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Psalm 18 American Standard Version (1901)

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ASV American Standard Version (1901)
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1 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David the servant of Jehovah, who spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: and he said, I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.
1 Al Músico principal: Salmo de David, siervo de Jehová, el cual profirió á Jehová las palabras de este cántico el día que le libró Jehová de mano de todos sus enemigos, y de mano de Saúl. Entonces dijo: AMARTE he, oh Jehová, fortaleza mía.
2 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.
2 Jehová, roca mía y castillo mío, y mi libertador; Dios mío, fuerte mío, en él confiaré; escudo mío, y el cuerno de mi salud, mi refugio.
3 I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies.
3 Invocaré á Jehová, digno de ser alabado, y seré salvo de mis enemigos.
4 The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
4 Cercáronme dolores de muerte, y torrentes de perversidad me atemorizaron.
5 The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
5 Dolores del sepulcro me rodearon, previniéronme lazos de muerte.
6 In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears.
6 En mi angustia invoqué á Jehová, y clamé á mi Dios: él oyó mi voz desde su templo, y mi clamor llegó delante de él, á sus oídos.
7 Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
7 Y la tierra fué conmovida y tembló; y moviéronse los fundamentos de los montes, y se estremecieron, porque se indignó él.
8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.
8 Humo subió de su nariz, y de su boca consumidor fuego; carbones fueron por él encendidos.
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.
9 Y bajó los cielos, y descendió; y oscuridad debajo de sus pies.
10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind.
10 Y cabalgó sobre un querubín, y voló: voló sobre las alas del viento.
11 He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
11 Puso tinieblas por escondedero suyo, su pabellón en derredor de sí; oscuridad de aguas, nubes de los cielos.
12 At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire.
12 Por el resplandor delante de él, sus nubes pasaron; granizo y carbones ardientes.
13 Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.
13 Y tronó en los cielos Jehová, y el Altísimo dió su voz; granizo y carbones de fuego.
14 And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.
14 Y envió sus saetas, y desbaratólos; y echó relámpagos, y los destruyó.
15 Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
15 Y aparecieron las honduras de las aguas, y descubriéronse los cimientos del mundo, á tu reprensión, oh Jehová, por el soplo del viento de tu nariz.
16 He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters.
16 Envió desde lo alto; tomóme, sacóme de las muchas aguas.
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
17 Libróme de mi poderoso enemigo, y de los que me aborrecían, aunque eran ellos más fuertes que yo.
18 They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.
18 Asaltáronme en el día de mi quebranto: mas Jehová fué mi apoyo.
19 He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
19 Y sacóme á anchura: libróme, porque se agradó de mí.
20 Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
20 Hame pagado Jehová conforme á mi justicia: conforme á la limpieza de mis manos me ha vuelto.
21 For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
21 Porque yo he guardado los caminos de Jehová, y no me aparté impíamente de mi Dios.
22 For all his ordinances were before me, And I put not away his statutes from me.
22 Pues todos sus juicios estuvieron delante de mí, y no eché de mí sus estatutos.
23 I was also perfect with him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity.
23 Y fuí íntegro para con él, y cauteléme de mi maldad.
24 Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
24 Pagóme pues Jehová conforme á mi justicia; conforme á la limpieza de mis manos delante de sus ojos.
25 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;
25 Con el misericordioso te mostrarás misericordioso, y recto para con el hombre íntegro.
26 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.
26 Limpio te mostrarás para con el limpio, y severo serás para con el perverso.
27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.
27 Y tú salvarás al pueblo humilde, y humillarás los ojos altivos.
28 For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.
28 Tú pues alumbrarás mi lámpara: Jehová mi Dios alumbrará mis tinieblas.
29 For by thee I run upon a troop; And by my God do I leap over a wall.
29 Porque contigo desharé ejércitos; y con mi Dios asaltaré muros.
30 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.
30 Dios, perfecto su camino: es acendrada la palabra de Jehová: escudo es á todos los que en él esperan.
31 For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God,
31 Porque ¿qué Dios hay fuera de Jehová? ¿y qué fuerte fuera de nuestro Dios?
32 The God that girdeth me with strength, And maketh my way perfect?
32 Dios es el que me ciñe de fuerza, é hizo perfecto mi camino;
33 He maketh my feet like hinds’ [feet]: And setteth me upon my high places.
33 Quien pone mis pies como [pies] de ciervas, é hízome estar sobre mis alturas;
34 He teacheth my hands to war; So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
34 Quien enseña mis manos para la batalla, y será quebrado con mis brazos el arco de acero.
35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; And thy right hand hath holden me up, And thy gentleness hath made me great.
35 Dísteme asimismo el escudo de tu salud: y tu diestra me sustentó, y tu benignidad me ha acrecentado.
36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.
36 Ensanchaste mis pasos debajo de mí, y no titubearon mis rodillas.
37 I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; Neither will I turn again till they are consumed.
37 Perseguido he mis enemigos, y alcancélos, y no volví hasta acabarlos.
