1  HAPPY IS the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the scornful.

1  Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of evil men.

2  But his delight is in the law of YHWH; and in His law doth he meditate day and night.

3  And he shall be like a tree planted by streams of water, that bringeth forth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf doth not wither; and in whatsoever he doeth he shall prosper.

3  And he will be like a tree that has been planted beside running waters, which will provide its fruit in its time, and its leaf will not fall away, and all things whatsoever that he does will prosper.

4  Not so the wicked; but they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

4  Not so the ungodly; —not so: but rather as the chaff which the wind scatters away from the face of the earth.

5  Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

5  Therefore, the impious will not prevail again in judgment, nor sinners in the council of the just.

6  For YHWH regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked shall perish.

6  For the Lord knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

2:1  Why are the nations in an uproar? And why do the peoples mutter in vain?

1  Wherefore did the heathen rage, and the nations imagine vain things?

1  Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?

2:2  The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel together, against YHWH, and against His anointed

2:3  'Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.'

3  saying, Let us break through their bonds, and cast away their yoke from us.

3  “Let us shatter their chains and cast their yoke away from us.”

2:4  He that sitteth in heaven laugheth, YHWH hath them in derision.

4  He that dwells in the heavens shall laugh them to scorn, and the Lord shall mock them.

4  He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them, and the Lord will mock them.

2:5  Then will He speak unto them in His wrath, and affright them in His sore displeasure

5  Then shall he speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath and say,

2:6  'Truly it is I that have established My king upon Zion, My holy mountain.'

6  Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, preaching his precepts.

6  I have appointed my king over Zion, my holy mountain,

2:7  I will tell of the decree: YHWH said unto me: 'Thou art My son, this day have I begotten thee.

7  The Lord has said to me: You are my son, this day have I begotten you.

2:8  Ask of Me, and I will give the nations for thine inheritance, and the ends of the earth for thy possession.

2:9  Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.'

9  You will rule them with an iron rod, and you will shatter them like a potter’s vessel.

9  You shall shepherd them with a rod of iron; you shall break them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

2:10  Now therefore, O ye kings, be wise; be admonished, ye judges of the earth.

10  And now, O kings, understand. Receive instruction, you who judge the earth.

2:11  Serve YHWH with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

11  Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice in him with trembling.

2:12  Do homage in purity, lest He be angry, and ye perish in the way, when suddenly His wrath is kindled. Happy are all they that take refuge in Him.

12  Accept correction, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and ye should perish from the righteous way: whensoever his wrath shall be suddenly kindled, blessed are all they that trust in him.

3:1  YHWH, how many are mine adversaries become! Many are they that rise up against me.

title  A Psalm of David, when he fled from the presence of his son Abessalom.

1  O Lord, why are they that afflict me multiplied? many rise up against me.

1  O LORD, how my oppressors are increased! Many are they that rise up against me.

3:2  Many there are that say of my soul: 'There is no salvation for him in God.' Selah

2  Many say concerning my soul, There is no deliverance for him in his God. Pause.

Ps3:2  Many say to my soul, “There is no salvation for him in his God.”

3:3  But thou, O YHWH, art a shield about me; my glory, and the lifter up of my head.

Ps3:3  But you, Lord, are my supporter, my glory, and the one who raises up my head.

3:4  With my voice I call unto YHWH, and He answereth me out of His holy mountain. Selah

4  I cried to the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy mountain. Pause.

Ps3:4  I have cried out to the Lord with my voice, and he has heard me from his holy mountain.

3:5  I lay me down, and I sleep; I awake, for YHWH sustaineth me.

5  I lay down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord will help me.

Ps3:5  I have slept, and I have been stupefied. But I awakened because the Lord has taken me up.

3:6  I am not afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.

6  I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, who beset me round about.

Ps3:6  I will not fear the thousands of people surrounding me. Rise up, Lord. Save me, my God.

3:7  Arise, O YHWH; save me, O my God; for Thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek, Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.

7  Arise, Lord; deliver me, my God: for thou hast smitten all who were without cause mine enemies; thou hast broken the teeth of sinners.

Ps3:7  For you have struck all those who oppose me without cause. You have broken the teeth of sinners.

3:8  Salvation belongeth unto YHWH; Thy blessing be upon Thy people. Selah

8  Deliverance is the Lord’s, and thy blessing is upon thy people.

4:2  O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be put to shame, in that ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah

Ps4:2  Sons of men, how long will you be dull in heart, so that whatever you love is in vain, and whatever you seek is false?

2  Men, how long will you obscure my glory? how long will you love vanity? do you want deception forever?

4:3  But know that YHWH hath set apart the godly man as His own; the YHWH will hear when I call unto Him.

