1  And he said: I love thee, O YHWH, my strength.

title  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

1  I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.

1  I WILL love thee, O LORD, my strength and my trust;

2  YHWH is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in Him I take refuge; my shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower.

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.

2  My refuge and my deliverer is the mighty God in whom I trust; he is my helper and the horn of my salvation and my glorious refuge.

3  Praised, I cry, is YHWH, and I am saved from mine enemies.

3  I will call upon the Lord with praises, and I shall be saved from mine enemies.

Ps17:3  Praising, I will call upon the Lord. And I will be saved from my enemies.

4  The cords of Death compassed me, and the floods of Belial assailed me.

Ps17:4  The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the torrents of iniquity dismayed me.

4  For the pains of death surrounded me, and the rush of ungodly men have confused me.

5  The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.

5  The pangs of hell came round about me: the snares of death prevented me.

6  In my distress I called upon YHWH, and cried unto my God; out of His temple He heard my voice, and my cry came before Him unto His ears.

6  And when I was afflicted I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: he heard my voice out of this holy temple, and my cry shall enter before him, even into his ears.

Ps17:6  In my tribulation, I called upon the Lord, and I cried out to my God. And he listened to my voice from his holy temple. And my cry in his presence entered into his ears.

7  Then the earth did shake and quake, the foundations also of the mountains did tremble; they were shaken, because He was wroth.

Ps17:7  The earth was shaken, and it trembled. The foundations of the mountains were disturbed, and they were shaken, because he was angry with them.

8  Smoke arose up in His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth did devour; coals flamed forth from Him.

8  There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire burst into a flame at his presence: coals were kindled at it.

Ps17:8  A smoke ascended by his wrath, and a fire flared up from his face: coals were kindled by it.

9  He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and thick darkness was under His feet.

Ps17:9  He bent the heavens, and they descended. And darkness was under his feet.

10  And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly; yea, He did swoop down upon the wings of the wind.

10  And he mounted on cherubs and flew: he flew on the wings of winds.

Ps17:10  And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew: he flew upon the feathers of the winds.

11  He made darkness His hiding-place, His pavilion round about Him; darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

11  And he made darkness his secret place: round about him was his tabernacle, even dark water in the clouds of the air.

Ps17:11  And he set darkness as his hiding place, with his tabernacle all around him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.

12  At the brightness before Him, there passed through His thick clouds hailstones and coals of fire.

12  Out of the brightness of his shadow his clouds rained hailstones and coals of fire.

13  YHWH also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High gave forth His voice; hailstones and coals of fire.

13  The Lord also thundered from heaven, and the Highest uttered his voice.

Ps17:13  And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice: hail and coals of fire.

14  And He sent out His arrows, and scattered them; and He shot forth lightnings, and discomfited them.

Ps17:14  And he sent forth his arrows and scattered them. He multiplied lightnings, and he set them in disarray.

15  And the channels of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid bare, at Thy rebuke, O YHWH, at the blast of the breath of Thy nostrils.

Ps17:15  Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were revealed, by your rebuke, O Lord, by the inspiration of the Spirit of your wrath.

15  Then the brooks appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid open at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thine anger.

16  He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.

17  He delivered me from mine enemy most strong, and from them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

17  He will deliver me from my mighty enemies, and from them that hate me; for they are stronger than I.

Ps17:17  He rescued me from my strongest enemies, and from those who hated me. For they had been too strong for me.

18  They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but YHWH was a stay unto me.

18  They prevented me in the day of mine affliction: but the Lord was my stay against them.

Ps17:18  They intercepted me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my protector.

19  He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because He delighted in me.

19  And he brought me out into a wide place: he will deliver me, because he has pleasure in me.

Ps17:19  And he led me out, into a wide place. He accomplished my salvation, because he willed me.

20  YHWH rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.

20  And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands will he recompense me.

Ps17:20  And the Lord will reward me according to my justice, and he will repay me according to the purity of my hands.

21  For I have kept the ways of YHWH, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

Ps17:21  For I have preserved the ways of the Lord, and I have not behaved impiously before my God.

22  For all His ordinances were before me, and I put not away His statutes from me.

Ps17:22  For all his judgments are in my sight, and his justice, I have not pushed away from me.

23  And I was single-hearted with Him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

23  I was also blameless before him, and I carefully kept myself from my sins.

24  Therefore hath YHWH recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.

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 merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful, with the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright;

25  With the holy thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent.

25  With the pure thou shalt be pure; with an upright man thou shalt be upright.

26  With the pure Thou dost show Thyself pure; and with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself subtle.

26  And with the excellent man thou wilt be excellent; and with the perverse thou wilt shew frowardness.

26  With the clean thou shalt be clean; and from the crooked thou shalt turn aside.

27  For Thou dost save the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes Thou dost humble.

27  For thou wilt save the lowly people, and wilt humble the eyes of the proud.

Ps17:27  For you will save the humble people, but you will bring down the eyes of the arrogant.

