PSALM 18 (with cross references & topics)

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Psa 18:1-50 A song for the director of music (chief musician), which David the Servant of the LORD sang when He was delivered from His enemies & from Saul. Said to: address being tired/weak; deal with success; provide hope, knowledge & protection. Texted in grape is the passage (v. 49) that is quoted in the N.T. (see PSALM 15 N.T. Quotes from PsalmsA.):

I love YOU, O LORD (YAHWEH), My strength. After this 1st line there is very little difference from what is recorded in 2ndSa 22, called David's Song-- see PerspectivesC C.3.a.

The LORD (YAHWEH) is My rock (safety), My fortress & My deliverer; My GOD (Mighty ONE) is My rock (protector), in whom I take refuge. HE is My shield & the horn (symbol of strength) of My timely (not eternal) salvation, My stronghold. I call to the LORD (YAHWEH), who is worthy of praise, & I am saved from My enemies. The cords of death entangled Me; the torrents of destruction (belial) overwhelmed Me. The cords of the grave (sheol) coiled around Me; the snares of death confronted Me. In My distress I called to the LORD (YAHWEH); I cried to My GOD (Majestic ONE) for help. From HIS Temple HE heard My voice; My cry came before HIM, into HIS Ears. The earth trembled & quaked, & the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because HE was angry. Smoke rose from HIS Nostrils; consuming fire from HIS Mouth, burning coal blazed out of it. HE parted the heavens & came down; dark clouds were under HIS Feet. HE mounted the cherubim & flew; HE soared on the wings of the wind. HE made darkness HIS Covering, HIS Canopy around HIM-- the dark rain clouds of the sky. Out of the brightness of HIS Presence (Facing) clouds advanced, with (amid) hailstones & bolts of lightening. The LORD (YAHWEH) thundered from Heaven; the Voice of the Most High GOD resounded. HE shot HIS Arrows & scattered the enemies, great bolts of lightening & routed them.

The valleys of the sea were exposed & the foundations of the earth laid bare at YOUR Rebuke, O LORD (YAHWEH), at the blast from YOUR Nostrils. HE reached down from on high & took hold of Me; HE drew Me out of deep (great) waters. HE rescued Me from My powerful enemy, from My foes, who were too strong for Me. They confronted Me in the day of My disaster, but the LORD (YAHWEH) was My support. HE brought Me out into a spacious place; HE rescued Me because HE delighted in Me. The LORD (YAHWEH) has dealt with Me according to My righteousness-- but the greatest reward would be according to the righteousness by Jesus; according to the cleanness of My hands HE has rewarded Me, for I have kept the Ways of the LORD (YAHWEH); I have not done evil by turning from My GOD (Majestic ONE). All HIS Laws are before Me; I have not turned away from HIS Decrees. I have been blameless [this was before the Bathsheba incident] before (with) HIM & have kept myself from sin. The LORD (YAHWEH) has rewarded Me according to My righteousness, according to the cleanness of My hands in HIS Sight.

To the faithful YOU show yourself faithful, to the blameless YOU show yourself blameless, to the pure YOU show yourself pure, but to the crooked YOU show yourself shrewd (wrestle yourself crooked). YOU save the humble but bring low in YOUR Good Time those whose eyes are haughty. YOU, O LORD (YAHWEH), keep My lamp burning; My GOD (Majestic ONE) turns My darkness into light, with YOUR Help I can advance against a troop (run & break through a barricade); with My GOD (Majestic ONE) I can scale a wall.

As for My GOD (Majestic ONE), HIS Way is perfect; the Word of the LORD (YAHWEH) is flawless (refined). HE is a shield for all who take refuge in HIM. For who is GOD (DEITY) besides the LORD (YAHWEH)? And who is the rock (protector) except Our GOD (Majestic ONE)? It is GOD (the Mighty ONE) who arms Me with strength & makes My way perfect [by O.T. standards]. HE makes My feet like the feet of a deer; HE enables Me to stand on the heights. HE trains My hand for battle; My arms can bend like a bow of bronze.

YOU give Me YOUR Shield for victory, & YOUR Right Hand sustains Me-- see PSALM 58 Ephe; YOU stoop down to make Me great. YOU broaden the path beneath Me, so that My ankles do not turn-- you perform wonderful, detailed miracles. I pursued My enemies & overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed. I crushed them so that they could not rise; they fell beneath My feet. YOU armed Me with strength for battle; YOU made My adversaries bow at My feet. YOU made My enemies turn their backs in flight, & I destroyed My foes. They cried for help, but there was none to save them-- even to the LORD (YAHWEH), but HE did not answer. I beat them as fine as dust borne on the wind; I poured them out like mud in the streets.

YOU have delivered Me from the attacks of the people; YOU have made Me the head of nations; people I did not know are subject to Me. As soon as they hear Me, they obey Me; foreigners cringe before (feign obedience to) Me. They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds. The LORD (YAHWEH) lives! Praise be to My rock (protector)! Exalted be GOD My savior (the Majestic ONE of My timely salvation)! HE is the GOD (Mighty ONE) who avenges Me, who subdues (destroys) nations under Me, who saves Me from My enemies. YOU exalted Me above My foes; from violent men YOU rescued Me. Therefore I will praise (confess) YOU among the nations (Gentiles, per Roma 15:9), O LORD (YAHWEH); I will sing praises (hymns) to YOUR Name. HE gives HIS King great victories; HE shows HIS Unfailing Kindness to HIS Anointed, to David & His descendants forever.