Psalms 18

לַמְנַצֵּ֤חַ ׀ לְעֶ֥בֶד יְהוָ֗ה לְדָ֫וִ֥ד אֲשֶׁ֤ר דִּבֶּ֨ר ׀ לַיהוָ֗ה אֶת־דִּ֭בְרֵי הַשִּׁירָ֣ה הַזֹּ֑את בְּי֤וֹם הִֽצִּיל־יְהוָ֘ה אוֹת֥וֹ מִכַּ֥ף כָּל־אֹ֝יְבָ֗יו וּמִיַּ֥ד שָׁאֽוּל׃

וַיֹּאמַ֡ר אֶרְחָמְךָ֖ יְהוָ֣ה חִזְקִֽי׃

For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength.

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,

I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

יְהוָ֤ה ׀ סַֽלְעִ֥י וּמְצוּדָתִ֗י וּמְפַ֫לְטִ֥י אֵלִ֣י צ֭וּרִי אֶֽחֱסֶה־בּ֑וֹ מָֽגִנִּ֥י וְקֶֽרֶן־יִ֝שְׁעִ֗י מִשְׂגַּבִּֽי׃

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.

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.

מְ֭הֻלָּל אֶקְרָ֣א יְהוָ֑ה וּמִן־אֹ֝יְבַ֗י אִוָּשֵֽׁעַ׃

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

I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

אֲפָפ֥וּנִי חֶבְלֵי־מָ֑וֶת וְֽנַחֲלֵ֖י בְלִיַּ֣עַל יְבַֽעֲתֽוּנִי׃

The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

חֶבְלֵ֣י שְׁא֣וֹל סְבָב֑וּנִי קִ֝דְּמ֗וּנִי מ֣וֹקְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת׃

The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

בַּצַּר־לִ֤י ׀ אֶֽקְרָ֣א יְהוָה֮ וְאֶל־אֱלֹהַ֪י אֲשַׁ֫וֵּ֥עַ יִשְׁמַ֣ע מֵהֵיכָל֣וֹ קוֹלִ֑י וְ֝שַׁוְעָתִ֗י לְפָנָ֤יו ׀ תָּב֬וֹא בְאָזְנָֽיו׃

In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.

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.

וַתִּגְעַ֬שׁ וַתִּרְעַ֨שׁ ׀ הָאָ֗רֶץ וּמוֹסְדֵ֣י הָרִ֣ים יִרְגָּ֑זוּ וַ֝יִּתְגָּֽעֲשׁ֗וּ כִּי־חָ֥רָה לֽוֹ׃

Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

עָ֘לָ֤ה עָשָׁ֨ן ׀ בְּאַפּ֗וֹ וְאֵשׁ־מִפִּ֥יו תֹּאכֵ֑ל גֶּ֝חָלִ֗ים בָּעֲר֥וּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

וַיֵּ֣ט שָׁ֭מַיִם וַיֵּרַ֑ד וַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗ל תַּ֣חַת רַגְלָֽיו׃

He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.

He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

וַיִּרְכַּ֣ב עַל־כְּ֭רוּב וַיָּעֹ֑ף וַ֝יֵּ֗דֶא עַל־כַּנְפֵי־רֽוּחַ׃

He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

יָ֤שֶׁת חֹ֨שֶׁךְ ׀ סִתְר֗וֹ סְבִֽיבוֹתָ֥יו סֻכָּת֑וֹ חֶשְׁכַת־מַ֝֗יִם עָבֵ֥י שְׁחָקִֽים׃

He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.

He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

מִנֹּ֗גַהּ נֶ֫גְדּ֥וֹ עָבָ֥יו עָבְר֑וּ בָּ֝רָ֗ד וְגַֽחֲלֵי־אֵֽשׁ׃

From the brightness of His presence His clouds advanced—hailstones and coals of fire.

At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

וַיַּרְעֵ֬ם בַּשָּׁמַ֨יִם ׀ יְֽהוָ֗ה וְ֭עֶלְיוֹן יִתֵּ֣ן קֹל֑וֹ בָּ֝רָ֗ד וְגַֽחֲלֵי־אֵֽשׁ׃

The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded—hailstones and coals of fire.

The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח חִ֭צָּיו וַיְפִיצֵ֑ם וּבְרָקִ֥ים רָ֝ב וַיְהֻמֵּֽם׃

He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.

Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

וַיֵּ֤רָא֨וּ ׀ אֲפִ֥יקֵי מַ֗יִם וַֽיִּגָּלוּ֮ מוֹסְד֪וֹת תֵּ֫בֵ֥ל מִגַּעֲרָ֣תְךָ֣ יְהוָ֑ה מִ֝נִּשְׁמַ֗ת ר֣וּחַ אַפֶּֽךָ׃

The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

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.

יִשְׁלַ֣ח מִ֭מָּרוֹם יִקָּחֵ֑נִי יַֽ֝מְשֵׁ֗נִי מִמַּ֥יִם רַבִּֽים׃

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

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

יַצִּילֵ֗נִי מֵאֹיְבִ֥י עָ֑ז וּ֝מִשֹּׂנְאַ֗י כִּֽי־אָמְצ֥וּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.

He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

יְקַדְּמ֥וּנִי בְיוֹם־אֵידִ֑י וַֽיְהִי־יְהוָ֖ה לְמִשְׁעָ֣ן לִֽי׃

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

They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.

וַיּוֹצִיאֵ֥נִי לַמֶּרְחָ֑ב יְ֝חַלְּצֵ֗נִי כִּ֘י חָ֥פֵֽץ בִּֽי׃

He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.

He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

יִגְמְלֵ֣נִי יְהוָ֣ה כְּצִדְקִ֑י כְּבֹ֥ר יָ֝דַ֗י יָשִׁ֥יב לִֽי׃

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

The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

כִּֽי־שָׁ֭מַרְתִּי דַּרְכֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְלֹֽא־רָ֝שַׁ֗עְתִּי מֵאֱלֹהָֽי׃

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, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

כִּ֣י כָל־מִשְׁפָּטָ֣יו לְנֶגְדִּ֑י וְ֝חֻקֹּתָ֗יו לֹא־אָסִ֥יר מֶֽנִּי׃

For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.

For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

וָאֱהִ֣י תָמִ֣ים עִמּ֑וֹ וָ֝אֶשְׁתַּמֵּ֗ר מֵעֲוֺנִֽי׃

And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.

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

וַיָּֽשֶׁב־יְהוָ֣ה לִ֣י כְצִדְקִ֑י כְּבֹ֥ר יָ֝דַ֗י לְנֶ֣גֶד עֵינָֽיו׃

So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

עִם־חָסִ֥יד תִּתְחַסָּ֑ד עִם־גְּבַ֥ר תָּ֝מִ֗ים תִּתַּמָּֽם׃

To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

עִם־נָבָ֥ר תִּתְבָּרָ֑ר וְעִם־עִ֝קֵּ֗שׁ תִּתְפַּתָּֽל׃

to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.

כִּֽי־אַ֭תָּה עַם־עָנִ֣י תוֹשִׁ֑יעַ וְעֵינַ֖יִם רָמ֣וֹת תַּשְׁפִּֽיל׃

For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.

For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

כִּֽי־אַ֭תָּה תָּאִ֣יר נֵרִ֑י יְהוָ֥ה אֱ֝לֹהַ֗י יַגִּ֥יהַּ חָשְׁכִּֽי׃

For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.

For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

כִּֽי־בְ֭ךָ אָרֻ֣ץ גְּד֑וּד וּ֝בֵֽאלֹהַ֗י אֲדַלֶּג־שֽׁוּר׃

For in You I can charge an army, and with my God I can scale a wall.

For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.

הָאֵל֮ תָּמִ֪ים דַּ֫רְכּ֥וֹ אִמְרַֽת־יְהוָ֥ה צְרוּפָ֑ה מָגֵ֥ן ה֝֗וּא לְכֹ֤ל ׀ הַחֹסִ֬ים בּֽוֹ׃

As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

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.

כִּ֤י מִ֣י אֱ֭לוֹהַּ מִבַּלְעֲדֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וּמִ֥י צ֝֗וּר זוּלָתִ֥י אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃

For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?

For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?

הָ֭אֵל הַמְאַזְּרֵ֣נִי חָ֑יִל וַיִּתֵּ֖ן תָּמִ֣ים דַּרְכִּֽי׃

It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.

