## Psalms Chapter 18

###### Psalms 18:1
[Psalms 18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:1)

לַמְנַצֵּ֤חַ**׀** לְעֶ֥בֶד יְהֹוָ֗ה לְדָ֫וִ֥ד אֲשֶׁ֤ר דִּבֶּ֨ר**׀** לַיהֹוָ֗ה אֶת־דִּ֭בְרֵי הַשִּׁירָ֣ה הַזֹּ֑את בְּי֤וֹם הִֽצִּיל־יְהֹוָ֘ה־אוֹת֥וֹ מִכַּ֥ף כׇּל־אֹ֝יְבָ֗יו וּמִיַּ֥ד שָׁאֽוּל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
To the chief Musician, of David, the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Sha᾽ul:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the conductor, [a psalm] of the servant of the L rd, of David, who spoke to the L rd the words of this song on the day that the L rd delivered him [(i.e., in his old age, when the L rd had delivered him)] from the hand of all his foes and [(especially)] from the hand of Saul.


###### Psalms 18:2
[Psalms 18:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:2)

וַיֹּאמַ֡ר אֶרְחׇמְךָ֖ יְהֹוָ֣ה חִזְקִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and he said, I will love Thee, O Lord, my strength.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He said: I love You, O L rd of my strength.


###### Psalms 18:3
[Psalms 18:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:3)

יְהֹוָ֤ה**׀** סַ֥לְעִ֥י וּמְצוּדָתִ֗י וּמְפַ֫לְטִ֥י אֵלִ֣י צ֭וּרִי אֶֽחֱסֶה־בּ֑וֹ מָֽגִנִּ֥י וְקֶֽרֶן־יִ֝שְׁעִ֗י מִשְׂגַּבִּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The L rd is my rock [(He saved me at the rock (sela), when I was surrounded by Saul and his men (viz. I Samuel 23:25-26)] and my fortress and my deliverer; my G d, my rock, in whom I trust; my shield, the horn of my salvation, my bastion.


###### Psalms 18:4
[Psalms 18:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:4)

מְ֭הֻלָּל אֶקְרָ֣א יְהֹוָ֑ה וּמִן־אֹ֝יְבַ֗י אִוָּשֵֽׁעַ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He is worthy to be praised: I will call upon the Lord: so shall I be saved from my enemies.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
With praises I call upon the L rd, [knowing that] from my foes I will be saved.


###### Psalms 18:5
[Psalms 18:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:5)

אֲפָפ֥וּנִי חֶבְלֵי־מָ֑וֶת וְֽנַחֲלֵ֖י בְלִיַּ֣עַל יְבַֽעֲתֽוּנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The bonds of death encircled me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Bands of death [(the wicked)] have surrounded me; streams of infidels have affrighted me.


###### Psalms 18:6
[Psalms 18:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:6)

חֶבְלֵ֣י שְׁא֣וֹל סְבָב֑וּנִי קִ֝דְּמ֗וּנִי מ֣וֹקְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The cords of She᾽ol compassed me about: the snares of death took me by surprise.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Bands of sheol have surrounded me; the snares of death have confronted me.


###### Psalms 18:7
[Psalms 18:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:7)

בַּצַּר־לִ֤י**׀** אֶ֥קְרָ֣א יְהֹוָה֮ וְאֶל־אֱלֹהַ֢י אֲשַׁ֫וֵּ֥עַ יִשְׁמַ֣ע מֵהֵיכָל֣וֹ קוֹלִ֑י וְ֝שַׁוְעָתִ֗י לְפָנָ֤יו**׀** תָּב֬וֹא בְאׇזְנָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, into his ears.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When I was [thus] afflicted, I called to the L rd and I cried out to G d. He heard my voice from His sanctuary, and my outcry before Him entered His ears.


