Psalm 18 NIV ISV Parallel

◄ Psalm 18 ►

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1For 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.

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

2The 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.

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 called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I have been saved from my enemies.

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

4The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

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

5The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.

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

6In 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.

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.

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

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

8Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.

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

9He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.

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

10He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind.

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

11He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him-- the dark rain clouds of the sky.

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

12Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning.

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

13The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.

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

14He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them.

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

15The 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.

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 reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.

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

17He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who 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 disaster, but the LORD was my support.

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

19He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued 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 has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded 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; I am not guilty of turning from my God.

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

22All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees.

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

23I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.

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

24The LORD has rewarded 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.

25To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

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

26to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.

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

27You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.

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

28You, LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.

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

29With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale 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 LORD's word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge 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 besides the LORD? And who is the 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 keeps my way secure.

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

33He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights.

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

34He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

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

35You make your saving help my shield, and your right hand sustains me; your help 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 provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way.

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

37I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed.

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

38I crushed them so that they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.

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

39You armed me with strength for battle; you humbled my adversaries before me.

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

40You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes.

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

41They cried for help, but there was no one to save them-- to the LORD, but he did not answer.

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

42I beat them as fine as windblown dust; I trampled them like mud 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 attacks of the people; you have made me the head of nations. People I did not know now 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.

44foreigners cower before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.

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

45They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.

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

46The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior!

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

47He is the God who avenges me, who subdues nations under me,

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

48who saves me from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from a violent man you rescued me.

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 praise you, LORD, among the nations; I will sing the praises of your name.

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

50He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing love to his anointed, to David and to his descendants forever.

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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