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Book of Psalms, No. 18

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Psalms 18 ASV - American Standard VersionPsalms 18 ASV - American Standard Version

No. 18 of the Psalms—American Standard Version (ASV)

  1. ¶ I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.
  2. ¶ Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
    ¶ My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge;
    ¶ My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
  3. ¶ I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised:
    ¶ So shall I be saved from mine enemies.
  4. ¶ The cords of death compassed me,
    ¶ And the floods of [a]ungodliness made me afraid.
  5. ¶ The cords of Sheol were round about me;
    ¶ The snares of death came upon me.
  6. ¶ In my distress I called upon Jehovah,
    ¶ And cried unto my God:
    ¶ He heard my voice out of his temple,
    ¶ And my cry before him came into his ears.
  7. ¶ Then the earth shook and trembled;
    ¶ The foundations also of the mountains quaked
    ¶ And were shaken, because he was wroth.
  8. ¶ There went up a smoke [b]out of his nostrils,
    ¶ And fire out of his mouth devoured:
    ¶ Coals were kindled by it.
  9. ¶ He bowed the heavens also, and came down;
    ¶ And thick darkness was under his feet.
  10. ¶ And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly;
    ¶ Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind.
  11. ¶ He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him,
    ¶ Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
  12. ¶ At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed,
    ¶ Hailstones and coals of fire.
  13. ¶ Jehovah also thundered in the heavens,
    ¶ And the Most High uttered his voice,
    ¶ Hailstones and coals of fire.
  14. ¶ And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them;
    [c]Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.
  15. ¶ Then the channels of waters appeared,
    ¶ And the foundations of the world were laid bare,
    ¶ At thy rebuke, O Jehovah,
    ¶ At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
  16. ¶ He sent from on high, he took me;
    ¶ He drew me out of [d]many waters.
  17. ¶ He delivered me from my strong enemy,
    ¶ And from them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
  18. ¶ They came upon me in the day of my calamity;
    ¶ But Jehovah was my stay.
  19. ¶ He brought me forth also into a large place;
    ¶ He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
  20. ¶ Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness;
    ¶ According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
  21. ¶ For I have kept the ways of Jehovah,
    ¶ And have not wickedly departed from my God.
  22. ¶ For all his ordinances were before me,
    ¶ And I put not away his statutes from me.
  23. ¶ I was also perfect with him,
    ¶ And I kept myself from mine iniquity.
  24. ¶ Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness,
    ¶ According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
  25. ¶ With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful;
    ¶ With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;
  26. ¶ With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure;
    ¶ And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.
  27. ¶ For thou wilt save the afflicted people;
    ¶ But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.
  28. ¶ For thou wilt light my lamp:
    ¶ Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.
  29. ¶ For by thee I run [e]upon a troop;
    ¶ And by my God do I leap over a wall.
  30. ¶ As for God, his way is perfect:
    ¶ The word of Jehovah is tried;
    ¶ He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.
  31. ¶ For who is God, save Jehovah?
    ¶ And who is a rock, besides our God,
  32. ¶ The God that girdeth me with strength,
    ¶ And maketh my way perfect?
  33. ¶ He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet:
    ¶ And setteth me upon my high places.
  34. ¶ He teacheth my hands to war;
    ¶ So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
  35. ¶ Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation;
    ¶ And thy right hand hath holden me up,
    ¶ And thy [f]gentleness hath made me great.
  36. ¶ Thou hast enlarged my steps under me,
    ¶ And my [g]feet have not slipped.
  37. ¶ I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them;
    ¶ Neither will I turn again till they are consumed.
  38. ¶ I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise:
    ¶ They shall fall under my feet.
  39. ¶ For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle:
    ¶ Thou hast [h]subdued under me those that rose up against me.
  40. ¶ Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me,
    ¶ That I might cut off them that hate me.
  41. ¶ They cried, but there was none to save;
    ¶ Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.
  42. ¶ Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind;
    ¶ I did [i]cast them out as the mire of the streets.
  43. ¶ Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people;
    ¶ Thou [j]hast made me the head of the nations:
    ¶ A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
  44. ¶ As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me;
    ¶ The foreigners shall [k]submit themselves unto me.
  45. ¶ The foreigners shall fade away,
    ¶ And shall come trembling out of their close places.
  46. ¶ Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock;
    ¶ And exalted be the God of my salvation,
  47. ¶ Even the God that executeth vengeance for me,
    ¶ And subdueth peoples under me.
  48. ¶ He rescueth me from mine enemies;
    ¶ Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me;
    ¶ Thou deliverest me from the violent man.
  49. ¶ Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations,
    ¶ And will sing praises unto thy name.
  50. ¶ Great [l]deliverance giveth he to his king,
    ¶ And showeth lovingkindness to his anointed,
    ¶ To David and to his seed, for evermore.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Hebrew Belial.
  2. ^ Or, in his wrath
  3. ^ Or, And he shot out lightnings
  4. ^ Or, great
  5. ^ Or, through
  6. ^ Or, condescension
  7. ^ Hebrew ankles.
  8. ^ Hebrew caused to bow.
  9. ^ Hebrew empty.
  10. ^ Or, wilt make
  11. ^ Or, yield feigned obedience. Hebrew lie.
  12. ^ Hebrew salvations.

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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