Psalms 18:1-30:12 To the Overseer. —By a servant of Jehovah, by David, who hath spoken to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and he saith:

YLT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ To the Overseer. —By a servant of Jehovah, by David, who hath spoken to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and he saith: —I love Thee, O Jehovah, my strength. ² Jehovah is my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God is my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and a horn of my salvation, My high tower. ³ The `Praised One' I call Jehovah, And from my enemies I am saved. ⁴ Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make me afraid. ⁵ Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been snares of death. ⁶ In mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God I cry. He heareth from His temple my voice, And My cry before Him cometh into His ears. ⁷ And shake and tremble doth the earth, And foundations of hills are troubled, And they shake—because He hath wrath. ⁸ Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils, And fire from His mouth consumeth, Coals have been kindled by it. ⁹ And He inclineth the heavens, and cometh down, And thick darkness is under His feet. ¹⁰ And He rideth on a cherub, and doth fly, And He flieth on wings of wind. ¹¹ He maketh darkness His secret place, Round about Him His tabernacle, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. ¹² From the brightness over-against Him His thick clouds have passed on, Hail and coals of fire. ¹³ And thunder in the heavens doth Jehovah, And the Most High giveth forth His voice, Hail and coals of fire. ¹⁴ And He sendeth His arrows and scattereth them, And much lightning, and crusheth them. ¹⁵ And seen are the streams of waters, And revealed are foundations of the earth. From Thy rebuke, O Jehovah, From the breath of the spirit of Thine anger. ¹⁶ He sendeth from above—He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters. ¹⁷ He delivereth me from my strong enemy, And from those hating me, For they have been stronger than I. ¹⁸ They go before me in a day of my calamity And Jehovah is for a support to me. ¹⁹ And He bringeth me forth to a large place, He draweth me out, because He delighted in me.
²⁰ Jehovah doth recompense me According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me. ²¹ For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God. ²² For all His judgments are before me, And His statutes I turn not from me. ²³ And I am perfect with him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity. ²⁴ And Jehovah doth return to me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, Over-against his eyes. ²⁵ With the kind Thou showest Thyself kind, With a perfect man showest Thyself perfect. ²⁶ With the pure Thou showest Thyself pure, And with the perverse showest Thyself a wrestler, ²⁷ For Thou a poor people savest, And the eyes of the high causest to fall. ²⁸ For Thou—Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.
²⁹ For by Thee I run—a troop! And by my God I leap a wall. ³⁰ God! perfect is His way, The saying of Jehovah is tried, A shield is He to all those trusting in Him. ³¹ For who is God besides Jehovah? And who is a rock save our God? ³² God! who is girding me with strength, And He maketh perfect my way. ³³ Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand. ³⁴ Teaching my hands for battle, And a bow of brass was brought down by my arms. ³⁵ And Thou givest to me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy right hand doth support me, And Thy lowliness maketh me great. ³⁶ Thou enlargest my step under me, And mine ankles have not slidden. ³⁷ I pursue mine enemies, and overtake them, And turn back not till they are consumed. ³⁸ I smite them, and they are not able to rise, They fall under my feet, ³⁹ And Thou girdest me with strength for battle, Causest my withstanders to bow under me. ⁴⁰ As to mine enemies—Thou hast given to me the neck, As to those hating me—I cut them off. ⁴¹ They cry, and there is no saviour, On Jehovah, and He doth not answer them. ⁴² And I beat them as dust before wind, As mire of the streets I empty them out. ⁴³ Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of the people, Thou placest me for a head of nations, A people I have not known do serve me. ⁴⁴ At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me, ⁴⁵ Sons of a stranger fade away, And are slain out of their close places. ⁴⁶ Jehovah liveth—and blessed is my rock, And exalted is the God of my salvation. ⁴⁷ God—who is giving vengeance to me, And He subdueth peoples under me, ⁴⁸ My deliverer from mine enemies, Above my withstanders Thou raisest me, From a man of violence dost deliver me. ⁴⁹ Therefore I confess Thee among nations, O Jehovah, And to Thy name I sing praise, ⁵⁰ Magnifying the salvation of His king, And doing kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed—unto the age!
¹⁹ ¹ To the Overseer. —A Psalm of David. The heavens are recounting the honour of God, And the work of His hands The expanse is declaring. ² Day to day uttereth speech, And night to night sheweth knowledge. ³ There is no speech, and there are no words. Their voice hath not been heard. ⁴ Into all the earth hath their line gone forth, And to the end of the world their sayings, For the sun He placed a tent in them, ⁵ And he, as a bridegroom, goeth out from his covering, He rejoiceth as a mighty one To run the path. ⁶ From the end of the heavens is his going out, And his revolution is unto their ends, And nothing is hid from his heat.
