Skip to the text

Psalms · Bible in Basic English

Psalm 18 Bible in Basic English

Leer en español
About BBE
  • Scholarly edition
  • OT: Masoretic Hebrew (not verified)
  • NT: Critical text (not verified)
  • Protestant (66 books)
  • Simplified language
  • 1965
  • Public domain

Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings

Notes on this text (1)
BBE Bible in Basic English
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
1 To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord, of David, who said the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord made him free from the hand of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul; and he said, I will give you my love, O Lord, 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 The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and 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 send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.
3 Invocaré á Jehová, digno de ser alabado, y seré salvo de mis enemigos.
4 The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear.
4 Cercáronme dolores de muerte, y torrentes de perversidad me atemorizaron.
5 The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.
5 Dolores del sepulcro me rodearon, previniéronme lazos de muerte.
6 In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came before him, even 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 trouble and shock came on the earth; and the bases of the mountains were moved and shaking, because he was angry.
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 from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it.
8 Humo subió de su nariz, y de su boca consumidor fuego; carbones fueron por él encendidos.
9 The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.
9 Y bajó los cielos, y descendió; y oscuridad debajo de sus pies.
10 And he went in flight through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind.
10 Y cabalgó sobre un querubín, y voló: voló sobre las alas del viento.
11 He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him was the dark waters and 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 Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and fire.
12 Por el resplandor delante de él, sus nubes pasaron; granizo y carbones ardientes.
13 The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire.
13 Y tronó en los cielos Jehová, y el Altísimo dió su voz; granizo y carbones de fuego.
14 He sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.
14 Y envió sus saetas, y desbaratólos; y echó relámpagos, y los destruyó.
15 Then the deep beds of the waters were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of your words of wrath, O Lord, because of the breath from your mouth.
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, pulling me out of great waters.
16 Envió desde lo alto; tomóme, sacóme de las muchas aguas.
17 He made me free from my strong hater, and from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.
17 Libróme de mi poderoso enemigo, y de los que me aborrecían, aunque eran ellos más fuertes que yo.
18 They came on me in the day of my trouble; but the Lord was my support.
18 Asaltáronme en el día de mi quebranto: mas Jehová fué mi apoyo.
19 He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.
19 Y sacóme á anchura: libróme, porque se agradó de mí.
20 The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.
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 the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.
21 Porque yo he guardado los caminos de Jehová, y no me aparté impíamente de mi Dios.
22 For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.
22 Pues todos sus juicios estuvieron delante de mí, y no eché de mí sus estatutos.
23 And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.
23 Y fuí íntegro para con él, y cauteléme de mi maldad.
24 Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.
24 Pagóme pues Jehová conforme á mi justicia; conforme á la limpieza de mis manos delante de sus ojos.
25 On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;
25 Con el misericordioso te mostrarás misericordioso, y recto para con el hombre íntegro.
26 He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.
26 Limpio te mostrarás para con el limpio, y severo serás para con el perverso.
27 For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low.
27 Y tú salvarás al pueblo humilde, y humillarás los ojos altivos.
28 You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.
28 Tú pues alumbrarás mi lámpara: Jehová mi Dios alumbrará mis tinieblas.
29 By your help I have made a way through the wall which was shutting me in; by the help of my God I have gone over a wall.
29 Porque contigo desharé ejércitos; y con mi Dios asaltaré muros.
30 As for God, his way is completely good; the word of the Lord is tested; he is a breastplate for all those who put their faith 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 but the Lord? or who is a Rock but our God?
31 Porque ¿qué Dios hay fuera de Jehová? ¿y qué fuerte fuera de nuestro Dios?
32 God puts a strong band about me, guiding me in a straight way.
32 Dios es el que me ciñe de fuerza, é hizo perfecto mi camino;
33 He makes my feet like roes' feet, and puts me on high places.
33 Quien pone mis pies como [pies] de ciervas, é hízome estar sobre mis alturas;
34 He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.
34 Quien enseña mis manos para la batalla, y será quebrado con mis brazos el arco de acero.
35 You have given me the breastplate of your salvation: your right hand has been my support, and your mercy has made me great.
35 Dísteme asimismo el escudo de tu salud: y tu diestra me sustentó, y tu benignidad me ha acrecentado.
36 You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.
36 Ensanchaste mis pasos debajo de mí, y no titubearon mis rodillas.
37 I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome.
37 Perseguido he mis enemigos, y alcancélos, y no volví hasta acabarlos.
38 I will give them wounds, so that they are not able to get up: they are stretched under my feet.
38 Helos herido, y no podrán levantarse: cayeron debajo de mis pies.
39 For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who come out against me.
39 Pues me ceñiste de fortaleza para la pelea; has agobiado mis enemigos debajo de mí.
40 By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.
40 Y dísteme la cerviz de mis enemigos, y destruí á los que me aborrecían.
41 They were crying out, but there was no one to come to their help: even to the Lord, but he gave them no answer.
41 Clamaron, y no hubo quien salvase: [aun] á Jehová, mas no los oyó.
42 Then they were crushed as small as dust before the wind; they were drained out like the waste of the streets.
42 Y molílos como polvo delante del viento; esparcílos como lodo de las calles.
43 You have made me free from the fightings of the people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.
43 Librásteme de contiendas de pueblo: pusísteme por cabecera de gentes: pueblo que yo no conocía, me sirvió.
44 From the time when my name comes to their ears they will be ruled by me: men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority.
44 Así que hubo oído, me obedeció; los hijos de extraños me mintieron;
45 They will be wasting away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear.
45 Los extraños flaquearon, y tuvieron miedo desde sus encerramientos.
46 The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured.
46 Viva Jehová, y sea bendita mi roca; y ensalzado sea el Dios de mi salud:
47 It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.
47 El Dios que me da las venganzas, y sujetó pueblos á mí.
48 He makes me free from my haters; I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.
48 Mi libertador de mis enemigos: hicísteme también superior de mis adversarios; librásteme de varón violento.
49 Because of this I will give you praise, O Lord, among the nations, and will make a song of praise to your name.
49 Por tanto yo te confesaré entre las gentes, oh Jehová, y cantaré á tu nombre.
50 Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.
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

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

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).

How these were chosen

“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)