Psalms 18:1-30:12 For the end, A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord; the words which he spoke to the Lord, even the words of this song, in the day in which the Lord delivered him out the hand of all his enemies, and out the hand of Saul. And he said: I will love You, O Lord, my strength.

CAB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ For the end, A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord; the words which he spoke to the Lord, even the words of this song, in the day in which the Lord delivered him out the hand of all his enemies, and out the hand of Saul. And he said: I will love You, O Lord, my strength. ² The Lord is my firm support, and my refuge, and my deliverer; my God is my helper, I will hope in Him; He is my defender, and the horn of my salvation, and my helper. ³ I will call upon the Lord with praises, and I shall be saved from my enemies. ⁴ The pangs of death compassed me, and the torrents of ungodliness troubled me exceedingly. ⁵ The pangs of hell came round about me: the snares of death prevented me. ⁶ And when I was afflicted I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: He heard my voice out of His holy temple, and my cry shall enter before Him, into His ears. ⁷ Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains were disturbed, and were shaken, because God was angry with them. ⁸ There went up a smoke in His wrath, and fire burst into a flame at His presence; coals were kindled at it. ⁹ And He bowed the heaven, and came down: and thick darkness was under His feet. ¹⁰ And He rode upon a cherub and flew; He flew on the wings of the wind. ¹¹ And He made darkness His secret place; round about Him was His tabernacle, even dark water in the clouds of the air. ¹² At the brightness before Him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire. ¹³ The Lord also thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered His voice. ¹⁴ And He sent forth His weapons, and scattered them; and multiplied lightnings, and routed them. ¹⁵ And the springs of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O Lord, at the blasting of the breath of Your wrath. ¹⁶ He sent from on high and took me, He drew me to Himself out of many waters. ¹⁷ He will deliver me from my mighty enemies, and from them that hate me; for they are stronger than I. ¹⁸ They prevented me in the day of my affliction: but the Lord was my support against them. ¹⁹ And He brought me out into a wide place; He shall deliver me, because He has pleasure in me. ²⁰ And the Lord shall recompense me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands shall He recompense me. ²¹ For I have kept the way of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God. ²² For all His judgments were before me, and His ordinances departed not from me. ²³ And I shall be blameless before Him, and shall keep myself from my iniquity. ²⁴ And the Lord shall recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands before His eyes. ²⁵ With the holy, You shall be holy; and with the blameless, You shall be blameless. ²⁶ And with the excellent, You shall be excellent; and with the perverse, You shall be shrewd. ²⁷ For You shall save the lowly people, and shall humble the eyes of the proud. ²⁸ For You, O Lord, shall light my lamp: my God, You shall lighten my darkness. ²⁹ For by You shall I be delivered from a troop; and by my God I will pass over a wall. ³⁰ As for my God, His way is perfect: the oracles of the Lord are tried in the fire; He is a protector of all them that hope in Him. ³¹ For who is God but the Lord? And who is a God except our God? ³² It is God that girds me with strength, and has made my way blameless; ³³ who strengthens my feet as hare's feet, and sets me upon high places. ³⁴ He instructs my hands for war; and You have made my arms as a bronze bow. ³⁵ And You have made me secure in my salvation; and Your right hand has helped me, and Your correction has upheld me to the end; yea, Your correction itself shall instruct me. ³⁶ You have made room for my goings under me, and my footsteps did not fail. ³⁷ I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them; and I will not turn back until they are consumed. ³⁸ I will dash them to pieces and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet. ³⁹ For You have girded me with strength for war; You have beaten down under me all that rose up against me. ⁴⁰ And You has made my enemies turn their backs before me; and You have destroyed them that hated me. ⁴¹ They cried, but there was no deliverer: even to the Lord, but He hearkened not to them. ⁴² I will grind them as the mud of the streets; and I will beat them small as dust before the wind. ⁴³ Deliver me from the gain sayings of the people; You shall make me head of the Gentiles: a people whom I knew not served me, ⁴⁴ at the hearing of the ear they obeyed me: the strange children lied to me. ⁴⁵ The strange children waxed old, and fell away from their paths through lameness. ⁴⁶ The Lord lives; and blessed be my God; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. ⁴⁷ It is God that avenges me, and has subdued the nations under me; ⁴⁸ my deliverer from angry enemies; You shall set me on high above them that rise up against me; You shall deliver me from the unrighteous man. ⁴⁹ Therefore shall I confess to You, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing unto Your name. ⁵⁰ God magnifies the deliverances of His king; and deals mercifully with David His anointed, and His