⁷ The law of Jehovah is perfect, refreshing the soul, The testimonies of Jehovah are stedfast, Making wise the simple, ⁸ The precepts of Jehovah are upright, Rejoicing the heart, The command of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes, ⁹ The fear of Jehovah is clean, standing to the age, The judgments of Jehovah are true, They have been righteous—together. ¹⁰ They are more desirable than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; and sweeter than honey, Even liquid honey of the comb. ¹¹ Also—Thy servant is warned by them, `In keeping them is a great reward.' ¹² Errors! who doth understand? From hidden ones declare me innocent, ¹³ Also—from presumptuous ones keep back Thy servant, Let them not rule over me, Then am I perfect, And declared innocent of much transgression, ¹⁴ Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!
²⁰ ¹ To the Overseer. —A Psalm of David. Jehovah doth answer thee, In a day of adversity, The name of the God of Jacob doth set thee on high, ² He doth send thy help from the sanctuary, And from Zion doth support thee, ³ He doth remember all thy presents, And thy burnt-offering doth reduce to ashes. Selah. ⁴ He doth give to thee according to thy heart, And all thy counsel doth fulfil. ⁵ We sing of thy salvation, And in the name of our God set up a banner. Jehovah doth fulfil all thy requests.
⁶ Now I have known That Jehovah hath saved His anointed, He answereth him from His holy heavens, With the saving might of His right hand. ⁷ Some of chariots, and some of horses, And we of the name of Jehovah our God Make mention. ⁸ They—they have bowed and have fallen, And we have risen and station ourselves upright. ⁹ O Jehovah, save the king, He doth answer us in the day we call!
²¹ ¹ To the Overseer. —A Psalm of David. Jehovah, in Thy strength is the king joyful, In Thy salvation how greatly he rejoiceth. ² The desire of his heart Thou gavest to him, And the request of his lips Thou hast not withheld. Selah. ³ For Thou puttest before him blessings of goodness, Thou settest on his head a crown of fine gold. ⁴ Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him—length of days, Age-during—and for ever. ⁵ Great is his honour in Thy salvation, Honour and majesty Thou placest on him. ⁶ For Thou makest him blessings for ever, Thou dost cause him to rejoice with joy, By Thy countenance.
⁷ For the king is trusting in Jehovah, And in the kindness of the Most High He is not moved. ⁸ Thy hand cometh to all Thine enemies, Thy right hand doth find Thy haters. ⁹ Thou makest them as a furnace of fire, At the time of Thy presence. Jehovah in His anger doth swallow them, And fire doth devour them. ¹⁰ Their fruit from earth Thou destroyest, And their seed from the sons of men. ¹¹ For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not, ¹² For Thou makest them a butt, When Thy strings Thou preparest against their faces. ¹³ Be Thou exalted, O Jehovah in, Thy strength, We sing and we praise Thy might!
²² ¹ To the Overseer, on `The Hind of the Morning.' —A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring? ² My God, I call by day, and Thou answerest not, And by night, and there is no silence to me. ³ And Thou art holy, Sitting—the Praise of Israel. ⁴ In Thee did our fathers trust—they trusted, And Thou dost deliver them. ⁵ Unto Thee they cried, and were delivered, In Thee they trusted, and were not ashamed. ⁶ And I am a worm, and no man, A reproach of man, and despised of the people. ⁷ All beholding me do mock at me, They make free with the lip—shake the head, ⁸ `Roll unto Jehovah, He doth deliver him, He doth deliver him, for he delighted in him.' ⁹ For thou art He bringing me forth from the womb, Causing me to trust, On the breasts of my mother. ¹⁰ On Thee I have been cast from the womb, From the belly of my mother Thou art my God.
¹¹ Be not far from me, For adversity is near, for there is no helper. ¹² Many bulls have surrounded me, Mighty ones of Bashan have compassed me, ¹³ They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring. ¹⁴ As waters I have been poured out, And separated themselves have all my bones, My heart hath been like wax, It is melted in the midst of my bowels. ¹⁵ Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws. ¹⁶ And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet. ¹⁷ I count all my bones—they look expectingly, They look upon me, ¹⁸ They apportion my garments to themselves, And for my clothing they cause a lot to fall. ¹⁹ And Thou, O Jehovah, be not far off, O my strength, to help me haste. ²⁰ Deliver from the sword my soul, From the paw of a dog mine only one. ²¹ Save me from the mouth of a lion: —And—from the horns of the high places Thou hast answered me!
