Berean Standard Bible

Psalms 18:34-50

34He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

35You have given me Your shield of salvation;Your right hand upholds me,and Your gentleness exalts me.136You broaden the path beneath meso that my ankles do not give way.37I pursued my enemies and overtook them;I did not turn back until they were consumed.38I crushed them so they could not rise;they have fallen under my feet.

39You have armed me with strength for battle;You have subdued my foes beneath me.40You have made my enemies retreat before me;I destroyed those who hated me.41They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.42I ground them as dust in the face of the wind;I trampled them2 like mud in the streets.

43You have delivered me from the strife of the people;You have made me the head of nations;a people I had not known shall serve me.44When they hear me, they obey me;foreigners cower before me.45Foreigners lose heartand come trembling from their strongholds.

46The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock!And may the God of my salvation be exalted—47the God who avenges meand subdues nations beneath me,48who delivers me from my enemies.You exalt me above my foes;You rescue me from violent men.49Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations;I will sing praises to Your name.3

50Great salvation He brings to His king.He shows loving devotion to His anointed,to David and his descendants forever.

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Notes

1. Psalms 18:35 Or and Your help exalts me or and You stoop down to make me great ↩
2. Psalms 18:42 Some Hebrew manuscripts, LXX, and Syriac (see also 2 Samuel 22:43); MT I poured them out ↩
3. Psalms 18:49 Cited in Romans 15:9 ↩

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