Psalms 18:1 Cross References - LEB

¹ For the music director. Of David, the servant of Yahweh, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song _⌊when_⌋* Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul.*
And he said: "I love you, O Yahweh, my strength."

¹ Then Moses and the _⌊Israelites_⌋* sang this song to Yahweh, _⌊and they said_⌋,*
"Let me sing to Yahweh because he is highly exalted; the horse and its rider he hurled into the sea. ² Yah* is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation;* this is my God, and I will praise him—the God of my father—and I will exalt him. ³ Yahweh is a man of war; Yahweh is his name. ⁴ The chariots of Pharaoh and his army he cast into the sea, and his choice adjutants were sunk in the _⌊Red Sea_⌋.* ⁵ The deep waters covered them; they went down into the depths like a stone. ⁶ Yahweh, your right hand is glorious in power; Yahweh, your right hand destroyed the enemy. ⁷ And in the greatness of your majesty you overthrew those standing up to you; you released your fierce anger, and it consumed them like stubble. ⁸ And by the breath of your nostrils waters were piled up; waves stood like a heap; deep waters in the middle of the sea congealed. ⁹ The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide plunder, my desire will be full of them, I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.' ¹⁰ You blew with your breath; the sea covered them; they dropped like lead in the mighty waters. ¹¹ Who is like you among the gods, Yahweh? Who is like you—glorious in holiness, awesome in praiseworthy actions, doing wonders?* ¹² You stretched out your right hand; the earth swallowed them. ¹³ In your loyal love you led the people whom you redeemed; in your strength you guided them to the abode of your holiness.* ¹⁴ Peoples heard; they trembled; anguish seized the inhabitants of Philistia. ¹⁵ Then the chiefs of Edom were horrified; great distress seized the leaders of Moab; all of the inhabitants of Canaan melted away. ¹⁶ Terror and dread fell on them; at the greatness of your arm they became silent like the stone, until your people passed by, Yahweh, until the people whom you bought passed by. ¹⁷ You brought them and planted them on the mountain of your inheritance, a place you made for yourself to inhabit, Yahweh, a sanctuary, Lord, that your hands established. ¹⁸ Yahweh will reign as king forever and ever." ¹⁹ When the horses* of Pharaoh came into the sea with his chariots* and with his charioteers, Yahweh brought back upon them the waters of the sea, and the _⌊Israelites_⌋* traveled on dry ground through the middle of the sea. ²⁰ And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took her* tambourine in her hand, and all of the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances. ²¹ And Miriam answered,* "Sing to Yahweh because he is highly exalted; the horse and its rider he hurled into the sea."

¹ And Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang on that day: ² "When long hair hangs loosely in Israel, when the people willingly offer themselves, bless Yahweh! ³ Hear, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to Yahweh; I will sing praise to Yahweh, the God of Israel. ⁴ Yahweh, when you went down from Seir, when you marched from the region of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured down, the clouds poured down water. ⁵ The mountains trembled* before Yahweh, this Sinai, at the presence of Yahweh, the God of Israel. ⁶ "In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the caravans had ceased, _⌊the travelers_⌋,* _⌊they kept to the byways_⌋.* ⁷ The warriors* ceased; they failed to appear in Israel, until I,* Deborah, arose; I* arose as a mother in Israel. ⁸ God chose new leaders,* then war was at the gates; a small shield or a spear was not seen among forty thousand in Israel. ⁹ My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel, those offering themselves willingly among the people; bless Yahweh! ¹⁰ The riders of white female donkeys, those sitting on saddle blankets, and those going on the way, talk about it! ¹¹ At the sound of those dividing* the sheep among the watering places, there they will recount the righteous deeds of Yahweh, the righteous deeds for his warriors* in Israel. Then the people of Yahweh went down to the gates. ¹² "Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, sing a song! Get up, Barak! Take captive your captives, O son of Abinoam. ¹³ Then the remnant went down to the nobles; the people of Yahweh went down for him* against the mighty. ¹⁴ From Ephraim is their root into Amalek, after you, Benjamin, with your family; from Makir the commanders went down, and from Zebulun those carrying the scepter of the military commander. ¹⁵ And the chiefs* in Issachar were with Deborah; and Issachar likewise was with Barak; into the valley _⌊he was sent to get him from behind_⌋.* Among the clans of Reuben were great _⌊decisions of the heart_⌋.* ¹⁶ Why do you sit among the sheepfolds, to hear the calling sounds of the herds? For the clans of Reuben, there were great searchings of the heart. ¹⁷ Gilead has remained* beyond the Jordan. Why did Dan dwell as a foreigner with ships? Asher sat at the coast of the waters, and by his coves he has been settling down. ¹⁸ Zebulun is a people who scorned death, and Naphtali, on the heights of the field. ¹⁹ "The kings came, they fought; then the kings of Canaan fought; at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, they got no plunder in silver. ²⁰ The stars fought from heaven; from their courses they fought against Sisera. ²¹ The wadi* torrent of Kishon swept them away, the raging wadi torrent, the wadi torrent of Kishon. March on, my soul, with strength! ²² "Then the hooves of the horse beat loudly, because of galloping, galloping of his stallions. ²³ 'Curse Meroz,' says the angel of Yahweh; 'curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they did not come to the help of Yahweh, to the help of Yahweh against the mighty.' ²⁴ "Most blessed of women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite; most blessed is she of women among tent dwellers. ²⁵ He asked for water, and she gave milk; in a drinking bowl for nobles, she brought curds. ²⁶ She reached out her hand to the peg, and her right hand for the workman's hammer; and she struck Sisera, crushed his head, and she shattered and pierced his temple. ²⁷ Between her feet he sank, he fell, he lay. Between her feet he sank down, he fell; Where he sank down, there he fell—_⌊dead_⌋.* ²⁸ "Through the window she looked down; the mother of Sisera cried out through the lattice, 'Why is his chariot delayed in coming? Why do the hoof beats* of his chariot tarry?' ²⁹ The wisest of her ladies answer her; she also answers the question herself: ³⁰ 'Are they not finding and dividing the plunder? _⌊A bedmate or two bedmates for every man_⌋;* colorful garments for Sisera, plunder of colorful garments,* beautifully finished colorful garments, on the neck of the plunderer?' ³¹ So may all your enemies perish, O Yahweh, but those who love him are like the rising sun at its brightest."
And the land had rest for forty years.