²² I declare Thy name to my brethren, In the midst of the assembly I praise Thee. ²³ Ye who fear Jehovah, praise ye Him, All the seed of Jacob, honour ye Him, And be afraid of Him, all ye seed of Israel. ²⁴ For He hath not despised, nor abominated, The affliction of the afflicted, Nor hath He hidden His face from him, And in his crying unto Him He heareth. ²⁵ Of Thee my praise is in the great assembly. My vows I complete before His fearers. ²⁶ The humble do eat and are satisfied, Praise Jehovah do those seeking Him, Your heart doth live for ever. ²⁷ Remember and return unto Jehovah, Do all ends of the earth, And before Thee bow themselves, Do all families of the nations, ²⁸ For to Jehovah is the kingdom, And He is ruling among nations. ²⁹ And the fat ones of earth have eaten, And they bow themselves, Before Him bow do all going down to dust, And he who hath not revived his soul. ³⁰ A seed doth serve Him, It is declared of the Lord to the generation. ³¹ They come and declare His righteousness, To a people that is borne, that He hath made!
²³ ¹ A Psalm of David. Jehovah is my shepherd, I do not lack, ² In pastures of tender grass He causeth me to lie down, By quiet waters He doth lead me. ³ My soul He refresheth, He leadeth me in paths of righteousness, For His name's sake, ⁴ Also—when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou art with me, Thy rod and Thy staff—they comfort me. ⁵ Thou arrangest before me a table, Over-against my adversaries, Thou hast anointed with oil my head, My cup is full! ⁶ Only—goodness and kindness pursue me, All the days of my life, And my dwelling is in the house of Jehovah, For a length of days!
²⁴ ¹ A Psalm of David. To Jehovah is the earth and its fulness, The world and the inhabitants in it. ² For He on the seas hath founded it, And on the floods He doth establish it.
³ Who goeth up into the hill of Jehovah? And who riseth up in His holy place? ⁴ The clean of hands, and pure of heart, Who hath not lifted up to vanity his soul, Nor hath sworn to deceit. ⁵ He beareth away a blessing from Jehovah, Righteousness from the God of his salvation. ⁶ This is a generation of those seeking Him. Seeking Thy face, O Jacob! Selah.
⁷ Lift up, O gates, your heads, And be lifted up, O doors age-during, And come in doth the king of glory! ⁸ Who is this—`the king of glory?' Jehovah—strong and mighty, Jehovah, the mighty in battle. ⁹ Lift up, O gates, your heads, And be lifted up, O doors age-during, And come in doth the king of glory! ¹⁰ Who is He—this `king of glory?' Jehovah of hosts—He is the king of glory! Selah.
²⁵ ¹ By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, my soul I lift up. ² My God, in Thee I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed, Let not mine enemies exult over me. ³ Also let none waiting on Thee be ashamed, Let the treacherous dealers without cause be ashamed. ⁴ Thy ways, O Jehovah, cause me to know, Thy paths teach Thou me. ⁵ Cause me to tread in Thy truth, and teach me, For Thou art the God of my salvation, Near Thee I have waited all the day. ⁶ Remember Thy mercies, O Jehovah, And Thy kindnesses, for from the age are they. ⁷ Sins of my youth, and my transgressions, Do not Thou remember. According to Thy kindness be mindful of me, For Thy goodness' sake, O Jehovah.
⁸ Good and upright is Jehovah, Therefore He directeth sinners in the way. ⁹ He causeth the humble to tread in judgment, And teacheth the humble His way. ¹⁰ All the paths of Jehovah are kindness and truth, To those keeping His covenant, And His testimonies. ¹¹ For Thy name's sake, O Jehovah, Thou hast pardoned mine iniquity, for it is great. ¹² Who is this—the man fearing Jehovah? He directeth him in the way He doth choose. ¹³ His soul in good doth remain, And his seed doth possess the land. ¹⁴ The secret of Jehovah is for those fearing Him, And His covenant—to cause them to know.
¹⁵ Mine eyes are continually unto Jehovah, For He bringeth out from a net my feet. ¹⁶ Turn Thou unto me, and favour me, For lonely and afflicted am I. ¹⁷ The distresses of my heart have enlarged themselves, From my distresses bring me out. ¹⁸ See mine affliction and my misery, And bear with all my sins. ¹⁹ See my enemies, for they have been many, And with violent hatred they have hated me. ²⁰ Keep my soul, and deliver me, Let me not be ashamed, for I trusted in Thee. ²¹ Integrity and uprightness do keep me, For I have waited on Thee. ²² Redeem Israel, O God, from all his distresses!
²⁶ ¹ By David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I in mine integrity have walked, And in Jehovah I have trusted, I slide not. ² Try me, O Jehovah, and prove me, Purified are my reins and my heart. ³ For Thy kindness is before mine eyes, And I have walked habitually in Thy truth. ⁴ I have not sat with vain men, And with dissemblers I enter not. ⁵ I have hated the assembly of evil doers, And with the wicked I sit not.
