Bay Psalm Book: Psalm 18

Psalme 18

To the chief Musician, a psalme of Dauid, the servant of the Lord, who spake the words of this Song, in the day that the Lord deiuered him from the hands of all his enemies, & from the hand of Sule, and hee Sayde,

¹ IL’e dearely love thee, Lord, my strength. The Lord is muy rock, and my towre And my deliverer, my God, I’le trust in him who is my powre,

My shield, & my salvationes-horne, my high-fort; Who is prayse worthy: I on the Lord will call, so shall I bee kept from mine enemye.

⁴ Deaths sorrowes mee encompassed, mee fear’d the floods of ungodlie, ⁵ Hells pangs besetme round about, the snares of death prevented mee.

⁶ I in my streights, cal’ld on the Lord, and to my God cry’d: he did heare from his temple my voyce, my crye, before him came, unto his eare.

⁷ Then th’ earth shooke, & quak’t, & moutaines roots moov’d, & were stird at his ire, ⁸ Vp from his nostrils went a smoak, and from his mouth devouring fire:

By it the coales inkindled were. ⁹ Likewise the heavens he downe-bow’d, And he descended, & there was under his feet a gloomy cloud.

¹⁰ And he on cherub rode, and flew; yea he flew on the wings of winde. ¹¹ His secret place hee darknes made his covert that him round confinde,

Dark waters, & thick clouds of skies. ¹² From brightnes, that before him was, his thickned clouds did passe away, hayl-stones and coales of fire did passe.

¹³ Also Iehovah thundered, within the heavens, the most high likewise his angry-voyce did give, hayl-stones, and coales of fire did fly.

¹⁴ Yea he did out his arrows send, and bruising he them scattered, and lightnings hee did mulitply, likewise he them discomfited.

¹⁵ The waters channels then were seene, and the foundationes of the world appear’d; at thy rebuke, at blast, of the breath of they nostrils Lord.

¹⁶ Hee from above sent hee me took: me out of waters-great he drew. ¹⁷ Hee from mine enemies-strong, & from them which me hated did rescue:

For they were mightyer then I. ¹⁸ They mee prevented in the day of my cloudy calamity; but fo me was the Lord a stay.

¹⁹ And hee me to large place brought forth: hee sav’d mee, for he did delight ²⁰ in mee. The Lord rewarded me according as I did aright,

According to the cleannesse of my hands, he recompenced mee. ²¹ For the wayes of the Lord I kept: mor from my God went wickedlie,

²² For all his judgements mee before: nor from me put I his decree. ²³ With him I upright was, and kept my selfe from mine iniquitie.

²⁴ The Lord hath recompenced mee, after my righteousnes therefore: according to the cleannesse of my hands that was his eyes before.

²⁵ With mercifull, thou mercifull, with upright thou deales uprightly. ²⁶ With pure thou pure, thou also wilt with froward turne thy selfe awry.

²⁷ For thou wilt save th’ afflicted floke: but wilt the lofty looks suppresse. ²⁸ For thou wilt light my lampe: the Lord, my God will lighten my darknesse.

²⁹ For by the I rann through a troupe, and by my God leapt o’re a wall. ³⁰ Gods way is perfect: Gods word tryde: that trust in him hee’s shield to all.

³¹ For who is God except the Lord? or who a rock, Our God except? ³² Its God that girdeth me with strength, and hee doth make my way perfect.

³³ Like to the hyndes he makes my feet: and on my high place mas me stand. ³⁴ Mine armes doe break a bow of brasse; so well to warre he learnes my hand.

³⁵ The shield of thy salvation thou furthermore hast given mee: and thy right-hand hath mee upheld, thy meekness made mee great to bee.

³⁶ Vnder mee thou makst large my steps, so that mine anekles did not slide ³⁷ My foes pursu’de I, & them caught: nor turn’d I till they were destroyd.

³⁸ I wounded them & they could not rise up: under my feet they fell. ³⁹ Because that thou hast girded mee with fortitude to the battell:

Thou hast subdued under mee, those that did up against me rise. ⁴⁰ And my foes necks thou gavest mee, that I might wast mine enemyes.

⁴¹ They cryde but there was none to save, to God, yet with no answer meet. ⁴² I beat them then as dust i’th winde and cast them out as dirt i’th street.

⁴³ And thou from the contentions hast of the people mee set free; thou of the heathen mad’st me head: people I knew not shall serve mee.

⁴⁴ They’le at first hearing me obey: strangers shall yield themselves to mee. ⁴⁵ The strangers shall consume away, and from their closets frighted bee.

⁴⁶ The Lord lives, and blest be my Rock, let my healths God exalted bee. ⁴⁷ It’s God for mee that vengeance works, and brings downe people under mee.

⁴⁸ Mee from mine enemies he doth save: and above those that ‘gainst me went, thou lift’st me up; and thou hast freed me from the man that’s violent.

⁴⁹ I with confession will therefore unto thee render thanksgiving, o Lord, among the heathen-folk; and to thy name I’le prayse sing.

⁵⁰ He giveth great deliverance to his King, and doth shew mercy to his annoynted, to David, and to his seed eternally.