3  But know ye that the Lord has done wondrous things for his holy one: the Lord will hear me when I cry to him.

Ps4:3  And know this: the Lord has made wondrous his holy one. The Lord will heed me when I cry out to him.

4:4  Tremble, and sin not; commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah

4  Be ye angry, and sin not; feel compunction upon your beds for what ye say in your hearts. Pause.

Ps4:4  Be angry, and do not be willing to sin. The things that you say in your hearts: be sorry for them on your beds.

4:5  Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in YHWH.

Ps4:5  Offer the sacrifice of justice, and hope in the Lord. Many say, “Who reveals to us what is good?”

4:6  Many there are that say: 'Oh that we could see some good!' YHWH, lift Thou up the light of Thy countenance upon us.

6  Many say, Who will shew us good things? the light of thy countenance, O Lord, has been manifested towards us.

Ps4:6  The light of your countenance, Lord, has been sealed upon us. You have given joy to my heart.

4:7  Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than when their corn and their wine increase.

Ps4:7  By the fruit of their grain, wine, and oil, they have been multiplied.

7  O LORD, thou hast put gladness in my heart more than in the time that their wheat and their wine and their oil increased.

4:8  In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; for Thou, YHWH, makest me dwell alone in safety.

8  I will both lie down in peace and sleep: for thou, Lord, only hast caused me to dwell securely.

8  In peace itself, I will sleep and I will rest.

9  For you, O Lord, have established me singularly in hope.

5:2  Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God; for unto Thee do I pray.

2  Attend to the voice of my supplication, my King, and my God: for to thee, O Lord, will I pray.

5:3  O YHWH, in the morning shalt Thou hear my voice; in the morning will I order my prayer unto Thee, and will look forward.

Ps5:3  For to you, I will pray. In the morning, Lord, you will hear my voice.

5:4  For Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; evil shall not sojourn with Thee.

Ps5:4  In the morning, I will stand before you, and I will see. For you are not a God who wills iniquity.

5:5  The boasters shall not stand in Thy sight; Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

5  Neither shall the transgressors continue in thy sight: thou hatest, O Lord, all them that work iniquity.

Ps5:5  And the malicious will not dwell close to you, nor will the unjust endure before your eyes.

5:6  Thou destroyest them that speak falsehood; YHWH abhorreth the man of blood and of deceit.

Ps5:6  You hate all who work iniquity. You will destroy all who speak a lie. The bloody and deceitful man, the Lord will abominate.

5:7  But as for me, in the abundance of Thy lovingkindness will I come into Thy house; I will bow down toward Thy holy temple in the fear of Thee.

7  But I will enter into thine house in the multitude of thy mercy: I will worship in thy fear toward thy holy temple.

Ps5:7  But I am in the multitude of your mercy. I will enter your house. I will show adoration toward your holy temple, in your fear.

5:8  O YHWH, lead me in Thy righteousness because of them that lie in wait for me; make Thy way straight before my face.

8  Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make my way plain before thy face.

Ps5:8  Lord, lead me in your justice. Because of my enemies, direct my way in your sight.

5:9  For there is no sincerity in their mouth; their inward part is a yawning gulf, their throat is an open sepulchre; they make smooth their tongue.

9  For there is no truth in their mouth; their heart is vain; their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit.

5:10  Hold them guilty, O God, let them fall by their own counsels; cast them down in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against Thee.

10  Judge them, O God; let them fail of their counsels: cast them out according to the abundance of their ungodliness; for they have provoked thee, O Lord.

Ps5:10  Their throat is an open sepulcher. They have acted deceitfully with their tongues. Judge them, O God. Let them fall by their own intentions: according to the multitude of their impiety, expel them. For they have provoked you, O Lord.

5:11  So shall all those that take refuge in Thee rejoice, they shall ever shout for joy, and Thou shalt shelter them; let them also that love Thy name exult in Thee.

11  But let all that trust on thee be glad in thee: they shall exult for ever, and thou shalt dwell among them; and all that love thy name shall rejoice in thee.

Ps5:11  But let all those who hope in you rejoice. They will exult in eternity, and you will dwell in them. And all those who love your name will glory in you.

5:12  For Thou dost bless the righteous; O YHWH, Thou dost encompass him with favour as with a shield.

Ps5:12  For you will bless the just. You have crowned us, O Lord, as if with a shield of your good will.

12  For thou wilt bless the righteous; O LORD, thou hast adorned me like a perfect shield.

6:2  Be gracious unto me, O YHWH, for I languish away; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are affrighted.

2  Pity me, O Lord; for I am weak: heal me, O Lord; for my bones are vexed.

Ps6:2  Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am weak. Heal me, Lord, for my bones have become disturbed,

6:3  My soul also is sore affrighted; and Thou, O YHWH, how long?

Ps6:3  and my soul has been very troubled. But as for you, Lord, when?

