make a broad place for my steps, so my feet won't slip.

37I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them; Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.

37I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn around until they were utterly defeated.

38I have wounded them, So that they could not rise; They have fallen under my feet.

38I struck them down, so they are not able to rise up; they fell under my feet.

39For You have armed me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

39You clothed me with strength for war; you will subdue under me those who rise up against me.

40You have also given me the necks of my enemies, So that I destroyed those who hated me.

40You have made my enemies turn their back to me, and I will destroy those who hate me.

41They cried out, but there was none to save; Even to the LORD, but He did not answer them.

41They cried out for deliverance, but there was no one to deliver; they cried out to the LORD, but he did not answer them.

42Then I beat them as fine as the dust before the wind; I cast them out like dirt in the streets.

42I ground them like wind-swept dust; I emptied them out like dirt in the street.

43You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; You have made me the head of the nations; A people I have not known shall serve me.

43You rescued me from conflict with the people; you made me head of the nations. People who did not know me will serve me.

44As soon as they hear of me they obey me; The foreigners submit to me.

44When they hear of me, they will obey me; foreigners will submit to me.

45The foreigners fade away, And come frightened from their hideouts.

45Foreigners will wilt away; they will come trembling out of their stronghold.

46The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let the God of my salvation be exalted.

46The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock! May the God of my deliverance be exalted!

47It is God who avenges me, And subdues the peoples under me;

47He is the God who executes vengeance on my behalf; who destroys peoples under me;

48He delivers me from my enemies. You also lift me up above those who rise against me; You have delivered me from the violent man.

48who delivers me from my enemies. Truly you will exalt me above those who oppose me; you will deliver me from the violent person.

49Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the Gentiles, And sing praises to Your name.

49Therefore, I will give thanks to you among the nations, LORD; I will sing praises to your name.

50Great deliverance He gives to His king, And shows mercy to His anointed, To David and his descendants forevermore.

50He is the one who gives victories to his king; who shows gracious love to his anointed, to David and his seed forever.

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