Psalms 18 – NIV & AKCB

New International Version

Psalms 18:1-50

Psalm 18In Hebrew texts 18:1-50 is numbered 18:2-51.

For the director of music. Of David the servant of the Lord. He sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said:

1I love you, Lord, my strength.

2The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;

my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,

my shield18:2 Or sovereign and the horn18:2 Horn here symbolizes strength. of my salvation, my stronghold.

3I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,

and I have been saved from my enemies.

4The cords of death entangled me;

the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

5The cords of the grave coiled around me;

the snares of death confronted me.

6In my distress I called to the Lord;

I cried to my God for help.

From his temple he heard my voice;

my cry came before him, into his ears.

7The earth trembled and quaked,

and the foundations of the mountains shook;

they trembled because he was angry.

8Smoke rose from his nostrils;

consuming fire came from his mouth,

burning coals blazed out of it.

9He parted the heavens and came down;

dark clouds were under his feet.

10He mounted the cherubim and flew;

he soared on the wings of the wind.

11He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him—

the dark rain clouds of the sky.

12Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced,

with hailstones and bolts of lightning.

13The Lord thundered from heaven;

the voice of the Most High resounded.18:13 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 2 Samuel 22:14); most Hebrew manuscripts resounded, / amid hailstones and bolts of lightning

14He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy,

with great bolts of lightning he routed them.

15The valleys of the sea were exposed

and the foundations of the earth laid bare

at your rebuke, Lord,

at the blast of breath from your nostrils.

16He reached down from on high and took hold of me;

he drew me out of deep waters.

17He rescued me from my powerful enemy,

from my foes, who were too strong for me.

18They confronted me in the day of my disaster,

but the Lord was my support.

19He brought me out into a spacious place;

he rescued me because he delighted in me.

20The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness;

according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.

21For I have kept the ways of the Lord;

I am not guilty of turning from my God.

22All his laws are before me;

I have not turned away from his decrees.

23I have been blameless before him

and have kept myself from sin.

24The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,

according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

25To the faithful you show yourself faithful,

to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

26to the pure you show yourself pure,

but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.

27You save the humble

but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.

28You, Lord, keep my lamp burning;

my God turns my darkness into light.

29With your help I can advance against a troop18:29 Or can run through a barricade;

with my God I can scale a wall.

30As for God, his way is perfect:

The Lord’s word is flawless;

he shields all who take refuge in him.

31For who is God besides the Lord?

And who is the Rock except our God?

32It is God who arms me with strength

and keeps my way secure.

33He makes my feet like the feet of a deer;

he causes me to stand on the heights.

34He trains my hands for battle;

my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

35You make your saving help my shield,

and your right hand sustains me;

your help has made me great.

36You provide a broad path for my feet,

so that my ankles do not give way.

37I pursued my enemies and overtook them;

I did not turn back till they were destroyed.

38I crushed them so that they could not rise;

they fell beneath my feet.

39You armed me with strength for battle;

you humbled my adversaries before me.

40You made my enemies turn their backs in flight,

and I destroyed my foes.

41They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—

to the Lord, but he did not answer.

42I beat them as fine as windblown dust;

I trampled them18:42 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac and Targum (see also 2 Samuel 22:43); Masoretic Text I poured them out like mud in the streets.

43You have delivered me from the attacks of the people;

you have made me the head of nations.

People I did not know now serve me,

44foreigners cower before me;

as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.

45They all lose heart;

they come trembling from their strongholds.

46The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock!

Exalted be God my Savior!

47He is the God who avenges me,

who subdues nations under me,

48who saves me from my enemies.

You exalted me above my foes;

from a violent man you rescued me.

49Therefore I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;

I will sing the praises of your name.

50He gives his king great victories;

he shows unfailing love to his anointed,

to David and to his descendants forever.

Akuapem Twi Contemporary Bible

Nnwom 18:1-50

Dwom 18

Awurade akoa Dawid dwom. Ɔtoo saa dwom yi maa Awurade, bere a ogyee no fii nʼatamfo nyinaa ne Saulo nsam no.

1Medɔ wo, Awurade, mʼahoɔden.

2Awurade ne me botantim;

mʼaban ne me gyefo;

me Nyankopɔn yɛ me botan.

Ne mu na minya me hintabea.

Ɔyɛ me nkatabo, me nkwagye abɛn ne mʼabandennen.

3Misu frɛ Awurade; ɔno na ayeyi sɛ no,

efisɛ ogye me fi mʼatamfo nsam.

4Owu nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn kyekyeree me;

na ɔsɛe asorɔkye bu faa me so.

5Ɔda mu hama kyekyeree me;

mihyiaa owu mfiri.

6Mʼahohia mu, misu frɛɛ Awurade.

Misu frɛɛ me Nyankopɔn hwehwɛɛ mmoa.

Ofi nʼasɔrefi hɔ tee me nne;

me sufrɛ baa nʼanim, na ɛkɔɔ nʼasom.

7Asase wosowee na ehinhimii,

na mmepɔw fapem wosowee

wosuroe, efisɛ na ne bo afuw.

8Wusiw fii ne hwene mu;

ogyaframa fii nʼanom,

na nnyansramma dɛw fii mu.

9Ofii ɔsoro baa fam;

na omununkum kabii duruu nʼanan ase.

10Ɔte kerubim so tu kɔɔ soro;

gyaagyaa ne ho wɔ mframa ntaban so.