¹ Then Hannah prayed and said,
"My heart exults in Yahweh, my strength is exalted in Yahweh; _⌊I grin_⌋* over my enemies, for I rejoice over your salvation. ² There is no one holy like Yahweh, for there is no one besides you, and there is no rock like our God. ³ Do not increase speaking _⌊very proud_⌋* words! Let no arrogance go forth from your mouth, for Yahweh is a God of knowledge whose deeds are not weighed.* ⁴ The bows of mighty warriors are shattered, but those who stumble gird themselves with strength. ⁵ Those who were full must hire themselves out for bread, but those who are hungry will become fat. As for the infertile, she will bear seven, but she who has many sons withers away. ⁶ Yahweh kills and restores alive, he brings down to Sheol* and raises up. ⁷ Yahweh makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and also exalts. ⁸ He raises up the poor from the dust. From the ash heap he lifts up the needy, to cause them to sit with noble people and to cause them to inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth belong to Yahweh and he has set the inhabited world on them. ⁹ He will guard the feet of his faithful* ones, but the wicked will be destroyed* in the darkness, because a man will not prevail by his might. ¹⁰ Yahweh will shatter* his adversaries;* he will thunder against them in the heavens. Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to his king and will exalt the might of his anointed one.

¹ Then David spoke to Yahweh the words of this song,* on the day Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. ² And he said: "Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. ³ I take refuge in God, my rock,* my shield, and the _⌊strength_⌋* of my salvation. My stronghold and my refuge, O my savior, you will save me from violence! ⁴ I call upon Yahweh who is praiseworthy, and I am saved from those who hate me. ⁵ For the breaker waves of death engulfed me; the currents of chaos overwhelmed me. ⁶ The ropes of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. ⁷ In my distress I called upon Yahweh, and to my God I called. He heard my voice from his temple, and my cry for help was to his ears. ⁸ The earth heaved and shook, the foundations of heaven trembled and heaved because _⌊he was angry_⌋.* ⁹ Smoke went up from his nostrils and fire from his mouth. Burning coals devoured, they burned from him. ¹⁰ He bowed the heavens and came down; a very thick cloud was under his feet. ¹¹ He rode upon a cherub and flew; he was seen on the wings of the wind. ¹² He put darkness as a canopy all around him, a collection of _⌊thick rain clouds_⌋.* ¹³ From the brightness before him flamed burning coals of fire. ¹⁴ Yahweh thundered from heaven, and the Most High _⌊uttered his voice_⌋.* ¹⁵ He sent arrows and he scattered them, lightning, and he directed them. ¹⁶ Then the channels of water of the sea were exposed, the foundations of the world, at the rebuke of Yawheh, from the blast of the breath of his nostrils. ¹⁷ He sent from a high position and took me; he drew me from mighty waters. ¹⁸ He delivered me from my strong enemies, from those who hate me, for they were mightier than I. ¹⁹ They approached me on the day of my disaster, but Yahweh was my support. ²⁰ He brought me out to a spacious place. He delivered me because he delighted in me. ²¹ Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me. ²² For I have kept the ways of Yahweh; I have not acted wickedly against my God. ²³ For all of his ordinances were before me, and I did not turn aside from his statutes. ²⁴ I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my iniquity. ²⁵ Yahweh has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness before his eyes. ²⁶ With the loyal, you act as loyal, and with the blameless, you show yourself blameless. ²⁷ With the pure, you show yourself pure, but with the crooked, you appear as a fool. ²⁸ Humble people you will deliver, but your eyes are on the haughty, whom you bring down. ²⁹ For you, O Yahweh are my lamp, and Yahweh lightens my darkness. ³⁰ For by you I can run a raid; by my God I can leap over a wall. ³¹ This God, his way is blameless; the promise of Yahweh is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in him. ³² For who is God apart from Yahweh? And who is a rock apart from our God? ³³ God is my strong refuge, he has fully opened my way.