38 I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet.
38 Helos herido, y no podrán levantarse: cayeron debajo de mis pies.
39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
39 Pues me ceñiste de fortaleza para la pelea; has agobiado mis enemigos debajo de mí.
40 Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.
40 Y dísteme la cerviz de mis enemigos, y destruí á los que me aborrecían.
41 They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.
41 Clamaron, y no hubo quien salvase: [aun] á Jehová, mas no los oyó.
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 Y molílos como polvo delante del viento; esparcílos como lodo de las calles.
43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
43 Librásteme de contiendas de pueblo: pusísteme por cabecera de gentes: pueblo que yo no conocía, me sirvió.
44 As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.
44 Así que hubo oído, me obedeció; los hijos de extraños me mintieron;
45 The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places.
45 Los extraños flaquearon, y tuvieron miedo desde sus encerramientos.
46 Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God of my salvation,
46 Viva Jehová, y sea bendita mi roca; y ensalzado sea el Dios de mi salud:
47 Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And subdueth peoples under me.
47 El Dios que me da las venganzas, y sujetó pueblos á mí.
48 He rescueth me from mine enemies; Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.
48 Mi libertador de mis enemigos: hicísteme también superior de mis adversarios; librásteme de varón violento.
49 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations, And will sing praises unto thy name.
49 Por tanto yo te confesaré entre las gentes, oh Jehová, y cantaré á tu nombre.
50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king, And showeth lovingkindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, for evermore.
50 El cual engrandece las saludes de su rey, y hace misericordia á su ungido, á David y á su simiente, para siempre.
Cross references (50)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 2 Samuel 22:1–51; Colossians 1:11; 1 John 4:19; Isaiah 12:1–6; Philippians 4:13
  2. 2 Psalm 144:2; Psalm 62:7; Proverbs 18:10; Psalm 19:14; Psalm 91:2
  3. 3 Psalm 91:15; Luke 1:71; Romans 8:31–39; Psalm 62:8; 2 Samuel 22:4
  4. 4 Psalm 116:3; 2 Corinthians 1:9; Matthew 27:24–25; Mark 14:33–34; Psalm 22:12–13
  5. 5 Psalm 86:13; Psalm 88:15–17; Psalm 88:3–8; Acts 2:24; Ecclesiastes 9:12
  6. 6 Psalm 50:15; 2 Samuel 22:7; Psalm 34:15; Psalm 130:1–2; Psalm 120:1
  7. 7 Acts 4:31; Psalm 68:7–8; Ezekiel 38:19–20; Jeremiah 4:24; Acts 16:25–26
  8. 8 Psalm 21:9; Psalm 11:6; Nahum 1:5–6; Leviticus 10:2; Psalm 144:5–6
  9. 9 Psalm 144:5–15; Deuteronomy 33:26; 2 Peter 3:10; 2 Samuel 22:10; Deuteronomy 5:22–23
  10. 10 Psalm 104:3; 2 Samuel 22:11–12; Psalm 99:1; Ezekiel 10:20–22; Psalm 80:1
  11. 11 Deuteronomy 4:11; Psalm 97:2; Joel 2:2; Psalm 81:7; Psalm 91:1
  12. 12 Joshua 10:11; Revelation 16:21; Matthew 17:5; Exodus 9:23–24; Matthew 17:2
  13. 13 Psalm 104:7; 1 Samuel 7:10; Psalm 140:10; Psalm 29:3–4; Revelation 8:5
  14. 14 Psalm 144:6; Habakkuk 3:11; Numbers 24:8; Job 6:4; Joshua 10:10
  15. 15 Psalm 106:9; Exodus 15:8; Job 4:9; Psalm 76:6; Micah 6:2
  16. 16 2 Samuel 22:17; Psalm 144:7; Psalm 57:3; Jonah 2:5–6; Psalm 18:43
  17. 17 Hebrews 2:14–15; Job 16:9; Psalm 35:10; Psalm 142:6; Psalm 69:4–14
  18. 18 Obadiah 10–14; Psalm 46:11; Jeremiah 18:17; Deuteronomy 32:35; Psalm 59:16
  19. 19 Psalm 118:5; Psalm 31:8; Psalm 18:36; Job 36:16; Psalm 40:2
  20. 20 Psalm 24:4; Matthew 6:4; 1 Corinthians 3:8; Psalm 58:11; Job 22:30
  21. 21 Psalm 119:102; Psalm 26:1; Acts 24:16; Psalm 17:4; 1 John 2:19
  22. 22 Psalm 119:13; Psalm 119:112; Psalm 119:30; Psalm 119:117; Psalm 119:128
  23. 23 Matthew 18:8–9; Matthew 5:29–30; Psalm 37:27; 1 Chronicles 29:17; 1 Samuel 26:23
  24. 24 Matthew 10:41–42; Ruth 2:12; 1 Samuel 26:23; Hebrews 6:16; 2 Thessalonians 1:6–7
  25. 25 Matthew 5:7; Psalm 62:12; Matthew 18:33–35; 1 Kings 8:32; Nehemiah 9:17
  26. 26 Proverbs 3:34; Leviticus 26:23–24; James 2:13; Leviticus 26:27–28; Psalm 109:17–19
  27. 27 Isaiah 66:2; Isaiah 57:15; James 2:5; 2 Samuel 22:28; Psalm 101:5
  28. 28 2 Samuel 22:29; Job 29:3; Isaiah 42:16; Matthew 4:16; Luke 1:79
  29. 29 2 Samuel 22:30; Ephesians 6:10–13; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10; Revelation 3:21; Colossians 2:15
  30. 30 Deuteronomy 32:4; Proverbs 30:5; 2 Samuel 22:31; Psalm 84:11–12; Psalm 12:6
  31. 31 Deuteronomy 32:31; Psalm 86:8; Isaiah 45:5; 2 Samuel 22:32; Deuteronomy 32:39
  32. 32 Isaiah 45:5; 2 Corinthians 3:5; 2 Samuel 22:33; Psalm 28:7; Psalm 91:2
  33. 33 Habakkuk 3:19; Deuteronomy 32:13; Deuteronomy 33:29; 2 Samuel 2:18; 2 Samuel 22:14
  34. 34 Psalm 144:1; Psalm 46:9; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 28:6; 2 Samuel 22:36
  35. 35 2 Samuel 22:36; James 3:17–18; Psalm 28:7; Galatians 5:22–23; 2 Corinthians 10:1
  36. 36 Proverbs 4:12; 2 Samuel 22:37; Job 36:16; Psalm 4:1; Luke 12:50
  37. 37 Isaiah 53:10–12; Psalm 44:5; Psalm 37:20; Psalm 9:3; Isaiah 63:1–6
  38. 38 Psalm 36:12; 2 Samuel 10:1–19; 2 Samuel 5:1–25; 2 Samuel 21:15–22; 2 Samuel 18:7–8
  39. 39 2 Samuel 22:40–41; Psalm 18:32; 1 Corinthians 15:25–28; Isaiah 45:14; Ephesians 1:22
  40. 40 Psalm 21:12; Psalm 94:23
  41. 41 Proverbs 1:28; Job 27:9; Isaiah 1:15; Psalm 50:22; Job 35:12–13
  42. 42 Isaiah 10:6; Isaiah 41:15–16; Zechariah 10:5; 2 Kings 13:7; Isaiah 41:2
  43. 43 Isaiah 55:5; 2 Samuel 3:1; Isaiah 52:15; 1 Peter 2:10; 2 Samuel 19:9
  44. 44 Psalm 66:3; Psalm 81:15; 2 Samuel 22:44–46; Deuteronomy 33:29; Psalm 68:30
  45. 45 Micah 7:17; James 1:11; Revelation 6:16; Isaiah 24:4
  46. 46 2 Samuel 22:47; Psalm 18:2; Psalm 57:5; Revelation 1:18; John 14:19
  47. 47 Psalm 47:3; Romans 12:19; Psalm 144:2; Nahum 1:2; 2 Samuel 22:48
  48. 48 Psalm 140:11; Psalm 86:14; Psalm 140:4; Psalm 140:1; Psalm 59:1–2
  49. 49 Romans 15:9; 2 Samuel 22:50–51; Psalm 138:4; Psalm 108:1; Psalm 30:12
  50. 50 Psalm 144:10; Psalm 132:10; 2 Samuel 7:13; Psalm 89:3–4; Romans 11:29

