David’s Song of Deliverance (Psalm 18:1–50)
1 AKJV And David spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: BSB BSB: And David 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.
2 AKJV And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; BSB BSB: He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
3 AKJV The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior; you save me from violence. BSB BSB: My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.
4 AKJV I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies. BSB BSB: I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
5 AKJV When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; BSB BSB: For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
6 AKJV The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; BSB BSB: The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
7 AKJV In my distress I called on the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears. BSB BSB: In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.
8 AKJV Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth. BSB BSB: Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
9 AKJV There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. BSB BSB: Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
10 AKJV He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet. BSB BSB: He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
11 AKJV And he rode on a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen on the wings of the wind. BSB BSB: He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
12 AKJV And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies. BSB BSB: He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.
13 AKJV Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled. BSB BSB: From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.
14 AKJV The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice. BSB BSB: The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
15 AKJV And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them. BSB BSB: He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
16 AKJV And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. BSB BSB: The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
17 AKJV He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters; BSB BSB: He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
18 AKJV He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. BSB BSB: He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
19 AKJV They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. BSB BSB: They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
20 AKJV He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me. BSB BSB: He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
21 AKJV The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me. BSB BSB: The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
22 AKJV For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. BSB BSB: For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 AKJV For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. BSB BSB: For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
24 AKJV I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from my iniquity. BSB BSB: And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
25 AKJV Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight. BSB BSB: So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight.
26 AKJV With the merciful you will show yourself merciful, and with the upright man you will show yourself upright. BSB BSB: To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
27 AKJV With the pure you will show yourself pure; and with the fraudulent you will show yourself unsavory. BSB BSB: to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
28 AKJV And the afflicted people you will save: but your eyes are on the haughty, that you may bring them down. BSB BSB: You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
29 AKJV For you are my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness. BSB BSB: For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.
30 AKJV For by you I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. BSB BSB: For in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale a wall.
31 AKJV As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. BSB BSB: 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.
32 AKJV For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God? BSB BSB: For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
33 AKJV God is my strength and power: and he makes my way perfect. BSB BSB: God is my strong fortress, and He makes my way clear.
34 AKJV He makes my feet like hinds’ feet: and sets me on my high places. BSB BSB: He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
35 AKJV He teaches my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms. BSB BSB: He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
36 AKJV You have also given me the shield of your salvation: and your gentleness has made me great. BSB BSB: You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.
37 AKJV You have enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip. BSB BSB: You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
38 AKJV I have pursued my enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them. BSB BSB: I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
39 AKJV And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yes, they are fallen under my feet. BSB BSB: I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
40 AKJV For you have girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me have you subdued under me. BSB BSB: You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
41 AKJV You have also given me the necks of my enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. BSB BSB: You have made my enemies retreat before me; I destroyed those who hated me.
42 AKJV They looked, but there was none to save; even to the LORD, but he answered them not. BSB BSB: They looked, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.
43 AKJV Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. BSB BSB: I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.
44 AKJV You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people, you have kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me. BSB BSB: You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
45 AKJV Strangers shall submit themselves to me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient to me. BSB BSB: Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.
46 AKJV Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places. BSB BSB: Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
47 AKJV The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation. BSB BSB: The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—
48 AKJV It is God that avenges me, and that brings down the people under me. BSB BSB: the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,
49 AKJV And that brings me forth from my enemies: you also have lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: you have delivered me from the violent man. BSB BSB: who frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
50 AKJV Therefore I will give thanks to you, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises to your name. BSB BSB: Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.
51 AKJV He is the tower of salvation for his king: and shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for ever more. BSB BSB: Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”
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