* ³⁴ He makes my feet* like a doe deer, and on my high places he has set me. ³⁵ He trains my hands for the war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. ³⁶ You have given me the shield of your salvation; your willingness to help has made me great. ³⁷ You have broadened my steps beneath me; my ankles have not wobbled. ³⁸ I pursued those who hate me, and I destroyed them. I did not turn back until finishing them. ³⁹ I wiped them out and I smashed them; they did not get up; they fell under my feet. ⁴⁰ You have girded me with physical strength for the battle; you caused those who rose up against me to kneel under me. ⁴¹ _⌊My enemies you cause to retreat from me_⌋;* I destroy those who hate me. ⁴² They looked out, but there was no deliverer, even to Yahweh, but he did not answer them. ⁴³ I beat them fine, like the dust of the earth; like the mire of the streets, I crushed them, I stamped them down. ⁴⁴ You delivered me from the strife of my people; you preserved me as the head of the nations. A people I had not known served me. ⁴⁵ Children of a foreign land came cringing to me; _⌊when they heard of me_⌋,* they became obedient to me. ⁴⁶ Children of a foreign land lost heart and came trembling from their strongholds. ⁴⁷ Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock! May God, the rock of my salvation, be exalted! ⁴⁸ God does vengeance for me, bringing down peoples under me. ⁴⁹ He brings me out from my enemies, and from those who rose up against me you lift me up, and from men of violence you rescue me. ⁵⁰ Therefore I will extol you, Yahweh, among the nations! I will sing praises to your name! ⁵¹ He makes great salvation for his king and shows loyal love to his anointed one, David and to his descendants forever."

³² The God who girded me with strength, and made safe* my way,

⁷ Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart trusts him and I am helped. So my heart rejoices, and with my song I will give thanks to him. ⁸ Yahweh is their strength, and he is the refuge for the salvation of his anointed one.

¹⁹ Many are the distresses of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

¹ For the music director. Of David, the servant of Yahweh.*
An oracle: the wicked has rebellion in the midst of his* heart. There is no fear of God before his eyes.

¹ I love him, because Yahweh has heard _⌊the voice of my supplications_⌋.* ² Because he has inclined his ear to me, I will call _⌊all my days_⌋.* ³ The ropes of death encircled me, and the distresses of Sheol found me. I found trouble and grief. ⁴ Then I called on the name of Yahweh: "O Yahweh, please save my life!" ⁵ Gracious is Yahweh and righteous, and our God is merciful. ⁶ Yahweh watches over the simple. I was brought low, but he gave me victory.

¹⁶ Ah, Yahweh, I am indeed your servant; I am your servant, the child of your maidservant. You have loosed my bonds.

¹⁴ Yah* is my strength and my song,* and he has become my salvation.*

¹ Of David.*
Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, the one who trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war— ² my loyal love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, and one in whom I take refuge, the one who subdues peoples* under me.

¹ And you will say on that day, "I will give you thanks, Yahweh, for though you were angry with me, your anger turned away, and you comforted me. ² Look! God is my salvation; I will trust, and I will not be afraid, for my strength and might is Yah, Yahweh; and he has become salvation for me." ³ And you will draw water from the wells of salvation in joy. ⁴ And you will say on that day,
"Give thanks to Yahweh; call on his name. Make his deeds known among the peoples; bring to remembrance that his name is exalted. ⁵ Sing praises to Yahweh, for he has done a glorious thing; this is known in all the earth. ⁶ Inhabitant of Zion, shout out and sing for joy, for the holy one of Israel is great in your midst."

³⁶ For David, after* serving the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and _⌊was buried with_⌋* his fathers, and experienced decay.

¹³ I am able to do all things by the one who strengthens me.

¹¹ enabled with all power, according to his glorious might, for all steadfastness and patience with joy,

⁵ And Moses was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony to the things that would be spoken,

¹⁹ We love, because he first loved us.