David’s Song of Deliverance (Psalm 18:1–50)
1 Brenton And David spoke to the Lord the words of this song, in the day in which the Lord rescued 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 Brenton And the song was thus: O Lord, my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, BSB BSB: He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
3 Brenton my God; he shall be to me my guard, I will trust in him: he is my protector, and the horn of my salvation, my helper, and my sure refuge; thou shalt save me from the unjust man. 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 Brenton I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised, and I shall 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 Brenton For the troubles of death compassed me, the floods of iniquity amazed me: BSB BSB: For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
6 Brenton the pangs of death surrounded me, the agonies of death prevented me. BSB BSB: The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
7 Brenton When I am afflicted I will call upon the Lord, and will cry to my God, and he shall hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry shall come 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 Brenton And the earth was troubled and quaked, and the foundations of heaven were confounded and torn asunder, because the Lord was wroth with them. BSB BSB: Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
9 Brenton There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire out of his mouth devours: coals were kindled at it. BSB BSB: Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
10 Brenton And he bowed the heavens, and came down, and there was darkness under his feet. BSB BSB: He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
11 Brenton And he rode upon the cherubs and did fly, and was seen upon the wings of the wind. BSB BSB: He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
12 Brenton And he made darkness his hiding-place; his tabernacle round about him was the darkness of waters, he condensed it with the clouds of the air. BSB BSB: He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.
13 Brenton At the brightness before him coals of fire were kindled. BSB BSB: From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.
14 Brenton The Lord thundered out of heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice. BSB BSB: The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
15 Brenton And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them, and he flashed lightning, and dismayed them. BSB BSB: He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
16 Brenton And the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his anger. 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 Brenton He sent from above and 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 Brenton He delivered me from my strong enemies, from them that hated me, for they were stronger than I. BSB BSB: He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
19 Brenton The days of my affliction prevented me; but the Lord was my stay. BSB BSB: They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
20 Brenton And he brought me into a wide place, and rescued me, because he delighted in me. BSB BSB: He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
21 Brenton And the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me. BSB BSB: The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
22 Brenton Because I kept the ways of the Lord, and did not wickedly depart from my God. BSB BSB: For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 Brenton For all his judgments and his ordinances were before me: I departed not from them. BSB BSB: For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
24 Brenton And I shall be blameless before him, and will keep myself from my iniquity. BSB BSB: And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
25 Brenton And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands in his eye-sight. BSB BSB: So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight.
26 Brenton With the holy thou wilt be holy, and with the perfect man thou wilt be perfect, BSB BSB: To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
27 Brenton and with the excellent thou wilt be excellent, and with the froward thou wilt be froward. BSB BSB: to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
28 Brenton And thou wilt save the poor people, and wilt bring down the eyes of the haughty. BSB BSB: You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
29 Brenton For thou, Lord, art my lamp, and the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness. BSB BSB: For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.
30 Brenton For by thee shall I run as a girded man, and by my God shall I leap over a wall. BSB BSB: For in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale a wall.
31 Brenton As for the Mighty One, his way is blameless: the word of the Lord is strong and tried in the fire: he is a protector to all that put their 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 Brenton Who is strong, but the Lord? and who will be a Creator except our God? BSB BSB: For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
33 Brenton It is the Mighty One who strengthens me with might, and has prepared my way without fault.BSB BSB: God is my strong fortress, and He makes my way clear.
34 Brenton He makes my feet like harts' feet, and sets me upon the high places. BSB BSB: He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
35 Brenton He teaches my hands to war, and has broken a brazen bow by my arm. BSB BSB: He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
36 Brenton And thou hast given me the shield of my salvation, and thy propitious dealing has increased me, BSB BSB: You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.
37 Brenton so as to make room under me for my going, and my legs did not totter. BSB BSB: You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
38 Brenton I will pursue my enemies, and will utterly destroy them; and I will not turn again till I have consumed them. BSB BSB: I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
39 Brenton And I will crush them, and they shall not rise; and they shall fall under my feet. BSB BSB: I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
40 Brenton And thou shalt strengthen me with power for the war; thou shalt cause them that rise up against me to bow down under me. BSB BSB: You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
41 Brenton And thou hast caused mine enemies to flee before me, even them that hated me, and thou hast slain them. BSB BSB: You have made my enemies retreat before me; I destroyed those who hated me.
42 Brenton They shall cry, and there shall be no helper; to the Lord, but he hearkens not to them. BSB BSB: They looked, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.
43 Brenton And I ground them as the dust of the earth, I beat them small as the mire of the streets. BSB BSB: I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.
44 Brenton And thou shalt deliver me from the striving of the peoples, thou shalt keep me to be the head of the Gentiles: a people which I knew not served 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 Brenton The strange children feigned obedience to me; they hearkened to me as soon as they heard. BSB BSB: Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.
46 Brenton The strange children shall be cast away, and shall be overthrown out of their hiding-places. BSB BSB: Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
47 Brenton The Lord lives, and blessed be my guardian, and my God, my strong keeper, shall be exalted. BSB BSB: The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—
48 Brenton The Lord who avenges me is strong, chastening the nations under me, BSB BSB: the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,
49 Brenton and bringing me out from my enemies: and thou shalt set me on high from among those that rise up against me: thou shalt deliver 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 Brenton Therefore will I confess to thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing to thy name. BSB BSB: Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.
51 Brenton He magnifies the salvation of his king, and works mercy for his anointed, even for David and for his seed for ever. 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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