And David spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
and he said,
Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;
God, my rock, in him will I take refuge;
My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge;
My saviour, thou savest me from violence.
I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised:
So shall I be saved from mine enemies.
For the waves of death compassed me;
The floods of {Hebrew: Belial.}ungodliness made me afraid:
The cords of Sheol were round about me;
The snares of death came upon me.
In my distress I called upon Jehovah;
Yea, I called unto my God:
And he heard my voice out of his temple,
And my cry came into his ears.
Then the earth shook and trembled,
The foundations of heaven quaked
And were shaken, because he was wroth.
There went up a smoke {Or, in his wrath}out of his nostrils,
And fire out of his mouth devoured:
Coals were kindled by it.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down;
And thick darkness was under his feet.
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly;
Yea, he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
And he made darkness pavilions round about him,
Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
At the brightness before him
Coals of fire were kindled.
Jehovah thundered from heaven,
And the Most High uttered his voice.
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them;
Lightning, and discomfited them.
Then the channels of the sea appeared,
The foundations of the world were laid bare,
By the rebuke of Jehovah,
At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
He sent from on high, he took me;
He drew me out of {Or, great}many waters;
He delivered me from my strong enemy,
From them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
They came upon me in the day of my calamity;
But Jehovah was my stay.
He brought me forth also into a large place;
He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.
For all his ordinances were before me;
And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
I was also perfect toward him;
And I kept myself from mine iniquity.
Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to my cleanness in his eyesight.
With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful;
With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;
With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure;
And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself {So Psalm 18:26. The Text has, unsavory.}froward.
And the afflicted people thou wilt save;
But thine eyes are upon the haughty, {Or, whom thou wilt bring down}that thou mayest bring them down.
For thou art my lamp, O Jehovah;
And Jehovah will lighten my darkness.
For by thee I run {Or, through}upon a troop;
By my God do I leap over a wall.
As for God, his way is perfect:
The word of Jehovah is tried;
He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.
For who is God, save Jehovah?
And who is a rock, save our God?
God is my strong fortress;
And he {Or, setteth free According to another reading, guideth my way in perfectness.}guideth the perfect in his way.
He maketh {Another reading is, my.}his feet like hinds' feet,
And setteth me upon my high places.
He teacheth my hands to war,
So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation;
And thy {Or, condescension}gentleness hath made me great.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me;
And my {Hebrew: ankles.}feet have not slipped.
I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them;
Neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, so that they cannot arise:
Yea, they are fallen under my feet.
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle;
Thou hast {Hebrew: caused to bow.}subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me,
That I might cut off them that hate me.
They looked, but there was none to save;
Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.
Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth,
I did crush them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad.
Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people;
Thou {Or, wilt keep}hast kept me to be the head of the nations:
A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
The foreigners shall {Or, yield feigned obedience Hebrew: lie.}submit themselves unto me:
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me.
The foreigners shall fade away,
And shall {So Psalm 18:45. The Text has, gird themselves.}come trembling out of their close places.
Jehovah liveth; And blessed be my rock;
And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
Even the God that executeth vengeance for me,
And that bringeth down peoples under me,
And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies:
Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me;
Thou deliverest me from the violent man.
Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations,
And will sing praises unto thy name.
{Another reading is, He is a tower of deliverance.}Great {Hebrew: salvations.}deliverance giveth he to his king,
And showeth lovingkindness to his anointed,
To David and to his seed, for evermore.
Querverweise zu 2. Samuel 22,3 2Sam 22,3
And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, {Isaiah 8:17 f.}Behold, I and the children whom God hath given me.
After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, {Or, thy reward shall be exceeding great}and thy exceeding great reward.
And Hannah prayed, and said:My heart exulteth in Jehovah;My horn is exalted in Jehovah;My mouth is enlarged over mine enemies;Because I rejoice in thy salvation.
{Another reading is, He is a tower of deliverance.}Great {Hebrew: salvations.}deliverance giveth he to his king,And showeth lovingkindness to his anointed,To David and to his seed, for evermore.
Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed,A high tower in times of trouble;
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Jehovah, even Jehovah, is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation.
And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies:Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me;Thou deliverest me from the violent man.
Happy art thou, O Israel:Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah,The shield of thy help,And the sword of thy excellency!And thine enemies shall {Or, yield feigned obedience}submit themselves unto thee;And thou shalt tread upon their high places.
And hath raised up a horn of salvation for usIn the house of his servant David
For thou hast been a refuge for me,A strong tower from the enemy.
Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor, {Or, But}Because Jehovah is his refuge.
Declare ye, and {Or, bring them near}bring it forth; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath showed this from ancient time? who hath declared it of old? have not I, Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Saviour; there is none besides me.
{Hebrew: Swallow up.}Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue;For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me;My glory and the lifter up of my head.
My lovingkindness, and my fortress,My high tower, and my deliverer;My shield, and he in whom I take refuge;Who subdueth my people under me.
Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge;My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
He will redeem their soul from {Or, fraud}oppression and violence;And precious will their blood be in his sight:
For thou wilt bless the righteous;O Jehovah, thou wilt compass him with favor as with a shield.
The name of Jehovah is a strong tower;The righteous runneth into it, and {Hebrew: is set on high.}is safe.
For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion:In the covert of his {Hebrew: tent.}tabernacle will he hide me;He will lift me up upon a rock.
Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
O God, the proud are risen up against me,And a company of violent men have sought after my soul,And have not set thee before them.
Jehovah is my strength and my shield;My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped:Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth;And with my song will I praise him.
Thou art my hiding-place; thou wilt preserve me from trouble;Thou wilt compass me about with songs of deliverance. [Selah
But when the kindness of God our Saviour, and his love toward man, appeared,
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.Deliver me, O Jehovah, from the evil man;Preserve me from the violent man:
{Or, behold our shield, O God}Behold, O God our shield,And look upon the face of thine anointed.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song.God is our refuge and strength,A very present help in trouble.
which he poured out upon us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked;Preserve me from the violent man:Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.
For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield:Jehovah will give grace and glory;No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Jehovah of hosts is with us;The God of Jacob is our {Or, high tower}refuge. [Selah
{Hebrew: A man to tongue.}An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth:Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
O Israel, trust thou in Jehovah:He is their help and their shield.
O house of Aaron, trust ye in Jehovah:He is their help and their shield.
Ye that fear Jehovah, trust in Jehovah:He is their help and their shield.
Jehovah of hosts is with us;The God of Jacob is our {Or, high tower}refuge. [Selah
Every word of God is {Hebrew: purified.}tried:He is a shield unto them that take refuge in him.
But I will sing of thy strength;Yea, I will sing aloud of thy lovingkindness in the morning:For thou hast been my high tower,And a refuge in the day of my distress.
I am as a wonder unto many;But thou art my strong refuge.
Look on my right hand, and see;For there is no man that knoweth me:Refuge hath failed me;No man careth for my soul.
And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.