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King James Bible |
Youngs Literal Translation |
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| 18:1 | I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. | To the Overseer. -- By a servant of Jehovah, by David, who hath spoken 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 saith: -- I love Thee, O Jehovah, my strength. |
| 18:2 | The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, |
Jehovah `is' my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God `is' my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and a horn of my salvation, My high tower. |
| 18:3 | I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. | The `Praised One' I call Jehovah, And from my enemies I am saved. |
| 18:4 | The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of |
Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make me afraid. |
| 18:5 | The |
Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been snares of death. |
| 18:6 | 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. | In mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God I cry. He heareth from His temple my voice, And My cry before Him cometh into His ears. |
| 18:7 | Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. | And shake and tremble doth the earth, And foundations of hills are troubled, And they shake -- because He hath wrath. |
| 18:8 | There went up a smoke |
Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils, And fire from His mouth consumeth, Coals have been kindled by it. |
| 18:9 | He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. | And He inclineth the heavens, and cometh down, And thick darkness `is' under His feet. |
| 18:10 | And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. | And He rideth on a cherub, and doth fly, And He flieth on wings of wind. |
| 18:11 | He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. | He maketh darkness His secret place, Round about Him His tabernacle, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. |
| 18:12 | At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire. | From the brightness over-against Him His thick clouds have passed on, Hail and coals of fire. |
| 18:13 | The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. | And thunder in the heavens doth Jehovah, And the Most High giveth forth His voice, Hail and coals of fire. |
| 18:14 | Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. | And He sendeth His arrows and scattereth them, And much lightning, and crusheth them. |
| 18:15 | 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. | And seen are the streams of waters, And revealed are foundations of the earth. From Thy rebuke, O Jehovah, From the breath of the spirit of Thine anger. |
| 18:16 | He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of |
He sendeth from above -- He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters. |
| 18:17 | He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. | He delivereth me from my strong enemy, And from those hating me, For they have been stronger than I. |
| 18:18 | They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. | They go before me in a day of my calamity And Jehovah is for a support to me. |
| 18:19 | He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. | And He bringeth me forth to a large place, He draweth me out, because He delighted in me. |
| 18:20 | The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. | Jehovah doth recompense me According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me. |
| 18:21 | For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. | For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God. |
| 18:22 | For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. | For all His judgments `are' before me, And His statutes I turn not from me. |
| 18:23 | I was also upright |
And I am perfect with him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity. |
| 18:24 | Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands |
And Jehovah doth return to me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, Over-against his eyes. |
| 18:25 | With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright; | With the kind Thou showest Thyself kind, With a perfect man showest Thyself perfect. |
| 18:26 | With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt |
With the pure Thou showest Thyself pure, And with the perverse showest Thyself a wrestler, |
| 18:27 | For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. | For Thou a poor people savest, And the eyes of the high causest to fall. |
| 18:28 | For thou wilt light my |
For Thou -- Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness. |
| 18:29 | For by thee I have |
For by Thee I run -- a troop! And by my God I leap a wall. |
| 18:30 | As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is |
God! perfect `is' His way, The saying of Jehovah is tried, A shield `is' He to all those trusting in Him. |
| 18:31 | For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God? | For who `is' God besides Jehovah? And who `is' a rock save our God? |
| 18:32 | It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. | God! who is girding me `with' strength, And He maketh perfect my way. |
| 18:33 | He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places. | Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand. |
| 18:34 | He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. | Teaching my hands for battle, And a bow of brass was brought down by my arms. |
| 18:35 | Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and |
And Thou givest to me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy right hand doth support me, And Thy lowliness maketh me great. |
| 18:36 | Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that |
Thou enlargest my step under me, And mine ankles have not slidden. |
| 18:37 | I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. | I pursue mine enemies, and overtake them, And turn back not till they are consumed. |
| 18:38 | I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. | I smite them, and they are not able to rise, They fall under my feet, |
| 18:39 | For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou |
And Thou girdest me `with' strength for battle, Causest my withstanders to bow under me. |
| 18:40 | Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. | As to mine enemies -- Thou hast given to me the neck, As to those hating me -- I cut them off. |
| 18:41 | They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not. | They cry, and there is no saviour, On Jehovah, and He doth not answer them. |
| 18:42 | Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets. | And I beat them as dust before wind, As mire of the streets I empty them out. |
| 18:43 | 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. | Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of the people, Thou placest me for a head of nations, A people I have not known do serve me. |
| 18:44 | As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: |
At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me, |
| 18:45 | The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places. | Sons of a stranger fade away, And are slain out of their close places. |
| 18:46 | The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. | Jehovah liveth -- and blessed `is' my rock, And exalted is the God of my salvation. |
| 18:47 | It is God that |
God -- who is giving vengeance to me, And He subdueth peoples under me, |
| 18:48 | He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the |
My deliverer from mine enemies, Above my withstanders Thou raisest me, From a man of violence dost deliver me. |
| 18:49 | Therefore will I |
Therefore I confess Thee among nations, O Jehovah, And to Thy name I sing praise, |
| 18:50 | Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore. | Magnifying the salvation of His king, And doing kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed -- unto the age! |