###### Psalms 18:8
[Psalms 18:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:8)

וַתִּגְעַ֬שׁ וַתִּרְעַ֨שׁ**׀** הָאָ֗רֶץ וּמוֹסְדֵ֣י הָרִ֣ים יִרְגָּ֑זוּ וַ֝יִּתְגָּֽעֲשׁ֗וּ כִּי־חָ֥רָה לֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then the earth shook and trembled; and the foundations of the hills moved and were shaken, because of his anger.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The earth trembled and rumbled and the foundations of the mountains shook and shivered when His wrath burned [(in coming to take vengeance of Pharaoh for His people)].


###### Psalms 18:9
[Psalms 18:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:9)

עָ֘לָ֤ה עָשָׁ֨ן**׀** בְּאַפּ֗וֹ וְאֵשׁ־מִפִּ֥יו תֹּאכֵ֑ל גֶּ֝חָלִ֗ים בָּעֲר֥וּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Smoke rose in His nostrils, and fire from His mouth consumed [His foes]; coals flamed from Him.


###### Psalms 18:10
[Psalms 18:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:10)

וַיֵּ֣ט שָׁ֭מַיִם וַיֵּרַ֑ד וַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗ל תַּ֣חַת רַגְלָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He moved the heavens [down to earth], and He descended [to pass through the land of Egypt], thick mist beneath His feet.


###### Psalms 18:11
[Psalms 18:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:11)

וַיִּרְכַּ֣ב עַל־כְּ֭רוּב וַיָּעֹ֑ף וַ֝יֵּ֗דֶא עַל־כַּנְפֵי־רֽוּחַ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he rode upon a keruv, and did fly: he soared on the wings of the wind.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He rode on a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.


###### Psalms 18:12
[Psalms 18:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:12)

יָ֤שֶׁת־חֹ֨שֶׁךְ**׀** סִתְר֗וֹ סְבִֽיבוֹתָ֥יו סֻכָּת֑וֹ חֶשְׁכַת־מַ֝֗יִם עָבֵ֥י שְׁחָקִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him was dark water and thick clouds of the skies.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He made darkness His concealment, His covert roundabout Him.


###### Psalms 18:13
[Psalms 18:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:13)

מִנֹּ֗גַהּ נֶ֫גְדּ֥וֹ עָבָ֥יו עָבְר֑וּ בָּ֝רָ֗ד וְגַֽחֲלֵי־אֵֽשׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
From the brightness before Him [i.e., which emanates from Him], His thick clouds [split and] passed down hail and coals of fire [upon the Egyptians at the Red Sea].


###### Psalms 18:14
[Psalms 18:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:14)

וַיַּרְעֵ֬ם בַּשָּׁמַ֨יִם**׀** יְֽהֹוָ֗ה וְ֭עֶלְיוֹן יִתֵּ֣ן קֹל֑וֹ בָּ֝רָ֗ד וְגַֽחֲלֵי־אֵֽשׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail and coals of fire.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L rd thundered in the heavens, and the exalted One sent forth His voice [producing] hail and coals of fire.


###### Psalms 18:15
[Psalms 18:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:15)

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח חִ֭צָּיו וַיְפִיצֵ֑ם וּבְרָקִ֥ים רָ֝֗ב וַיְהֻמֵּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and confounded them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He sent forth His arrows and scattered them [(the Egyptians)]; and He darted lightnings and confounded them.


###### Psalms 18:16
[Psalms 18:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:16)

וַיֵּ֤רָא֨וּ**׀** אֲפִ֥יקֵי מַ֗יִם וַֽיִּגָּלוּ֮ מוֹסְד֢וֹת תֵּ֫בֵ֥ל מִגַּעֲרָ֣תְךָ֣ יְהֹוָ֑ה מִ֝נִּשְׁמַ֗ת ר֣וּחַ אַפֶּֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were laid bare, at Thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of Thy nostrils.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the river beds were bared and the world's foundations revealed [(all the world's waters splitting)] — at Your rebuke, O L rd, at the blowing of the breath of Your nostrils.