11Ɔde sum kataa ne ho,

osu a amuna tumm atwa ne ho ahyia.

12Hann kɛse hyerɛn wɔ nʼanim,

na omununkum a mparuwbo ne anyinam wɔ mu fii ne ho hyerɛn mu bae.

13Awurade bobɔɔ mu fii ɔsoro;

Ɔsorosoroni no nne gyigyee bio.

14Ɔtow ne bɛmma no de bɔɔ atamfo no ahwete,

ɔde anyinam a ano yɛn den pam wɔn.

15Po mu abon ho yiyii

na asase nnyinaso ho daa hɔ,

esiane wʼanimka ne ahomegu a efi wo hwene mu no nti,

Awurade.

16Ofi soro baa fam besoo me mu;

ɔtwee me fii nsu a mu dɔ mu.

17Ogyee me fii me tamfo hoɔdenfo nsam,

wɔn a wɔn ani sa me, na wɔn ho yɛ den dodo ma me no.

18Wɔbaa me so wɔ mʼamanehunu da mu,

nanso Awurade maa me so,

19wode me baa baabi a hɔ trɛw;

ogyee me, efisɛ nʼani sɔɔ me.

20Awurade ne me adi no sɛnea me trenee te;

wahwɛ me nsa a ho tew so atua me ka.

21Manantew Awurade akwan so.

Mentwee me ho mfii me Nyankopɔn ho nkɔyɛɛ bɔne ɛ.

22Madi ne mmara nyinaa so:

mimmuu nʼahyɛde so.

23Me ho nni asɛm wɔ Onyankopɔn anim,

na matwe me ho afi bɔne ho.

24Awurade agyina me treneeyɛ

ne me nsa a ho tew wɔ nʼanim no so atua me ka.

25Woda wo ho adi sɛ ɔnokwafo kyerɛ wɔn a wodi nokware,

wɔn a wodi mu nso wokyerɛ wɔn sɛ wodi mu.

26Woyɛ kronkron ma wɔn a wɔyɛ kronkron,

na amumɔyɛfo de, wukyi wɔn.

27Wugye ahobrɛasefo nkwa,

na wobrɛ ahantanfo ase.

28Awurade, woma me kanea hyerɛn.

Yiw, woma me sum dan hann.

29Wʼahoɔden a wode ma me nti, mitumi ka asraafo gu;

me Nyankopɔn nti, mitumi foro ɔfasu.

30Onyankopɔn de, nʼakwan yɛ pɛ;

Awurade bɔhyɛ nyinaa ba mu.

Ɔyɛ nkatabo

ma wɔn a wɔhwehwɛ bammɔ wɔ ne mu.

31Na hena na ɔyɛ Onyankopɔn ka Awurade ho?

Hena na ɔyɛ Ɔbotan no? Gye sɛ yɛn Nyankopɔn no.

32Ɛyɛ Onyankopɔn na ɔma me ahoɔden,

na ɔma me kwan yɛ pɛ.

33Ɔma mʼanammɔn ho yɛ hare sɛ ɔforote de.

Ɔma me gyina sorɔnsorɔmmea.

34Osiesie me ma ɔko,

na me basa tumi kuntun kɔbere mfrafrae tadua.

35Wode wo ogye boa me nkatabo,

na wo nsa nifa ma me gyina.

Wobrɛ wo ho ase ma meyɛ ɔkɛse.

36Woabɔ kwan tɛtrɛɛ ama mʼanan

sɛnea me nkotodwe rengurow.

37Metaa mʼatamfo kɔtoo wɔn;

mansan mʼakyi kosii sɛ mesɛee wɔn.

38Mɛdwerɛw wɔn, na wɔantumi ansɔre,

wɔhwehwee ase wɔ mʼanan ase.

39Wode akodi ahoɔden maa me;

womaa mʼatamfo bɔɔ wɔn mu ase wɔ me nan ase.

40Womaa mʼatamfo dan wɔn ho guanee,

na mesɛe wɔn a wɔtan me.

41Wosu hwehwɛɛ mmoa, nanso obiara ammegye wɔn,

wɔfrɛɛ Awurade, nanso wammua.

42Meyam wɔn sɛ mfutuma a mframa bɔ gu;

mihwiee wɔn guu sɛ mmɔnten so dontori.

43Woagye me afi nnipa no ɔfow mu,

woayɛ me amanaman no ti;

nnipa a minnim wɔn abɛyɛ mʼasomfo.

44Wɔte me nka pɛ a, wɔyɛ osetie ma me;

ananafo kotow mʼanim.

45Wɔn nyinaa botobotow;

wofi wɔn abandennen mu ba ahopopo so.

46Awurade te ase! Ayeyi nka me Botan!

Wɔmma Onyankopɔn, me Gyefo no din so!

47Ɔno ne Onyankopɔn a ɔtɔ were ma me,

ɔno na ɔka amanaman hyɛ mʼase,

48ɔno na ogye me fi mʼatamfo nsam.

Wopagyaw me sii mʼatamfo so,

wugyee me fii basabasayɛfo nsam.

49Ɛno nti, mɛkamfo wo wɔ amanaman mu, Ao Awurade.

Mɛto ayeyi dwom ama wo din.

50Wode nkonimdi akɛse ama wo hene;

woda ɔdɔ a ɛnsa da adi kyerɛ nea woasra no ngo,

wode kyerɛ Dawid, ne nʼasefo afebɔɔ.