It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

מְשַׁוֶּ֣ה רַ֭גְלַי כָּאַיָּל֑וֹת וְעַ֥ל בָּ֝מֹתַ֗י יַעֲמִידֵֽנִי׃

He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.

He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places.

מְלַמֵּ֣ד יָ֭דַי לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה וְֽנִחֲתָ֥ה קֶֽשֶׁת־נְ֝חוּשָׁ֗ה זְרוֹעֹתָֽי׃

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

He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

וַתִּתֶּן־לִי֮ מָגֵ֪ן יִ֫שְׁעֶ֥ךָ וִֽימִינְךָ֥ תִסְעָדֵ֑נִי וְֽעַנְוַתְךָ֥ תַרְבֵּֽנִי׃

You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.

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.

תַּרְחִ֣יב צַעֲדִ֣י תַחְתָּ֑י וְלֹ֥א מָ֝עֲד֗וּ קַרְסֻלָּֽי׃

You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.

Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

אֶרְדּ֣וֹף א֭וֹיְבַי וְאַשִּׂיגֵ֑ם וְלֹֽא־אָ֝שׁוּב עַד־כַּלּוֹתָֽם׃

I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.

I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

אֶ֭מְחָצֵם וְלֹא־יֻ֣כְלוּ ק֑וּם יִ֝פְּל֗וּ תַּ֣חַת רַגְלָֽי׃

I crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.

I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.

וַתְּאַזְּרֵ֣נִי חַ֭יִל לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה תַּכְרִ֖יעַ קָמַ֣י תַּחְתָּֽי׃

You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.

For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

וְֽאֹיְבַ֗י נָתַ֣תָּה לִּ֣י עֹ֑רֶף וּ֝מְשַׂנְאַ֗י אַצְמִיתֵֽם׃

You have made my enemies retreat before me; I destroyed those who hated me.

Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

יְשַׁוְּע֥וּ וְאֵין־מוֹשִׁ֑יעַ עַל־יְ֝הוָ֗ה וְלֹ֣א עָנָֽם׃

They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.

They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

וְֽאֶשְׁחָקֵ֗ם כְּעָפָ֥ר עַל־פְּנֵי־ר֑וּחַ כְּטִ֖יט חוּצ֣וֹת אֲרִיקֵֽם׃

I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.

Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

תְּפַלְּטֵנִי֮ מֵרִ֪יבֵ֫י עָ֥ם תְּ֭שִׂימֵנִי לְרֹ֣אשׁ גּוֹיִ֑ם עַ֖ם לֹא־יָדַ֣עְתִּי יַֽעַבְדֽוּנִי׃

You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.

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.

לְשֵׁ֣מַֽע אֹ֭זֶן יִשָּׁ֣מְעוּ לִ֑י בְּנֵֽי־נֵ֝כָ֗ר יְכַחֲשׁוּ־לִֽי׃

When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.

As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.

בְּנֵי־נֵכָ֥ר יִבֹּ֑לוּ וְ֝יַחְרְג֗וּ מִֽמִּסְגְּרֽוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃

Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.

The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.

חַי־יְ֭הוָה וּבָר֣וּךְ צוּרִ֑י וְ֝יָר֗וּם אֱלוֹהֵ֥י יִשְׁעִֽי׃

The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted—

The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

הָאֵ֗ל הַנּוֹתֵ֣ן נְקָמ֣וֹת לִ֑י וַיַּדְבֵּ֖ר עַמִּ֣ים תַּחְתָּֽי׃

the God who avenges me and subdues nations beneath me,

It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.

מְפַלְּטִ֗י מֵאֹ֫יְבָ֥י אַ֣ף מִן־קָ֭מַי תְּרוֹמְמֵ֑נִי מֵאִ֥ישׁ חָ֝מָ֗ס תַּצִּילֵֽנִי׃

who delivers me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.

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.

עַל־כֵּ֤ן ׀ אוֹדְךָ֖ בַגּוֹיִ֥ם ׀ יְהוָ֑ה וּלְשִׁמְךָ֥ אֲזַמֵּֽרָה׃

Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.

Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.

(מגדל) [מַגְדִּיל֮] יְשׁוּע֪וֹת מַ֫לְכּ֥וֹ וְעֹ֤שֶׂה חֶ֨סֶד ׀ לִמְשִׁיח֗וֹ לְדָוִ֥ד וּלְזַרְע֗וֹ עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃

Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.

Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.