###### Psalms 18:17
[Psalms 18:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:17)

יִשְׁלַ֣ח מִ֭מָּרוֹם יִקָּחֵ֑נִי יַֽ֝מְשֵׁ֗נִי מִמַּ֥יִם רַבִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He sent [His angels] from on high [to save Israel from the sea and from Egypt]. He drew me forth from many waters.


###### Psalms 18:18
[Psalms 18:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:18)

יַצִּילֵ֗נִי מֵאֹיְבִ֥י עָ֑ז וּ֝מִשֹּׂנְאַ֗י כִּֽי־אָמְצ֥וּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me: for they were too strong for me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He delivered me from my mighty foe, from my haters, when they grew stronger than I.


###### Psalms 18:19
[Psalms 18:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:19)

יְקַדְּמ֥וּנִי בְיוֹם־אֵידִ֑י וַֽיְהִי־יְהֹוָ֖ה לְמִשְׁעָ֣ן לִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They surprised me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
...


###### Psalms 18:20
[Psalms 18:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:20)

וַיּוֹצִיאֵ֥נִי לַמֶּרְחָ֑ב יְ֝חַלְּצֵ֗נִי כִּ֘י־חָ֥פֵֽץ־בִּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He took me out to a broad place; He delivered me, for He desired me.


###### Psalms 18:21
[Psalms 18:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:21)

יִגְמְלֵ֣נִי יְהֹוָ֣ה כְּצִדְקִ֑י כְּבֹ֥ר יָ֝דַ֗י יָשִׁ֥יב לִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The Lord rewards me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he recompenses me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The L rd recompensed me according to my righteousness [(of having followed Him in the desert)]. According to the purity of my hands did He return [recompense] to me.


###### Psalms 18:22
[Psalms 18:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:22)

כִּֽי־שָׁ֭מַרְתִּי דַּרְכֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה וְלֹֽא־רָ֝שַׁ֗עְתִּי מֵאֱלֹהָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For I have kept the ways of the L rd, and I have not deviated from [the mitzvoth of] my G d.


###### Psalms 18:23
[Psalms 18:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:23)

כִּ֣י כׇל־מִשְׁפָּטָ֣יו לְנֶגְדִּ֑י וְ֝חֻקֹּתָ֗יו לֹא־אָסִ֥יר מֶֽנִּי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For all of His judgments are before me [(I have always kept them before my eyes)], and His statutes are not removed from me.


###### Psalms 18:24
[Psalms 18:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:24)

וָאֱהִ֣י תָמִ֣ים עִמּ֑וֹ וָ֝אֶשְׁתַּמֵּ֗ר מֵעֲוֺנִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I was whole-hearted with Him and kept myself from my [(purported)] transgression.


###### Psalms 18:25
[Psalms 18:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:25)

וַיָּֽשֶׁב־יְהֹוָ֣ה לִ֣י כְצִדְקִ֑י כְּבֹ֥ר יָ֝דַ֗י לְנֶ֣גֶד עֵינָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore the Lord recompenses me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L rd recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the purity of my hands before His eyes.


###### Psalms 18:26
[Psalms 18:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:26)

עִם־חָסִ֥יד תִּתְחַסָּ֑ד עִם־גְּבַ֥ר תָּ֝מִ֗ים תִּתַּמָּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
With the merciful Thou wilt show Thyself merciful; with an upright man Thou wilt show Thyself upright;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(You recompense "measure for measure")]: With the saintly one [(Abraham)], You are saintly; with the whole-hearted man [(Isaac)], You are whole-hearted.


###### Psalms 18:27
[Psalms 18:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:27)

עִם־נָבָ֥ר תִּתְבָּרָ֑ר וְעִם־עִ֝קֵּ֗שׁ תִּתְפַּתָּֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
with the pure Thou wilt show Thyself pure; and with the perverse Thou wilt show Thyself subtle.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
With the faithful one [(Jacob)], You are faithful — and with the devious one [(Pharaoh)], You are devious.