3  My soul is also troubled exceedingly but thou, O LORD, how long?

6:4  Return, O YHWH, deliver my soul; save me for Thy mercy's sake.

Ps6:4  Turn to me, Lord, and rescue my soul. Save me because of your mercy.

6:5  For in death there is no remembrance of Thee; in the nether-world who will give Thee thanks?

5  For in death no man remembers thee: and who will give thee thanks in Hades?

Ps6:5  For there is no one in death who would be mindful of you. And who will confess to you in Hell?

6:6  I am weary with my groaning; every night make I my bed to swim; I melt away my couch with my tears.

6  I am wearied with my groaning; I shall wash my bed every night; I shall water my couch with tears.

Ps6:6  I have labored in my groaning. Every night, with my tears, I will wash my bed and drench my blanket.

6:7  Mine eye is dimmed because of vexation; it waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.

Ps6:7  My eye has been troubled by rage. I have grown old among all my enemies.

6:8  Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for YHWH hath heard the voice of my weeping.

Ps6:8  Scatter before me, all you who work iniquity, for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.

6:9  YHWH hath heard my supplication; YHWH receiveth my prayer.

9  The Lord has hearkened to my petition; the Lord has accepted my prayer.

6:10  All mine enemies shall be ashamed and sore affrighted; they shall turn back, they shall be ashamed suddenly.

10  Let all mine enemies be put to shame and sore troubled: let them be turned back and grievously put to shame speedily.

Ps6:10  Let all my enemies be ashamed and together be greatly troubled. May they be converted and become ashamed very quickly.

7:2  Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

2  Lest at any time the enemy seize my soul as a lion, while there is none to ransom, nor to save.

2  Lest my soul be torn as by a lion, and there is no one to save me and to deliver me.

7:3  O YHWH my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

3  O Lord my God, if I have done this; (if there is unrighteousness in my hands;)

Ps7:3  O Lord, my God, if there is iniquity in my hands, if I have done this

7:4  If I have requited him that did evil unto me, or spoiled mine adversary unto emptiness;

Ps7:4  if I have repaid those who rendered evils to me, may I deservedly fall away empty before my enemies

4  If I have been vengeful to him that has done me evil, and if I have oppressed my enemies without a cause;

7:5  Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it, and tread my life down to the earth; yea, let him lay my glory in the dust. Selah

7:6  Arise, O YHWH, in Thine anger, lift up Thyself in indignation against mine adversaries; yea, awake for me at the judgment which Thou hast commanded.

6  Arise, O Lord, in thy wrath; be exalted in the utmost boundaries of mine enemies: awake, O Lord my God, according to the decree which thou didst command.

Ps7:6  Rise up, Lord, in your anger. And be exalted to the borders of my enemies. And rise up, O Lord my God, according to the precept that you commanded,

7:7  And let the congregation of the peoples compass Thee about, and over them return Thou on high.

Ps7:7  and a congregation of people will surround you. And, because of this, return on high.

7:8  O YHWH, who ministerest judgment to the peoples, judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

8  The Lord shall judge the nations: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my innocence that is in me.

Ps7:8  The Lord judges the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice and according to my innocence within me.

7:9  Oh that a full measure of evil might come upon the wicked, and that Thou wouldest establish the righteous; for the righteous God trieth the heart and reins.

9  Oh let the wickedness of sinners come to an end; and then thou shalt direct the righteous, O God that searchest the hearts and reins.

Ps7:9  The wickedness of sinners will be consumed, and you will direct the just: the examiner of hearts and temperaments is God.

7:10  My shield is with God, who saveth the upright in heart.

Ps7:10  Just is my help from the Lord, who saves the upright of heart.

10  O God who saveth the upright in heart, O righteous God, help me.

7:11  God is a righteous judge, yea, a God that hath indignation every day

Ps7:11  God is a just judge, strong and patient. How could he be angry throughout every day?

7:12  If a man turn not, He will whet His sword, He hath bent His bow, and made it ready;

Ps7:12  Unless you will be converted, he will brandish his sword. He has extended his bow and made it ready.

7:13  He hath also prepared for him the weapons of death, yea, His arrows which He made sharp.

13  And on it he has fitted the instruments of death; he has completed his arrows for the raging ones.

Ps7:13  And with it, he has prepared instruments of death. He has produced his arrows for those on fire.

7:14  Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; yea, he conceiveth mischief, and bringeth forth falsehood.

Ps7:14  Behold him who has given birth to injustice: he has conceived sorrow and has begotten iniquity.

14  Because the wicked has become corrupt and has conceived mischief and brought forth falsehood,

7:15  He hath digged a pit, and hollowed it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

Ps7:15  He has opened a pit and enlarged it. And he has fallen into the hole that he made.