seed, forever. ¹⁹ ¹ For the end, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims the work of His hands. ² Day to day utters speech, and night to night proclaims knowledge. ³ There are no speeches or words, in which their voices are not heard. ⁴ Their voice is gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world. ⁵ In the sun He has set His tabernacle; and He came forth as a bridegroom out of His chamber; He will exalt as a giant to run His course. ⁶ His going forth is from the extremity of heaven, and His circuit to the other end of heaven; and no one shall be hidden from His heat. ⁷ The law of the Lord is perfect, converting souls; the testimony of the Lord is faithful, instructing babes. ⁸ The ordinances of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is bright, enlightening the eyes. ⁹ The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever and ever: the judgments of the Lord are true, and justified altogether. ¹⁰ To be desired more than gold, and much precious stone; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. ¹¹ For Your servant keeps to them; in the keeping of them there is great reward. ¹² Who will understand his transgressions? Purge me from my secret sins. ¹³ And spare Your servant from the attack of strangers; if they do not gain the dominion over me, then shall I be blameless, and I shall be clear from great sin. ¹⁴ So shall the sayings of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be pleasing continually before You, O Lord my helper, and my redeemer. ²⁰ ¹ For the end, A Psalm of David. May the Lord hear you in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend you. ² May He send you help from the sanctuary, and aid you out of Zion. ³ May He remember all your sacrifices, and accept your whole burnt offerings. Pause. ⁴ May He grant you according to your heart, and fulfill all your desires. ⁵ We will rejoice in Your salvation, and in the name of our God shall we be magnified: May the Lord fulfill all your petitions. ⁶ Now I know that the Lord has saved His Christ; He shall hear Him from His holy heaven: the salvation of His right hand is mighty. ⁷ Some glory in chariots, and some in horses: but we will glory in the name of the Lord our God. ⁸ They are overthrown and fallen; but we are risen, and have been set upright. ⁹ O Lord, save the king: and hear us in whatever day we call upon You. ²¹ ¹ For the end, A Psalm of David. O Lord, the king shall rejoice in Your strength; and in Your salvation he shall greatly exalt. ² You have granted him the desire of his soul, and have not withheld from him the request of his lips. Pause. ³ For You have blessed him with blessings of goodness; You have set upon his head a crown of precious stone. ⁴ He asked life of You, and You gave him length of days forever and ever. ⁵ His glory is great in Your salvation; You will crown him with glory and majesty. ⁶ For You will give him a blessing forever and ever; You will gladden him with joy with Your countenance. ⁷ For the king trusts in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Highest he shall not be moved. ⁸ Let Your hand be found by all Your enemies; let Your right hand find all that hate You. ⁹ You shall make them as a fiery oven at the time of Your presence; the Lord shall trouble them in His anger, and fire shall devour them. ¹⁰ You shall destroy their fruit from the earth, and their seed from among the sons of men. ¹¹ For they intended evil against You; they imagined a device which they shall by no means be able to perform. ¹² For You shall make them turn their back in Your latter end; You will prepare their face. ¹³ Be exalted, O Lord, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your mighty acts. ²² ¹ For the end, concerning the morning aid, A Psalm of David. O God, my God, attend to me; why have You forsaken me? The account of my transgressions is far from my salvation. ² O my God, I will cry to You by day, but You will not hear; and by night, and it shall not be reckoned to me as folly. ³ But You, O praise of Israel, dwell in a sanctuary. ⁴ Our fathers hoped in You; they hoped, and You delivered them. ⁵ They cried to You, and were saved; they hoped in You, and were not ashamed. ⁶ But I am a worm, and not a man; a reproach of men, and the scorn of the people. ⁷ All that saw Me mocked Me; they spoke with their lips, they shook the head, saying, ⁸ He hoped in the Lord; let Him deliver Him, let Him save Him, because He takes pleasure in Him. ⁹ For You are He that drew Me out of the womb; My hope from My mother's breasts. ¹⁰ I was cast on You from the womb; You are My God from My mother's belly. ¹¹ Be not far from Me, for affliction is near; for there is no helper. ¹² Many bulls have compassed Me; fat bulls have beset Me round about. ¹³ They have opened their mouth against Me, as a ravening and roaring lion. ¹⁴ I am poured out like water, and all My bones are loosened; My heart in the midst of My belly has become like melting wax. ¹⁵ My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and My tongue is glued to My throat; and You have brought Me down to the dust of death. ¹⁶ For many dogs have compassed Me; the assembly of the evildoers has enclosed Me; they pierced My hands and My feet. ¹⁷ They counted all My bones; and they observed and looked upon Me. ¹⁸ They parted My garments among themselves, and cast lots for My clothing. ¹⁹ But You, O Lord, be not far from Me; be ready for My aid. ²⁰ Deliver My soul from the sword; My only begotten soul from the power of