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What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 18:28 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book IV, Chapters XIII–XV)

    "For Thou wilt light my candle; the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness; and "of His fulness have all we received," for "that was the true Light which lighted every man that cometh into the world;" for in Thee there is "no variableness, neither shadow of turning."

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  2. Quotes verse 18:11 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily LVI)

    … a dark cloud;--as on Mount Sinai; for "Moses," it is said, "entered into the cloud, and into the thick darkness; and as a vapor, so went up the smoke;" and the prophet said, when speaking of His threatening, "Dark water in clouds of the air;" --so here, because it was His desire not to alarm, but to teach, it is …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  3. Quotes verse 18:9 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XII)

    Another also of the Prophets said, He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under His feet.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  4. Quotes verse 18:11 Gregory of Nazianzus, Theological Orations (The Second Theological Oration)

    Therefore this darkness of the body has been placed between us and God, like the cloud of old between the Egyptians and the Hebrews; and this is perhaps what is meant by "He made darkness His secret place," namely our dulness, through which few can see even a little.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  5. Quotes verse 18:28 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book XIII, Chapters VI–XI)

    … discovered their own darkness, dost Thou sufficiently disclose how noble Thou hast made the rational creature; to which nought which is inferior to Thee will suffice to yield a happy rest, and so not even herself. For Thou, O our God, shalt enlighten our darkness; from Thee are derived our garments of light, and then shall our darkness be as …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)