David’s Song of Deliverance (Psalm 18:1–50)
1 DRA And David spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord 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 DRA And he said: The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my saviour. BSB BSB: He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
3 DRA God is my strong one, in him will I trust: my shield, and the horn of my salvation: he lifteth me up, and is my refuge: my saviour, thou wilt deliver 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 DRA I will call on 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 DRA For the pangs of death have surrounded me: the floods of Belial have made me afraid. BSB BSB: For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
6 DRA The cords of hell compassed me: the snares of death prevented me. BSB BSB: The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
7 DRA In my distress I will call upon the Lord, and I will cry to my God: and he will hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry shall come to 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 DRA The earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the mountains were moved, and 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 DRA A smoke went up from his nostrils, and a devouring fire out of his mouth: coals were kindled by it. BSB BSB: Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
10 DRA He bowed the heavens, 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 DRA And he rode upon the cherubims, and flew: and slid upon the wings of the wind. BSB BSB: He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
12 DRA He made darkness a covering round about him: dropping waters out of the clouds of the heavens. BSB BSB: He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.
13 DRA By the brightness before him, the coals of fire were kindled. BSB BSB: From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.
14 DRA The Lord shall thunder from heaven: and the most high shall give forth his voice. BSB BSB: The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
15 DRA He shot arrows and scattered them: lightning, and consumed them. BSB BSB: He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
16 DRA And the overflowings of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid open at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the spirit of his wrath. 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 DRA He sent from on high, and took me, and 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 DRA He delivered me from my most mighty 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 DRA He prevented me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my stay. BSB BSB: They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
20 DRA And he brought me forth into a large place, he delivered me, because I pleased him. BSB BSB: He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
21 DRA The Lord will reward me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands he will render to me. BSB BSB: The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
22 DRA Because 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 DRA For all his judgments are in my sight: and his precepts I have not removed from me. BSB BSB: For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
24 DRA And I shall be perfect with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity. BSB BSB: And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
25 DRA 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 DRA With the holy one thou wilt be holy: and with the valiant perfect. BSB BSB: To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
27 DRA With the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted. BSB BSB: to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
28 DRA And the poor people thou wilt save: and with thy eyes thou wilt humble the haughty. BSB BSB: You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
29 DRA For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and thou, O Lord, wilt enlighten my darkness. BSB BSB: For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.
30 DRA For in thee 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 DRA God, his way is immaculate, the word of the Lord is tried by fire: he is the shield of all 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 DRA Who is God but the Lord: and who is strong but our God? BSB BSB: For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
33 DRA God who hath girded me with strength, and made my way perfect. BSB BSB: God is my strong fortress, and He makes my way clear.
34 DRA Making my feet like the feet of harts, and setting me upon my high places. BSB BSB: He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
35 DRA He teacheth my bands to war: and maketh my arms like a bow of brass. BSB BSB: He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
36 DRA Thou hast given me the shield of my salvation: and thy mildness hath multiplied me. BSB BSB: You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.
37 DRA Thou shalt enlarge my steps under me: and my ankles shall not fail. BSB BSB: You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
38 DRA I will pursue after my enemies, and crush them: and will not return again till I consume them. BSB BSB: I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
39 DRA I will consume them and break them in pieces, so that they shall not rise: 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 DRA Thou hast girded me with strength to battle: thou hast made them that resisted me to bow under me. BSB BSB: You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
41 DRA My enemies thou hast made to turn their back to me: them that hated me, and I shall destroy them. BSB BSB: You have made my enemies retreat before me; I destroyed those who hated me.
42 DRA They shall cry, and there shall be none to save: to the Lord, and he shall not hear them. BSB BSB: They looked, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.
43 DRA I shall beat them as small as the dust of the earth: I shall crush them and spread them abroad like 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 DRA Thou wilt save me from the contradictions of my people: thou wilt keep me to be the head of the Gentiles: the people which I know 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 DRA The sons of the stranger will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will obey me. BSB BSB: Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.
46 DRA The strangers are melted away, and shall be straitened in their distresses. BSB BSB: Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
47 DRA The Lord liveth, 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 DRA God who giveth me revenge, and bringest down people under me, BSB BSB: the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,
49 DRA Who bringest me forth from my enemies, and liftest me up from them that resist me: from the wicked man thou shalt deliver me. BSB BSB: who frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
50 DRA Therefore will I give thanks to thee. O Lord, among the Gentiles, and will sing to thy name. BSB BSB: Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.
51 DRA Giving great salvation to his king, and shewing mercy to David his anointed, and to 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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