28  For Thou dost light my lamp; YHWH my God doth lighten my darkness.

Ps17:28  For you illuminate my lamp, O Lord. My God, enlighten my darkness.

29  For by Thee I run upon a troop; and by my God do I scale a wall.

Ps17:29  For in you, I will be delivered from temptation; and with my God, I will climb over a wall.

29  For through thee I have pursued a band of robbers; and through my God have I leaped over a fence.

30  As for God, His way is perfect; the word of YHWH is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in Him.

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, save YHWH? And who is a Rock, except our God?

31  For there is no God save the LORD; and there is no one who is mighty like our God.

32  The God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way straight;

32  It is God that girds me with strength, and has made my way blameless

Ps17:32  It is God who has wrapped me with virtue and made my way immaculate.

33  Who maketh my feet like hinds', and setteth me upon my high places;

33  who strengthens my feet as hart’s feet, and sets me upon high places.

Ps17:33  It is he who has perfected my feet, like the feet of deer, and who stations me upon the heights.

34  Who traineth my hands for war, so that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

Ps17:34  It is he who trains my hands for battle. And you have set my arms like a bow of brass.

35  Thou hast also given me Thy shield of salvation, and Thy right hand hath holden me up; and Thy condescension hath made me great.

35  And thou hast made me secure in my salvation: and thy right hand has helped me, and thy correction has upheld me to the end; yea, thy correction itself shall instruct me.

Ps17:35  And you have given me the protection of your salvation. And your right hand sustains me. And your discipline has corrected me unto the end. And your discipline itself will teach me.

36  Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.

36  Thou has made room for my goings under me, and by footsteps did not fail.

Ps17:36  You have expanded my footsteps under me, and my tracks have not been weakened.

37  I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them; neither did I turn back till they were consumed.

37  I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; and I will not turn back until they are consumed.

Ps17:37  I will pursue my enemies and apprehend them. And I will not turn back until they have failed.

38  I have smitten them through, so that they are not able to rise; they are fallen under my feet.

38  I will dash them to pieces and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet.

Ps17:38  I will break them, and they will not be able to stand. They will fall under my feet.

39  For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

Ps17:39  And you have wrapped me with virtue for the battle. And those rising up against me, you have subdued under me.

40  Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, and I did cut off them that hate me.

40  And thou has made mine enemies turn their backs before me; and thou hast destroyed them that hated me.

Ps17:40  And you have given the back of my enemies to me, and you have destroyed those who hated me.

41  They cried, but there was none to save; even unto YHWH, but He answered them not.

Ps17:41  They cried out, but there was none to save them, to the Lord, but he did not heed them.

41  They shall cry, but there will be none to save them; they shall beg the LORD, but he will not answer them.

42  Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.

42  I will grind them as the mud of the streets: and I will beat them small as dust before the wind.

Ps17:42  And I will crush them into dust before the face of the wind, so that I will obliterate them like the mud in the streets.

43  Thou hast delivered me from the contentions of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations; a people whom I have not known serve me.

43  Deliver me from the gain sayings of the people: thou shalt make me head of the Gentiles: a people whom I knew not served me,

Ps17:43  You will rescue me from the contradictions of the people. You will set me at the head of the Gentiles.

44  As soon as they hear of me, they obey me; the sons of the stranger dwindle away before me.

44  at the hearing of the ear they obeyed me: the strange children lied to me.

Ps17:44  A people I did not know has served me. As soon as their ears heard, they were obedient to me.

45  The sons of the stranger fade away, and come trembling out of their close places.

Ps17:45  The sons of foreigners have been deceitful to me, the sons of foreigners have grown weak with time, and they have wavered from their paths.

45  Strangers shall halt and shall be hindered from walking in their paths.

46  YHWH liveth, and blessed be my Rock; and exalted be the God of my salvation;

46  The Lord lives; and blessed be my God; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

47  Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, and subdueth peoples under me.

47  It is God that avenges me, and has subdued the nations under me;

Ps17:47  O God, who vindicates me and who subdues the people under me, my liberator from my enraged enemies.

48  He delivereth me from mine enemies; yea, Thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.

48  my deliverer from angry enemies: thou shalt set me on high above them that rise up against me: thou shalt deliver me from the unrighteous man.

Ps17:48  And you will exalt me above those who rise up against me. From the iniquitous man, you will rescue me.

49  Therefore I will give thanks unto Thee, O YHWH, among the nations, and will sing praises unto Thy name.

49  Therefore will I confess to thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing to thy name.

Ps17:49  Because of this, O Lord, I will confess to you among the nations, and I will compose a psalm to your name

50  Great salvation giveth He to His king; and showeth mercy to His anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.

50  God magnifies the deliverances of his king; and deals mercifully with David his anointed, and his seed, for ever.

Ps17:50  magnifying the salvation of his king, and showing mercy to David, his Christ, and to his offspring, even for all time.