###### Psalms 18:28
[Psalms 18:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:28)

כִּֽי־אַ֭תָּה עַם־עָנִ֣י תוֹשִׁ֑יעַ וְעֵינַ֖יִם רָמ֣וֹת תַּשְׁפִּֽיל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For Thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For You help the humble people, and You lower the eyes of the haughty.


###### Psalms 18:29
[Psalms 18:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:29)

כִּֽי־אַ֭תָּה תָּאִ֣יר נֵרִ֑י יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱ֝לֹהַ֗י יַגִּ֥יהַּ חׇשְׁכִּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For Thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For You light my lamp; the L rd my G d brightens my darkness.


###### Psalms 18:30
[Psalms 18:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:30)

כִּֽי־בְ֭ךָ אָרֻ֣ץ גְּד֑וּד וּ֝בֵֽאלֹהַ֗י אֲדַלֶּג־שֽׁוּר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For by Thee I run through a troop; and by my God I leap over a wall.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For by You [i.e., trusting in You] do I run upon a troop; by my G d do I scale the wall [(viz. Midrash Tehillim 18:24)].


###### Psalms 18:31
[Psalms 18:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:31)

הָאֵל֮ תָּמִ֢ים דַּ֫רְכּ֥וֹ אִמְרַֽת־יְהֹוָ֥ה צְרוּפָ֑ה מָגֵ֥ן ה֝֗וּא לְכֹ֤ל**׀** הַחֹסִ֬ים בּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a shield to all those who trust in him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The way of G d is whole. The word of the L rd is pure [(He promises and does)]. He is a shield to all who trust in Him.


###### Psalms 18:32
[Psalms 18:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:32)

כִּ֤י מִ֣י אֱ֭לוֹהַּ מִבַּלְעֲדֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה וּמִ֥י צ֝֗וּר זוּלָתִ֥י אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For who is a god other than the L rd? And who is a rock beside our G d?


###### Psalms 18:33
[Psalms 18:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:33)

הָ֭אֵל הַמְאַזְּרֵ֣נִי חָ֑יִל וַיִּתֵּ֖ן תָּמִ֣ים דַּרְכִּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
It is God that girds me with strength, and makes my way perfect.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The G d who girds me for war and makes my way whole [(by removing all obstacles from it)].


###### Psalms 18:34
[Psalms 18:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:34)

מְשַׁוֶּ֣ה רַ֭גְלַי כָּאַיָּל֑וֹת וְעַ֥ל בָּ֝מֹתַ֗י יַעֲמִידֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He makes my feet like hinds’ feet, and sets me upon my heights.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He makes my feet like [those of] hinds and sets me on my heights.


###### Psalms 18:35
[Psalms 18:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:35)

מְלַמֵּ֣ד יָ֭דַי לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה וְֽנִחֲתָ֥ה קֶֽשֶׁת־נְ֝חוּשָׁ֗ה זְרוֹעֹתָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He teaches my hands to war, so that a bow of brass is bent in my arms.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He teaches my hands for war, and a copper bow is bent by my arms.


###### Psalms 18:36
[Psalms 18:36](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:36)

וַתִּתֶּן־לִי֮ מָגֵ֢ן יִ֫שְׁעֶ֥ךָ וִֽימִינְךָ֥ תִסְעָדֵ֑נִי וְֽעַנְוַתְךָ֥ תַרְבֵּֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou hast also given me the shield of Thy salvation: and Thy right hand has supported me and Thy condescension has made me great.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have given me the shield of Your salvation. Your right hand has sustained me, and You have heightened Your humbleness for me [i.e., on my behalf].


###### Psalms 18:37
[Psalms 18:37](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:37)

תַּרְחִ֣יב צַעֲדִ֣י תַחְתָּ֑י וְלֹ֥א מָ֝עֲד֗וּ קַרְסֻלָּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have broadened my steps beneath me and my ankles have not slipped.


