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Psalm 17 (18) Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899

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Psalm 17 in DRB = Psalm 18 in WEB.

DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Unto the end, for David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hands of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. [2 Kings 22]
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2 I will love thee, O Lord, my strength:
18:1 For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of Yahweh, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said, I love you, Yahweh, my strength.
3 The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer. My God is my helper, and in him will I put my trust. My protector and the horn of my salvation, and my support.
18:2 Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
4 Praising I will call upon the Lord: and I shall be saved from my enemies.
18:3 I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved from my enemies.
5 The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.
18:4 The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
6 The sorrows of hell encompassed me: and the snares of death prevented me.
18:5 The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.
7 In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my God: And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and my cry before him came into his ears.
18:6 In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.
8 The earth shook and trembled: the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because he was angry with them.
18:7 Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
9 There went up a smoke in his wrath: and a fire flamed from his face: coals were kindled by it.
18:8 Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.
10 He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
18:9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
11 And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the wings of the winds.
18:10 He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.
12 And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.
18:11 He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
13 At the brightness that was before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.
18:12 At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.
14 And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the highest gave his voice: hail and coals of fire.
18:13 Yahweh also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire.
15 And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: he multiplied lightnings, and troubled them.
18:14 He sent out his arrows, and scattered them. He routed them with great lightning bolts.
16 Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were discovered: At thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the spirit of thy wrath.
18:15 Then the channels of waters appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Yahweh, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
17 He sent from on high, and took me: and received me out of many waters.
18:16 He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters.
18 He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
18:17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
19 They prevented me in the day of my affliction: and the Lord became my protector.
18:18 They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support.
20 And he brought me forth into a large place: he saved me, because he was well pleased with me.
18:19 He brought me out also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
21 And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands:
18:20 Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands, he has recompensed me.
22 Because I have kept the ways of the Lord; and have not done wickedly against my God.
18:21 For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For till his judgments are in my sight: and his justices I have not put away from me.
18:22 For all his ordinances were before me. I didn’t put away his statutes from me.
24 And I shall be spotless with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.
18:23 I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
25 And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.
18:24 Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
26 With the holy, thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent.
18:25 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.
27 And with the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.
18:26 With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
28 For thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down the eyes of the proud.
18:27 For you will save the afflicted people, but the arrogant eyes you will bring down.
29 For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God enlighten my darkness.
18:28 For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.
30 For by thee I shall be delivered from temptation; and through my God I shall go over a wall.
18:29 For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.
31 As for my God, his way is undefiled: the words of the Lord are fire tried: he is the protector of all that trust in him.
18:30 As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
32 For who is God but the Lord? or who is God but our God?
18:31 For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God,
33 God who hath girt me with strength; and made my way blameless.
18:32 the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?
34 Who hath made my feet like the feet of harts: and who setteth me upon high places.
18:33 He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and sets me on my high places.
35 Who teacheth my hands to war: and thou hast made my arms like a brazen bow.
18:34 He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
36 And thou hast given me the protection of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath held me up: And thy discipline hath corrected me unto the end: and thy discipline, the same shall teach me.
18:35 You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.
37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; and my feet are not weakened.
18:36 You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.
38 I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: and I will not turn again till they are consumed.
18:37 I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. I won’t turn away until they are consumed.
39 I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet.
18:38 I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.
40 And thou hast girded me with strength unto battle; and hast subdued under me them that rose up against me.
18:39 For you have armed me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
41 And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, and hast destroyed them that hated me.
18:40 You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
42 They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he heard them not.
18:41 They cried, but there was no one to save; even to Yahweh, but he didn’t answer them.
43 And I shall beat them as small as the dust before the wind; I shall bring them to nought, like the dirt in the streets.
18:42 Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets.
44 Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people: thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles.
18:43 You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
45 A people, which I knew not, hath served me: at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me.
18:44 As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.
46 The children that are strangers have lied to me, strange children have faded away, and have halted from their paths.
18:45 The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their strongholds.
47 The Lord liveth, and blessed be my God, and let the God of my salvation be exalted:
18:46 Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,
48 O God, who avengest me, and subduest the people under me, my deliverer from my enemies.
18:47 even the God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me.
49 And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise up against me: from the unjust man thou wilt deliver me.
18:48 He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.
50 Therefore will I give glory to thee, O Lord, among the nations, and I will sing a psalm to thy name.
18:49 Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations, and will sing praises to your name.
51 Giving great deliverance to his king, and shewing mercy to David his anointed: and to his seed for ever.
18:50 He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his offspring, forever more.
Cross references (51)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in DRB.

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

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)