Psalms 18 Parallel Bible

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	SLT Smith's Literal Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	To the overseer; to the servant of Jehovah, of David who spake to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he will say, I will love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.	I love you, O LORD, my strength.	For the director of music. Of David the servant of the LORD. He sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love you, LORD, my strength.
2	Jehovah is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, I will put my trust in him; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my height.	The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.	The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
3	Praising, I will call upon Jehovah, and I shall be saved from mine enemies.	I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.	I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I have been saved from my enemies.
4	The pains of death surrounded me, and the torrents of Belial made me afraid.	The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me;	The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
5	The pains of hades surrounded me: the snares of death anticipated me.	the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.	The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.
6	In my straits I will call upon Jehovah, and to my God will I cry: he will hear my voice from his temple, and my cry will come before him into his ears.	In my distress I called upon the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.	In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.
7	And it will be moved and the earth will tremble, and the foundations of the mountains will be moved and they will shake, for it was kindled to him.	Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations also of the mountains trembled and quaked, because he was angry.	The earth trembled and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because he was angry.
8	A smoke went up in his anger, and fire from his mouth will consume, and coals were kindled from it.	Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.	Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.
9	And he will incline the heavens and come down: and gloom under his feet.	He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.	He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.
10	And he will ride upon a cherub, and will fly: and he will fly upon the wings of the wind.	He rode on a cherub and flew; he came swiftly on the wings of the wind.	He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind.
11	He will set darkness his covering; his tent round about him darknesses of waters, thick clouds.	He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, thick clouds dark with water.	He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him— the dark rain clouds of the sky.
12	From the brightness before him the clouds passed over, hail and coals of fire.	Out of the brightness before him hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.	Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning.
13	And Jehovah will thunder in the heavens, and the Most High will give his voice; hail and coals of fire.	The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.	The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
14	And he will send his arrows and scatter them; and he increased lightnings, and he will discomfit them.	And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.	He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them.
15	And the channels of waters will be seen, and the foundations of the habitable globe will be uncovered from thy rebuke, O Jehovah, from the breathing of the spirit of thine anger.	Then the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.	The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at your rebuke, LORD, at the blast of breath from your nostrils.
16	He will send forth from on high, he will take me, he will draw me out of many waters.	He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters.	He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.
17	He will deliver me from my strong enemy, and from them hating me: for they were strong above me.	He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.	He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.
18	They will anticipate me in the day of my calamity, and Jehovah will be a support to me.	They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.	They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the LORD was my support.
19	And he will bring me forth to a wide place: he will deliver me, for he delighted in me.	He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me.	He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.
20	Jehovah will recompense me according to my justice, according to the cleanness of my hands he will turn back to me.	The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.	The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
21	For I watched the ways of Jehovah, and I acted not wickedly from my God.	For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.	For I have kept the ways of the LORD; I am not guilty of turning from my God.
22	For all his judgments are before me, and his laws I shall not put away from me.	For all his rules were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me.	All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees.
23	And I blameless with him, and I will watch myself from mine iniquity.	I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my guilt.	I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.
24	And Jehovah will turn back to me according to my justice, and according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.	So the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.	The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
25	With the kind thou wilt show thyself kind; and with the blameless man thou wilt be perfect.	With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;	To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
26	With the purified thou wilt be purified, and with the perverse thou wilt show thyself perverse.	with the purified you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.	to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.
27	Thou wilt save the humble people, and thou wilt humble the eyes of the lifted up.	For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.	You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.
28	For thou wilt enlighten my lamp Jehovah my God will give light to my darkness.	For it is you who light my lamp; the LORD my God lightens my darkness.	You, LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.
29	For by thee I will break down a troop, and in my God I will leap upon the wall.	For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.	With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall.
30	God, blameless his way: the saying of Jehovah being refined: a shield to all trusting in him.	This God—his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.	As for God, his way is perfect: The LORD’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him.
31	For who is God besides Jehovah? or who a rock except our God?	For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?—	For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
32	God girding me with strength, and he will give my way blameless.	the God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless.	It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure.
33	Setting my feet as the hinds, and he will cause me to stand upon my heights.	He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights.	He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights.
34	Teaching my hands to war, and a bow of brass was bent by mine arms.	He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.	He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
35	Thou wilt give to me the shield of thy salvation, and thy right hand will uphold me, and thy clemency will enlarge me.	You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great.	You make your saving help my shield, and your right hand sustains me; your help has made me great.
36	Thou wilt make broad my steps under me and my joints did not waver.	You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.	You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way.
37	I will pursue mine enemies, and I will overtake them: and I shall not turn back till consuming them.	I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and did not turn back till they were consumed.	I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed.
38	I will smite them through and through, and they shall not be able to rise: they shall fall under my feet.	I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet.	I crushed them so that they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.
39	Thou wilt gird one with strength for war: thou wilt bend under me those rising up against me.	For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me.	You armed me with strength for battle; you humbled my adversaries before me.
40	Mine enemies thou gavest the back of the neck to me, and I shall destroy those hating me.	You made my enemies turn their backs to me, and those who hated me I destroyed.	You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes.
41	They will cry and none saving: to Jehovah, and he answered them not.	They cried for help, but there was none to save; they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them.	They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but he did not answer.
42	And I will beat them in pieces as dust upon the face of the wind: I will pour them out as the mire of the streets.	I beat them fine as dust before the wind; I cast them out like the mire of the streets.	I beat them as fine as windblown dust; I trampled them like mud in the streets.
43	Thou wilt deliver me from the contentions of the people; thou wilt set me for head of the nations: a people I knew not shall serve me.	You delivered me from strife with the people; you made me the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.	You have delivered me from the attacks of the people; you have made me the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me,
44	At the hearing of the ear they shall hear to me: sons of the stranger shall feign to me.	As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me.	foreigners cower before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.
45	Sons of the stranger shall fall away, and they shall tremble from their enclosings.	Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses.	They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.
46	Jehovah lives; and praised be my Rock; and the God of my salvation shall be exalted.	The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation—	The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior!
47	God giving vengeance to me, and he will speak the peoples under me.	the God who gave me vengeance and subdued peoples under me,	He is the God who avenges me, who subdues nations under me,
48	Delivering me from mine enemies: from those rising up thou wilt lift me up: thou wilt deliver me from the man of violence.	who rescued me from my enemies; yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me; you delivered me from the man of violence.	who saves me from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from a violent man you rescued me.
49	For this I will praise thee among the nations, O Jehovah, and I will play on the harp to thy name.	For this I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations, and sing to your name.	Therefore I will praise you, LORD, among the nations; I will sing the praises of your name.
50	Magnifying the salvation of his king; and he did mercy to his anointed, and to David and to his seed even to forever.	Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.	He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing love to his anointed, to David and to his descendants forever.
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