15  He has made a well, and deepened it, and is fallen into the pit which he made.

7:16  His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

16  His trouble shall return on his own head, and his unrighteousness shall come down on his own crown.

Ps7:16  His sorrow will be turned upon his own head, and his iniquity will descend upon his highest point.

7:17  I will give thanks unto YHWH according to His righteousness; and will sing praise to the name of the YHWH Most High.

Ps7:17  I will confess to the Lord according to his justice, and I will sing a psalm to the name of the Lord Most High.

17  I will praise the LORD according to my righteousness; and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.

8:2  Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast Thou founded strength, because of Thine adversaries; that Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

Ps8:2  Out of the mouths of babes and infants, you have perfected praise, because of your enemies, so that you may destroy the enemy and the revenger.

8:3  When I behold Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast established;

3  For I will regard the heavens, the work of thy fingers; the moon and stars, which thou hast established.

Ps8:3  For I will behold your heavens, the works of your fingers: the moon and the stars, which you have founded.

8:4  What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that Thou thinkest of him?

8:5  Yet Thou hast made him but little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

5  Thou madest him a little less than angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour;

Ps8:5  You reduced him to a little less than the Angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor,

8:6  Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under His feet

6  and thou hast set him over the works of thy hands: thou hast put all things under his feet

Ps8:6  and you have set him over the works of your hands.

8:7  Sheep and oxen, all of them, yea, and the beasts of the field;

Ps8:7  You have subjected all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and in addition: the beasts of the field,

7  All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the wilderness;

8:8  The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea; whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

Ps8:8  the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, which pass through the paths of the sea.

8:9  O YHWH, our Lord, how glorious is Thy name in all the earth!

9  O Lord our Lord, how wonderful is thy name in all the earth!

Ps8:9  O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is your name throughout all the earth!

9:2  I will be glad and exult in Thee; I will sing praise to Thy name, O Most High

Ps9:2  I will rejoice and exult in you. I will sing a psalm to your name, O Most High.

9:3  When mine enemies are turned back, they stumble and perish at Thy presence;

Ps9:3  For my enemy will be turned back. They will be weakened and perish before your face.

9:4  For Thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sattest upon the throne as the righteous Judge.

Ps9:4  For you have accomplished my judgment and my cause. You have sat upon the throne that judges justice.

9:5  Thou hast rebuked the nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

Ps9:5  You have rebuked the Gentiles, and the impious one has perished. You have deleted their name in eternity and for all generations.

9:6  O thou enemy, the waste places are come to an end for ever; and the cities which thou didst uproot, their very memorial is perished.

6  The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and thou hast destroyed cities: their memorial has been destroyed with a noise,

6  My enemies have been annihilated by the sword for ever; and thou hast destroyed the villages and their very memory hath perished.

9:7  But YHWH is enthroned for ever; He hath established His throne for judgment.

7  but the Lord endures for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgement.

Ps9:7  But the Lord remains in eternity. He has prepared his throne in judgment.

9:8  And He will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples with equity.

8  And he shall judge the world in righteousness and the people in uprightness.

9:9  YHWH also will be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble;

9  The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction.

Ps9:9  And the Lord has become a refuge for the poor, a helper in opportunity, in tribulation.

9:10  And they that know Thy name will put their trust in Thee; for thou, YHWH, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee.

10  And let them that know thy name hope in thee: for thou, O Lord, hast not failed them that diligently seek thee.

Ps9:10  And may they hope in you, who know your name. For you have not abandoned those seeking you, Lord.

9:11  Sing praises to YHWH, who dwelleth in Zion; declare among the peoples His doings.

Ps9:11  Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion. Announce his study among the Gentiles.

9:12  For He that avengeth blood hath remembered them; He hath not forgotten the cry of the humble.

12  For he remembered them, in making inquisition for blood: he has not forgotten the supplication of the poor.

Ps9:12  Because of those who yearned for their blood, he has remembered them. He has not forgotten the cry of the poor.

9:13  Be gracious unto me, O YHWH, behold mine affliction at the hands of them that hate me; Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;

13  Have mercy upon me, O Lord; look upon my affliction which I suffer of mine enemies, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death

Ps9:13  Have mercy on me, Lord. See my humiliation from my enemies.

9:14  That I may tell of all Thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion, that I may rejoice in Thy salvation.

Ps9:14  You lift me up from the gates of death, so that I may announce all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion.

9:15  The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

15  The heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid is their foot taken.

Ps9:15  I will exult in your salvation. The Gentiles have become trapped in the ruin that they made. Their foot has been caught in the same snare that they themselves had hidden.

9:16  YHWH hath made Himself known, He hath executed judgment, the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah

16  The Lord is known as executing judgements: the sinner is taken in the works of his hands. A song of Pause.

16  The LORD makes known the judgment which he executes; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.

9:17  The wicked shall return to the nether-world, even all the nations that forget God.