the dog. ²¹ Save Me from the lion's mouth; and regard My lowliness from the horns of the unicorns. ²² I will declare Your name to My brothers; in the midst of the church will I sing praise to You. ²³ You that fear the Lord, praise Him; all you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him; let all the seed of Israel fear Him. ²⁴ For He has not despised nor been angry at the supplication of the poor; nor turned away His face from Me; but when I cried to Him, He heard Me. ²⁵ My praise is of You in the great congregation; I will pay My vows before them that fear Him. ²⁶ The poor shall eat and be satisfied; and they shall praise the Lord that seek Him; their heart shall live forever. ²⁷ All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall worship before Him. ²⁸ For the kingdom is the Lord's; and He is the governor of the nations. ²⁹ All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and worshipped; all that go down to the earth shall fall down before Him; my soul also lives to him. ³⁰ And my seed shall serve him; the generation that is coming shall be reported to the Lord. ³¹ And they shall report His righteousness to the people that shall be born, whom the Lord has made. ²³ ¹ A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. ² In a place of green grass, there He has made me dwell; He has nourished me by the water of rest. ³ He has restored my soul; He has guided me into the paths of righteousness, for His name's sake. ⁴ Yea, though I walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. ⁵ You have prepared a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; and Your cup cheers me like the best wine. ⁶ Your mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. ²⁴ ¹ A Psalm of David on the first day of the week. The earth is the Lord's and all its fullness; the world, and all that dwell in it. ² He has founded it upon the seas, and prepared it upon the rivers. ³ Who shall go up to the mountain of the Lord, and who shall stand in His holy place? ⁴ He that is innocent in his hands and pure in his heart; who has not lifted up his soul to vanity, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbor. ⁵ He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God his Savior. ⁶ This is the generation of them that seek Him, that seek the face of the God of Jacob. Pause. ⁷ Lift up your gates, you princes, and be lifted up, you everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. ⁸ Who is this King of Glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle! ⁹ Lift up your gates, you princes; and be lifted up, you everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. ¹⁰ Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is this King of glory! ²⁵ ¹ A Psalm of David. To You, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul. ² O my God, I have trusted in You; let me not be confounded, neither let my enemies laugh me to scorn. ³ For none of them that wait on You shall in any way be ashamed; let them be ashamed that transgress without cause. ⁴ Show me Your ways, O Lord; and teach me Your paths. ⁵ Lead me in Your truth, and teach me; for You are God my Savior; and I have waited on You all the day. ⁶ Remember Your compassions, O Lord, and Your mercies, for they are from everlasting. ⁷ Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my sins of ignorance; remember me according to Your mercy, for Your goodness' sake, O Lord. ⁸ Good and upright is the Lord; therefore will He instruct sinners in the way. ⁹ The meek will He guide in judgment; the meek will He teach His ways. ¹⁰ All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth to them that seek His covenant and His testimonies. ¹¹ For Your name's sake, O Lord, be merciful to my sin; for it is great. ¹² Who is the man that fears the Lord? He shall instruct him in the way which he has chosen. ¹³ His soul shall dwell in prosperity; and his seed shall inherit the earth. ¹⁴ The Lord is the strength of them that fear Him; and His covenant is to manifest truth to them. ¹⁵ My eyes are continually to the Lord; for He shall draw my feet out of the snare. ¹⁶ Look upon me, and have mercy upon me; for I am an only child and poor. ¹⁷ The afflictions of my heart have been multiplied; deliver me from my distresses. ¹⁸ Look upon my affliction and my trouble, and forgive all my sins. ¹⁹ Look upon my enemies; for they have been multiplied, and they have hated me with unjust hatred. ²⁰ Keep my soul, and deliver me; let me not be ashamed; for I have hoped in You. ²¹ The harmless and upright joined themselves to me; for I waited for You, O Lord. ²² Deliver Israel, O God, out of all his afflictions. ²⁶ ¹ A Psalm of David. Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in my innocence; and hoping in the Lord I shall not be moved. ² Prove me, O Lord, and try me; purify as with fire my mind and my heart. ³ For Your mercy is before my eyes; and I am well pleased with Your truth. ⁴ I have not sat with the council of vanity, and shall by no means enter in with transgressors. ⁵ I have hated the assembly of evildoers; and will not sit with the ungodly. ⁶ I will wash my hands in innocence, and compass Your altar, O Lord; ⁷ to hear the voice of praise, and to declare all Your wonderful works. ⁸ O Lord, I have loved the beauty of Your house, and the place of the tabernacle of Your glory. ⁹ Destroy not my soul together with the ungodly, nor my life with bloody men; ¹⁰ in whose hands are iniquities, and their right hand is filled with bribes. ¹¹ But I have