⁶ I wash in innocency my hands, And I compass Thine altar, O Jehovah. ⁷ To sound with a voice of confession, And to recount all Thy wonders. ⁸ Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of Thy house, And the place of the tabernacle of Thine honour. ⁹ Do not gather with sinners my soul, And with men of blood my life, ¹⁰ In whose hand is a wicked device, And their right hand is full of bribes. ¹¹ And I, in mine integrity I walk, Redeem me, and favour me. ¹² My foot hath stood in uprightness, In assemblies I bless Jehovah!
²⁷ ¹ By David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid? ² When evil doers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and mine enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen. ³ Though a host doth encamp against me, My heart doth not fear, Though war riseth up against me, In this I am confident. ⁴ One thing I asked of Jehovah—it I seek. My dwelling in the house of Jehovah, All the days of my life, To look on the pleasantness of Jehovah, And to inquire in His temple. ⁵ For He hideth me in a tabernacle in the day of evil, He hideth me in a secret place of His tent, On a rock he raiseth me up. ⁶ And now, lifted up is my head, Above my enemies—my surrounders, And I sacrifice in His tent sacrifices of shouting, I sing, yea, I sing praise to Jehovah.
⁷ Hear, O Jehovah, my voice—I call, And favour me, and answer me. ⁸ To Thee said my heart `They sought my face, Thy face, O Jehovah, I seek.' ⁹ Hide not Thy face from me, Turn not aside in anger Thy servant, My help Thou hast been. Leave me not, nor forsake me, O God of my salvation. ¹⁰ When my father and my mother Have forsaken me, then doth Jehovah gather me. ¹¹ Shew me, O Jehovah, Thy way, And lead me in a path of uprightness, For the sake of my beholders. ¹² Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me. ¹³ I had not believed to look on the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living! ¹⁴ Look unto Jehovah—be strong, And He doth strengthen thy heart, Yea, look unto Jehovah!
²⁸ ¹ By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, My rock, be not silent to me! Lest Thou be silent to me, And I have been compared With those going down to the pit. ² Hear the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee, In my lifting up my hands toward thy holy oracle. ³ Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart. ⁴ Give to them according to their acting, And according to the evil of their doings. According to the work of their hands give to them. Return their deed to them. ⁵ For they attend not to the doing of Jehovah, And unto the work of His hands. He throweth them down, And doth not build them up.
⁶ Blessed is Jehovah, For He hath heard the voice of my supplications. ⁷ Jehovah is my strength, and my shield, In Him my heart trusted, and I have been helped. And my heart exulteth, And with my song I thank Him. ⁸ Jehovah is strength to him, Yea, the strength of the salvation of His anointed is He. ⁹ Save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance, And feed them, and carry them to the age!
²⁹ ¹ A Psalm of David. Ascribe to Jehovah, ye sons of the mighty, Ascribe to Jehovah honour and strength. ² Ascribe to Jehovah the honour of His name, Bow yourselves to Jehovah, In the beauty of holiness. ³ The voice of Jehovah is on the waters, The God of glory hath thundered, Jehovah is on many waters. ⁴ The voice of Jehovah is with power, The voice of Jehovah is with majesty, ⁵ The voice of Jehovah is shivering cedars, Yea, Jehovah shivers the cedars of Lebanon. ⁶ And He causeth them to skip as a calf, Lebanon and Sirion as a son of Reems, ⁷ The voice of Jehovah is hewing fiery flames, ⁸ The voice of Jehovah paineth a wilderness, Jehovah paineth the wilderness of Kadesh. ⁹ The voice of Jehovah paineth the oaks, And maketh bare the forests, And in His temple every one saith, `Glory.' ¹⁰ Jehovah on the deluge hath sat, And Jehovah sitteth king—to the age, ¹¹ Jehovah strength to his people giveth, Jehovah blesseth His people with peace!
³⁰ ¹ A Psalm. —A song of the dedication of the house of David. I exalt Thee, O Jehovah, For Thou hast drawn me up, and hast not let mine enemies rejoice over me. ² Jehovah my God, I have cried to Thee, And Thou dost heal me. ³ Jehovah, Thou hast brought up from Sheol my soul, Thou hast kept me alive, From going down to the pit. ⁴ Sing praise to Jehovah, ye His saints, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness, ⁵ For—a moment is in His anger, Life is in His good-will, At even remaineth weeping, and at morn singing.
⁶ And I—I have said in mine ease, `I am not moved—to the age. ⁷ O Jehovah, in Thy good pleasure, Thou hast caused strength to remain for my mountain,' Thou hast hidden Thy face—I have been troubled. ⁸ Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, And unto Jehovah I make supplication. ⁹ `What gain is in my blood? In my going down unto corruption? Doth dust thank Thee? doth it declare Thy truth? ¹⁰ Hear, O Jehovah, and favour me, O Jehovah, be a helper to me.' ¹¹ Thou hast turned my mourning to dancing for me, Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, And girdest me with joy. ¹² So that honour doth praise Thee, and is not silent, O Jehovah, my God, to the age I thank Thee!