17  Let sinners be driven away into Hades, even all the nations that forget God.

Ps9:17  The sinners will be turned into Hell: all the Gentiles who have forgotten God.

9:18  For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.

18  For the poor shall not be forgotten for ever: the patience of the needy ones shall not perish for ever.

Ps9:18  For the poor will not be forgotten in the end. The patience of the poor will not perish in the end.

9:19  Arise, O YHWH, let not man prevail; let the nations be judged in Thy sight.

19  Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged before thee.

Ps9:19  Rise up, Lord: do not let man be strengthened. Let the Gentiles be judged in your sight.

9:20  Set terror over them, O YHWH; let the nations know they are but men. Selah

20  Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: let the heathen know that they are men. Pause.

10:2  Through the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued, they are taken in the devices that they have imagined.

Ps9:22  While the impious is arrogant, the poor is enflamed. They are held by the counsels that they devise.

10:3  For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and the covetous vaunteth himself, though he contemn YHWH.

3  Because the sinner praises himself for the desires of his heart; and the unjust one blesses himself.

Ps9:23  For the sinner is praised by the desires of his soul, and the iniquitous is blessed.

10:4  The wicked, in the pride of his countenance , saith : 'He will not require'; all his thoughts are: 'There is no God.'

4  The sinner has provoked the Lord: according to the abundance of his pride he will not seek after him : God is not before him.

10:5  His ways prosper at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

5  His ways are profane at all times; thy judgements are removed from before him: he will gain the mastery over all his enemies.

Ps9:25  God is not before his sight. His ways are stained at all times. Your judgments are removed from his face. He will be master of all his enemies.

10:6  He saith in his heart: 'I shall not be moved, I who to all generations shall not be in adversity.'

6  For he has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, continuing without evil from generation to generation.

6  He says in his heart, I shall not be moved from generation to generation; for he conceives evil.

10:7  His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

7  Whose mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud: under his tongue are trouble and pain.

10:8  He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in secret places doth he slay the innocent; his eyes are on the watch for the helpless.

8  He lies in wait with rich men in secret places, in order to slay the innocent: his eyes are set against the poor.

Ps9:28  He sits in ambush, with resources in hidden places, so that he may execute the innocent.

10:9  He lieth in wait in a secret place as a lion in his lair, he lieth in wait to catch the poor; he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him up in his net.

Ps9:29  His eyes catch sight of the poor. He lies in ambush, in hiding like a lion in his den. He lies in ambush, so that he may seize the poor, to seize the poor as he draws him in.

9  He lies in wait to snare the poor by drawing him into his net.

10:10  He croucheth, he boweth down, and the helpless fall into his mighty claws.

Ps9:30  With his snare, he will bring him down. He will crouch down and pounce, when he has power over the poor.

10  He shall be humbled and overthrown, and in his bones there shall be sickness and pain.

10:11  He hath said in his heart: 'God hath forgotten; He hideth His face; He will never see.'

11  For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he has turned away his face so as never to look.

11  He says in his heart, God has forgotten; he has turned away his face; he will never see it.

10:12  Arise, O YHWH; O God, lift up Thy hand; forget not the humble.

12  Arise, O Lord God; let thy hand be lifted up: forget not the poor.

Ps9:32  O Lord God, rise up. Let your hand be exalted. Do not forget the poor.

10:13  Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, and say in his heart: 'Thou wilt not require'?

Ps9:33  How has the impious one provoked God? For he has said in his heart, “He will not inquire.”

13  Why does the wicked provoke God? He says in his heart, God does not seek vengeance.

10:14  Thou hast seen; for Thou beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite them with Thy hand; unto Thee the helpless committeth himself; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

14  Thou seest it; for thou dost observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into thy hands: the poor has been left to thee; thou wast a helper to the orphan.

Ps9:34  You do see, for you examine hardship and sorrow, so that you may deliver them into your hands. The poor one has been abandoned to you. You will be a helper to the orphan.

10:15  Break Thou the arm of the wicked; and as for the evil man, search out his wickedness, till none be found.

Ps9:35  Break the arm of the sinner and the malicious. His sin will be sought, and it will not be found.

10:16  YHWH is King for ever and ever; the nations are perished out of His land.

16  The Lord shall reign for ever, even for ever and ever: ye Gentiles shall perish out his land.

16  The LORD is King for ever and ever; the Gentiles are perished out of his land.

10:17  YHWH, Thou hast heard the desire of the humble: Thou wilt direct their heart, Thou wilt cause Thine ear to attend;

17  The Lord has heard the desire of the poor: thine ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart;

17  LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the poor; thine ear hath heard the preparation of their heart;

10:18  To right the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.