walked in my innocence; redeem me, and have mercy upon me. ¹² My foot stands in an even place; in the congregations will I bless You, O Lord. ²⁷ ¹ A Psalm of David, before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my Savior; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defender of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? ² When evildoers drew near against me to eat up my flesh, my persecutors and my enemies, they fainted and fell. ³ Though an army should set itself in array against me, my heart shall not be afraid; Though war should rise up against me, in this am I confident. ⁴ One thing have I asked of the Lord, this will I earnestly seek; that I should dwell in the house of the Lord, all the days of my life, that I should behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and survey His temple. ⁵ For in the day of my afflictions He hid me in His tabernacle; He sheltered me in the secret of His tabernacle; He set me up on a rock. ⁶ And now, behold, He has lifted up my head over my enemies; I went round and offered in His tabernacle the sacrifice of joy; I will sing, I will sing psalms unto the Lord. ⁷ Hear, O Lord, my voice which I have uttered aloud; pity me, and hearken to me. ⁸ My heart said to You, I have diligently sought Your face; Your face, O Lord, I will seek. ⁹ Turn not Your face away from me, turn not away from Your servant in anger; be my helper, forsake me not; and, O God my Savior, overlook me not. ¹⁰ For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord has taken me to Himself. ¹¹ Teach me, O Lord, in Your way, and guide me in a right path, because of my enemies. ¹² Deliver me not over to the desire of them that afflict me; for unjust witnesses have risen up against me, and injustice has lied within herself. ¹³ I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. ¹⁴ Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and let your heart be strengthened; yea, wait on the Lord! ²⁸ ¹ A Psalm of David. To You, O Lord, have I cried; my God, be not silent toward me; lest You be silent toward me, and so I should be likened to them that go down to the pit. ² Hearken to the voice of my supplication, when I pray to You, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy temple. ³ Draw not away my soul with sinners, and destroy me not with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbors, but evil are in their hearts. ⁴ Give them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors; give them according to the works of their hands; render their recompense unto them. ⁵ Because they have not attended to the works of the Lord, even to the works of His hands, You shall pull them down, and shall not build them up. ⁶ Blessed be the Lord, for He has hearkened to the voice of my petition. ⁷ The Lord is my helper and my defender; my heart has hoped in Him, and I am helped; my flesh has revived, and willingly will I give praise to Him. ⁸ The Lord is the strength of His people, and the saving defender of His anointed. ⁹ Save Your people, and bless Your inheritance; and take care of them, and lift them up forever. ²⁹ ¹ A Psalm of David, on the occasion of the solemn assembly of the Tabernacle. Bring to the Lord, you sons of God, bring to the Lord young rams; bring to the Lord glory and honor. ² Bring to the Lord the glory due to His name; worship the lord in His holy court. ³ The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory has thundered; the Lord is upon many waters. ⁴ The voice of the Lord is mighty; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. ⁵ The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; the Lord will break the cedars of Lebanon. ⁶ And He will beat them small, even Lebanon itself, like a calf; and the beloved one is as a young unicorn. ⁷ The voice of the Lord divides the flames of fire. ⁸ The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; the Lord will shake the wilderness of Kadesh. ⁹ The voice of the Lord strengthens the deer, and will uncover the thickets; and in His temple everyone speaks of His glory. ¹⁰ The Lord will dwell on the waterflood; and the Lord will sit as king forever. ¹¹ The Lord will give strength to His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace. ³⁰ ¹ For the end, A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David. I will exalt You, O Lord; for You have lifted me up, and not caused my enemies to rejoice over me. ² O Lord my God, I cried to You, and You healed me. ³ O Lord, You have brought up my soul from Hades, You have delivered me from among them that go down to the pit. ⁴ Sing to the Lord, you His saints, and give thanks for the remembrance of His holiness. ⁵ For anger is in His wrath, but life in His favor; weeping shall tarry for the evening, but joy comes in the morning. ⁶ And I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved. ⁷ O Lord, in Your good pleasure You added strength to my beauty; but You turned away Your face, and I was troubled. ⁸ To You, O Lord, will I cry; and to my God will I make supplication. ⁹ What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to destruction? Shall the dust give praise to You? Or shall it declare Your truth? ¹⁰ The Lord heard, and had compassion upon me; the Lord has become my helper. ¹¹ You have turned my mourning into joy for me; You have removed my sackcloth, and have clothed me with gladness; ¹² that my glory may sing praise to You, and I may not be pierced with sorrow. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.