New American Standard Bible 2020

Psalms 18:1-5

1 1“I loveH7355 You, LordH3068, 2my strengthH2391.”2The LordH3068 is 3my rockH5553 and 4my fortressH4686 and my 5saviorH6403, My GodH410, my rockH6697, in whom I takeH2620 refugeH2620; My 6shieldH4043 and the 7hornH7161 of my salvationH3468, my 8strongholdH4869.3I callH7121 upon the LordH3068, who is 9worthy to be praisedH1984, And I am 10savedH3467 from my enemiesH340.

4The 11ropesH2256 of deathH4194 encompassedH661 me, And the 12torrentsH5158 of 13destructionH1100 14terrifiedH1204 me.5The 15ropesH2256 of 16SheolH7585 surroundedH5437 me; The snaresH4170 of deathH4194 confrontedH6923 me.

Notes

1. Psalms 18:1 2 Sam 22:1-51 ↩
2. Psalms 18:1 Ps 59:17 ↩
3. Psalms 18:2 Deut 32:18; 1 Sam 2:2; Ps 18:31, 46; 28:1; 31:3; 42:9; 71:3; 78:15 ↩
4. Psalms 18:2 Ps 144:2 ↩
5. Psalms 18:2 Ps 19:14 ↩
6. Psalms 18:2 Ps 28:7; 33:20; 59:11; 84:9, 11; Prov 30:5 ↩
7. Psalms 18:2 Ps 75:10 ↩
8. Psalms 18:2 Ps 59:9 ↩
9. Psalms 18:3 Ps 48:1; 96:4; 145:3 ↩
10. Psalms 18:3 Ps 34:6 ↩
11. Psalms 18:4 Ps 116:3 ↩
12. Psalms 18:4 Ps 69:2; 124:3, 4 ↩
13. Psalms 18:4 Or ungodliness; Heb Belial ↩
14. Psalms 18:4 Or were assailing; or terrifying ↩
15. Psalms 18:5 Ps 116:3 ↩
16. Psalms 18:5 I.e., the netherworld ↩