11:1  For the Leader. A Psalm of David. In YHWH have I taken refuge; how say ye to my soul: 'Flee thou! to your mountain, ye birds'?

title  Unto the end. A Psalm of David.

1  I trust in the Lord. How can you say to my soul, “Sojourn to the mountain, like a sparrow.”

1  IN the LORD put I my trust; how say you to me, Flee as a bird to the mountains?

11:2  For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, they have made ready their arrow upon the string, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

2  For behold the sinners have bent their bow, they have prepared their arrows for the quiver, to shoot privily at the upright in heart.

11:3  When the foundations are destroyed, what hath the righteous wrought?

3  For they have pulled down what thou didst frame, but what has the righteous done?

3  For if they have destroyed the foundations which the LORD has prepared, what can the righteous do?

11:4  YHWH is in His holy temple, YHWH, His throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids try, the children of men.

4  The Lord is in his holy temple, as for the Lord, his throne is in heaven: his eyes look upon the poor, his eyelids try the sons of men.

11:5  YHWH trieth the righteous; but the wicked and him that loveth violence His soul hateth.

5  The Lord tries the righteous and the ungodly: and he that loves unrighteousness hates his own soul.

Ps10:5  The Lord questions the just and the impious. Yet he who loves iniquity, hates his own soul.

11:6  Upon the wicked He will cause to rain coals; fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.

6  He shall rain upon sinners snares, fire, and brimstone, and a stormy blast shall be the portion of their cup.

11:7  For YHWH is righteous, He loveth righteousness; the upright shall behold His face.

7  For the Lord is righteous, and loves righteousness; his face beholds uprightness.

Ps10:7  For the Lord is just, and he has chosen justice. His countenance has beheld equity.

12:1  Help, YHWH; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

title  For the end, A Psalm of David, upon the eighth.

1  Save me, O Lord; for the godly man has failed; for truth is diminished from among the children of men.

1  SAVE, O LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for faith hath disappeared from the earth.

12:2  They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour; with flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

Ps11:2  They have been speaking emptiness, each one to his neighbor; they have been speaking with deceitful lips and a duplicitous heart.

12:3  May YHWH cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things!

3  Let the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaks great words

Ps11:3  May the Lord scatter all deceitful lips, along with the tongue that speaks malice.

12:4  Who have said: 'Our tongue will we make mighty; our lips are with us: who is lord over us?'

Ps11:4  They have said: “We will magnify our tongue; our lips belong to us. What is Lord to us?”

4  For they have said, With our tongue will we prevail: our lips are our own; who is lord over us?

12:5  'For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise', saith YHWH; 'I will set him in safety at whom they puff.'

5  Because of the misery of the poor, and because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord, I will set them in safety; I will speak to them thereof openly.

5  Because of the oppression of the poor and the groans of the needy, now will I arise, says the LORD; and I will bring salvation openly.

12:6  The words of YHWH are pure words, as silver tried in a crucible on the earth, refined seven times.

6  The oracles of the Lord are pure oracles; as silver tried in the fire, proved in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

Ps11:6  The eloquence of the Lord is pure eloquence, silver tested by fire, purged from the earth, refined seven times.

12:7  Thou wilt keep them, O YHWH; Thou wilt preserve us from this generation for ever.

7  Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us, and shalt preserve us, from this generation, and for ever.

Ps11:7  You, O Lord, will preserve us, and you will guard us from this generation into eternity.

12:8  The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

13:2  How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart by day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

2  How long can I take counsel in my soul, sorrowing in my heart throughout the day?

3  How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

13:3  Behold Thou, and answer me, O YHWH my God; lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

3  Look on me, hearken to me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death;

3  Consider and hear me, O LORD my God; lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death,

13:4  Lest mine enemy say: 'I have prevailed against him'; lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.

4  lest at any time mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him: my persecutors will exult if ever I should be moved.

13:5  But as for me, in Thy mercy do I trust; my heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation.

5  But I have hoped in thy mercy; my heart shall exult in thy salvation.

5  But I have hoped in your mercy. My heart will exult in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, who assigns good things to me. And I will sing psalms to the name of the Lord Most High.

13:6  I will sing unto YHWH, because He hath dealt bountifully with me.

6  I will sing to the Lord who has dealt bountifully with me, and I will sing psalms to the name of the Lord most high.

14:1  For the Leader. A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart: 'There is no God'; they have dealt corruptly, they have done abominably; there is none that doeth good.

title  For the end, Psalm of David.

1  The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in their devices; there is none that does goodness, there is not even so much as one.

1  THE fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have been defiled by their own devices; there is none that does good.

14:2  YHWH looked forth from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any man of understanding, that did seek after God.

