David’s Song of Deliverance (Psalm 18:1–50)
1 CPDV And David spoke to the Lord the words of this verse, in the day that the Lord freed him from the hand of all his enemies and from 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 CPDV And he said: “The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my Savior. BSB BSB: He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
3 CPDV I will hope in him. God is my strong one, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. He lifts me up, and he is my refreshment. You, O my Savior, will free me from iniquity. 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 CPDV I will call upon the Lord, who is praiseworthy; and I will 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 CPDV For the pangs of death have encircled me. The torrents of Belial have terrified me. BSB BSB: For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
6 CPDV The ropes of Hell have encompassed me. The snares of death have intercepted me. BSB BSB: The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
7 CPDV In my tribulation, I will call upon the Lord, and I will cry out to my God. And he will heed my voice from his temple, and my outcry will reach 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 CPDV The earth was shaken, and it quaked. The foundations of the mountains were struck together and violently shaken, because he was angry 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 CPDV Smoke ascends from his nostrils, and fire from his mouth will devour; coals have been kindled by it. BSB BSB: Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
10 CPDV He bent down the heavens, and it descended; and a fog was beneath his feet. BSB BSB: He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
11 CPDV And he climbed upon the cherubim, and he flew; and he slid upon the wings of the wind. BSB BSB: He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
12 CPDV He set darkness as a hiding place around himself, with waters sifted from the clouds of the heavens. BSB BSB: He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.
13 CPDV By means of the brightness of his glance, coals of fire were kindled. BSB BSB: From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.
14 CPDV The Lord will thunder from heaven; and the Most High will utter his voice. BSB BSB: The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
15 CPDV He shot arrows, and he scattered them; lightning, and he consumed them. BSB BSB: He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
16 CPDV And the overflow of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the globe were revealed, at the rebuke of the Lord, at the exhale of the breath of his fury. 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 CPDV He sent from on high, and he took me up. And 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 CPDV He freed me from my most powerful enemy and from those who had 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 CPDV He went before me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my firmament. BSB BSB: They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
20 CPDV And he led me out to a wide-open place. He freed me, because I was pleasing to him. BSB BSB: He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
21 CPDV The Lord will reward me according to my justice. And he will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands. BSB BSB: The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
22 CPDV For I have kept to the ways of the Lord, and I have not acted impiously before my God. BSB BSB: For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 CPDV For all his judgments are in my sight. And I have not removed his precepts from me. BSB BSB: For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
24 CPDV And I shall be perfect with him. And I shall guard myself from my own iniquity. BSB BSB: And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
25 CPDV And the Lord will recompense me according to my justice, and according to the cleanness of my hands in the sight of his eyes. BSB BSB: So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight.
26 CPDV With the holy one, you will be holy, and with the strong one, you will be perfect. BSB BSB: To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
27 CPDV With the elect one, you will be elect, and with the perverse one, you will be perverse. BSB BSB: to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
28 CPDV And you will bring to salvation the poor people, and you will humble the exalted with your eyes. BSB BSB: You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
29 CPDV For you are my lamp, O Lord. And you, O Lord, will illuminate my darkness. BSB BSB: For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.
30 CPDV For in you, I will run girded. In my God, I will leap over the wall. BSB BSB: For in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale a wall.
31 CPDV God, his way is immaculate; the eloquence of the Lord is an exacting fire. He is the shield of all who hope 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 CPDV Who is God except the Lord? And who is strong except our God? BSB BSB: For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
33 CPDV God, he has girded me with fortitude, and he has made my way perfect: BSB BSB: God is my strong fortress, and He makes my way clear.
34 CPDV making my feet like the feet of the stag, and stationing me upon my exalted places, BSB BSB: He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
35 CPDV teaching my hands to do battle, and making my arms like a bow of brass. BSB BSB: He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
36 CPDV You have given me the shield of your salvation. And your mildness has multiplied me. BSB BSB: You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.
37 CPDV You will enlarge my steps under me, and my ankles will not fail. BSB BSB: You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
38 CPDV I will pursue my enemies, and crush them. And I will not turn back, until I consume them. BSB BSB: I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
39 CPDV I will consume them and break them apart, so that they cannot rise up; they will fall under my feet. BSB BSB: I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
40 CPDV You have girded me with strength for the battle. Those who resisted me, you have bent down under me. BSB BSB: You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
41 CPDV You have caused my enemies to turn their back to me; they have hatred for me, and I shall destroy them. BSB BSB: You have made my enemies retreat before me; I destroyed those who hated me.
42 CPDV They will cry out, and there will be no one to save; to the Lord, and he will not heed them. BSB BSB: They looked, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.
43 CPDV I will wipe them away like the dust of the earth. I will break them apart and crush them, like the mud 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 CPDV You will save me from the contradictions of my people. You will preserve me to be the head of the Gentiles; a people I do not know 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 CPDV The sons of foreigners, who will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will be obedient to me. BSB BSB: Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.
46 CPDV The foreigners flowed away, but they will be drawn together in their anguishes. BSB BSB: Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
47 CPDV The Lord lives, and my God is blessed. And the strong God of my salvation shall be exalted. BSB BSB: The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—
48 CPDV God gives me vindication, and he casts down the peoples under me. BSB BSB: the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,
49 CPDV He leads me away from my enemies, and he lifts me up from those who resist me. You will free me from the iniquitous man. BSB BSB: who frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
50 CPDV Because of this, I will confess to you, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and I will sing to your name: BSB BSB: Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.
51 CPDV magnifying the salvation of his king, and showing mercy to David, his Christ, and to his offspring forever.” 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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