2  The Lord looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any that understood, or sought after God.

2  The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any who were considering or seeking God.

14:3  They are all corrupt, they are together become impure; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

3  They are all gone out of the way, they are together become good for nothing, there is none that does good, no not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; their feet are swift to shed blood: destruction and misery are in their ways; and the way of peace they have not known: there is no fear of God before their eyes.

3  They have all gone astray; together they have become useless. There is no one who does good; there is not even one.

14:4  'Shall not all the workers of iniquity know it, who eat up My people as they eat bread, and call not upon YHWH?'

4  Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongues, they have been acting deceitfully; the venom of asps is under their lips. Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.

4  They recognized not the workers of iniquity, who devour my people as one eats bread; and they called not upon the LORD.

14:5  There are they in great fear; for God is with the righteous generation.

5  There were they alarmed with fear, where there was no fear; for God is in the righteous generation.

5  Their feet are swift to shed blood. Grief and unhappiness are in their ways; and the way of peace, they have not known.

14:6  Ye would put to shame the counsel of the poor, but YHWH is his refuge.

6  Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his hope.

6  There is no fear of God before their eyes.

14:7  Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When YHWH turneth the captivity of His people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

7  Who will bring the salvation of Israel out of Sion? when the Lord brings back the captivity of his people, let Jacob exult, and Israel be glad.

7  Who will grant the salvation of Israel from Zion? When the Lord turns away the captivity of his people, Jacob will exult, and Israel will rejoice.

15:1  A Psalm of David. YHWH, who shall sojourn in Thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell upon Thy holy mountain?

1  LORD, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? who shall inhabit thy holy mountain?

15:2  He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh truth in his heart;

2  He that walks blameless, and works righteousness, who speaks truth in his heart.

2  He who walks without blemish and who works justice.

15:3  That hath no slander upon his tongue, nor doeth evil to his fellow, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;

3  Who has not spoken craftily with is tongue, neither has done evil to his neighbour, nor taken up a reproach against them that dwelt nearest to him.

3  He that deceives not with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor accepts a bribe from his neighbor;

15:4  In whose eyes a vile person is despised, but he honoureth them that fear YHWH; he that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not;

4  In his sight an evil-worker is set at nought, but he honours them that fear the Lord. He swears to his neighbour, and disappoints him not.

4  In his sight, the malicious one has been reduced to nothing, but he glorifies those who fear the Lord. He who swears to his neighbor and does not deceive.

15:5  He that putteth not out his money on interest, nor taketh a bribe against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

5  He has not lent his money on usury, and has not received bribes against the innocent. He that does these things shall never be moved.

5  He who has not given his money in usury, nor accepted bribes against the innocent. He who does these things will be undisturbed for eternity.

16:1  Michtam of David. Keep me, O God; for I have taken refuge in Thee.

title  A writing of David.

1  Keep me, O Lord; for I have hoped in thee.

1  PRESERVE me, O God; for in thee do I put my trust.

16:2  I have said unto YHWH: 'Thou art my Lord; I have no good but in Thee';

2  I said to the Lord, Thou art my Lord; for thou has no need of my goodness.

2  I have said to the Lord: “You are my God, so you have no need of my goodness.”

16:3  As for the holy that are in the earth, they are the excellent in whom is all my delight.

3  On behalf of the saints that are in his land, he has magnified all his pleasure in them.

3  I said it also to the saints that are on the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

16:4  Let the idols of them be multiplied that make suit unto another; their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take their names upon my lips.

4  Their weaknesses have been multiplied; afterward they hasted. I will by no means assemble their bloody meetings, neither will I make mention of their names with my lips.

16:5  O YHWH, the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup, Thou maintainest my lot.

5  The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou art he that restores my inheritance to me.

16:6  The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

6  The lots have fallen upon me with clarity. And, indeed, my inheritance has been very clear to me.

6  My portion of the land fell to me in goodly places; yea, I have been pleased with my heritage.

16:7  I will bless YHWH, who hath given me counsel; yea, in the night seasons my reins instruct me.

7  I will bless the Lord, who has bestowed understanding upon me. Moreover, my temperament has also corrected me, even through the night.

7  I will bless the LORD, for he has given me counsel; my intuition also guides me during the night.

16:8  I have set YHWH always before me; surely He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

8  I foresaw the Lord always before my face; for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.

8  I have made provision for the Lord always in my sight. For he is at my right hand, so that I may not be disturbed.

16:9  Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth; my flesh also dwelleth in safety;

9  Because of this, my heart has been joyful, and my tongue has exulted. Moreover, even my body will rest in hope.

16:10  For Thou wilt not abandon my soul to the nether-world; neither wilt Thou suffer Thy godly one to see the pit.

10  because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

10  For you will not abandon my soul to Hell, nor will you allow your holy one to see corruption.

16:11  Thou makest me to know the path of life; in Thy presence is fulness of joy, in Thy right hand bliss for evermore.

11  Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou wilt fill me with joy with thy countenance: at thy right hand there are delights for ever.

11  You have made known to me the ways of life; you will fill me with joy by your countenance. At your right hand are delights, even to the end.

17:1  A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O YHWH, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer from lips without deceit.

1  HEAR, O Holy LORD, and consider my supplication; give ear unto my prayer that proceedeth not out of deceitful lips.

17:2  Let my judgment come forth from Thy presence; let Thine eyes behold equity.

17:3  Thou hast tried my heart, Thou hast visited it in the night; Thou hast tested me, and Thou findest not that I had a thought which should not pass my mouth.

3  Thou has proved mine heart; thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me as with fire, and unrighteousness has not been found in me: I am purposed that my mouth shall not speak amiss.

3  You have tested my heart and visited it by night. You have examined me by fire, and iniquity has not been found in me.

17:4  As for the doings of men, by the word of Thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.

4  Therefore, may my mouth not speak the works of men. I have kept to difficult ways because of the words of your lips.

4  Through the conversation of my lips thou hast kept me from evil ways.

17:5  My steps have held fast to Thy paths, my feet have not slipped.

5  Perfect my steps in your paths, so that my footsteps may not be disturbed.

5  Thou hast strengthened my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

17:6  As for me, I call upon Thee, for Thou wilt answer me, O God; incline Thine ear unto me, hear my speech.

6  I have cried, for thou heardest me, O God: incline thine ear to me, and hearken to my words.

6  I have cried out because you, O God, have listened to me. Incline your ear to me and heed my words.

17:7  Make passing great Thy mercies, O Thou that savest by Thy right hand from assailants them that take refuge in Thee.

7  Shew the marvels of thy mercies, thou that savest them that hope in thee.

7  Make your mercies wonderful, for you save those who hope in you.

17:8  Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me in the shadow of Thy wings,

8  From those who resist your right hand, preserve me like the pupil of your eye. Protect me under the shadow of your wings,

17:9  From the wicked that oppress, my deadly enemies, that compass me about.

9  from the face of the ungodly that have afflicted me: mine enemies have compassed about my soul.

9  From the sinners who plunder me, from the enemies of my soul who surround me.

17:10  Their gross heart they have shut tight, with their mouth they speak proudly.

10  They have enclosed themselves with their own fat: their mouth has spoken pride.

10  Silence their mouth, for they have spoken vanity.

17:11  At our every step they have now encompassed us; they set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

11  They have now cast me out and compassed me round about: they have set their eyes so as to bow them down to the ground.

11  They have praised me, and now have surrounded me; they have determined to bury me in the ground.

17:12  He is like a lion that is eager to tear in pieces, and like a young lion lurking in secret places.

12  They laid wait for me as a lion ready for prey, and like a lion’s whelp dwelling in secret places.

12  They have taken me, like a lion ready for the prey, and like a young lion dwelling in hiding.

17:13  Arise, O YHWH, confront him, cast him down; deliver my soul from the wicked, by Thy sword;

13  Arise, O Lord, prevent them, and cast them down: deliver my soul from the ungodly: draw thy sword,

13  Rise up, O Lord, arrive before him and displace him. Deliver my soul from the impious one: your spear from the enemies of your hand.

17:14  From men, by Thy hand, O YHWH, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life, and whose belly Thou fillest with Thy treasure; who have children in plenty, and leave their abundance to their babes.

14  because of the enemies of thine hand: O Lord, destroy them from the earth; scatter them in their life, though their belly has been filled with thy hidden treasures: they have been satisfied with uncleanness, and have left the remnant of their possessions to their babes.

17:15  As for me, I shall behold Thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with Thy likeness.

15  But I shall appear in righteousness before thy face: I shall be satisfied when thy glory appears.

15  But as for me, I will appear before your sight in justice. I will be satisfied when your glory appears.

18:1  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;

18:2  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.

18:3  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.

18:4  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.

18:5  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.

18:6  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.

18:7  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.

18:8  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.

18:9  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.

18:10  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.

18:11  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.

18:12  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.

18:13  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.

18:14  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.

18:15  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.

18:16  He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.

18:17  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.

18:18  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.

18:19  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.

18:20  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.

18:21  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.

18:22  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.

18:23  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.

18:24  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.

18:25  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.

18:26  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.

18:27  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.

18:28  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.

18:29  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.

18:30  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.

18:31  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.

18:32  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.

18:33  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.

18:34  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.

18:35  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.

18:36  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.

18:37  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.

18:38  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.

18:39  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.

18:40  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.

18:41  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.

18:42  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.

18:43  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.

18:44  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.

18:45  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.

18:46  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.

18:47  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.

18:48  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.

18:49  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

18:50  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.