###### Psalms 18:38
[Psalms 18:38](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:38)

אֶרְדּ֣וֹף א֭וֹיְבַי וְאַשִּׂיגֵ֑ם וְלֹֽא־אָ֝שׁ֗וּב עַד־כַּלּוֹתָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I have pursued my enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn back till they were consumed.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I shall pursue my foes and overtake them, and I shall not turn back until I have destroyed them.


###### Psalms 18:39
[Psalms 18:39](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:39)

אֶ֭מְחָצֵם וְלֹא־יֻ֣כְלוּ ק֑וּם יִ֝פְּל֗וּ תַּ֣חַת רַגְלָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I have crushed them so that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I shall crush them so that they cannot rise; they shall fall under my feet.


###### Psalms 18:40
[Psalms 18:40](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:40)

וַתְּאַזְּרֵ֣נִי חַ֭יִל לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה תַּכְרִ֖יעַ קָמַ֣י תַּחְתָּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For Thou hast girded me with strength to the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those who rose up against me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have girded me with valor for the war; You have subdued my adversaries beneath me.


###### Psalms 18:41
[Psalms 18:41](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:41)

וְֽאֹיְבַ֗י נָתַ֣תָּה לִּ֣י עֹ֑רֶף וּ֝מְשַׂנְאַ֗י אַצְמִיתֵֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou hast also made my enemies turn their backs on me; that I might destroy those who hate me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have given me the nape of my foes [(in flight)], and I shall crush my enemies.


###### Psalms 18:42
[Psalms 18:42](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:42)

יְשַׁוְּע֥וּ וְאֵין־מוֹשִׁ֑יעַ עַל־יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה וְלֹ֣א עָנָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They cried, but there was none to save them: to the Lord, but he answered them not.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They cry out [to their idols], to no avail; [and then] to the L rd, but He does not answer them.


###### Psalms 18:43
[Psalms 18:43](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:43)

וְֽאֶשְׁחָקֵ֗ם כְּעָפָ֥ר עַל־פְּנֵי־ר֑וּחַ כְּטִ֖יט חוּצ֣וֹת אֲרִיקֵֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then did I beat them small like the dust before the wind: I did cast them out like the dirt in the streets.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; as mud in the streets did I spill them out.


###### Psalms 18:44
[Psalms 18:44](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:44)

תְּפַלְּטֵנִי֮ מֵרִ֢יבֵ֫י עָ֥ם תְּ֭שִׂימֵנִי לְרֹ֣אשׁ גּוֹיִ֑ם עַ֖ם לֹא־יָדַ֣עְתִּי יַֽעַבְדֽוּנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou deliverest me from the strivings of the people; Thou makest me the head of nations: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Deliver me from the contentions of the people [(that I not be punished for miscarriage of justice and exploitation of Jews)]. Make me the head of nations [(where there is no such liability)]; let a people unknown to me serve me.


###### Psalms 18:45
[Psalms 18:45](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:45)

לְשֵׁ֣מַֽע אֹ֭זֶן יִשָּׁ֣מְעוּ לִ֑י בְּנֵֽי־נֵ֝כָ֗ר יְכַחֲשׁוּ־לִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves to me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
At ear's report [i.e., by word of my emissaries alone] shall they submit to me; the sons of strangers shall prevaricate to me [in fear].


###### Psalms 18:46
[Psalms 18:46](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:46)

בְּנֵי־נֵכָ֥ר יִבֹּ֑לוּ וְ֝יַחְרְג֗וּ מִֽמִּסְגְּרֽוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The strangers shall fade away, and come trembling out of their close places.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The sons of strangers shall wither and recoil [in fear] in their cells.


###### Psalms 18:47
[Psalms 18:47](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:47)

חַי־יְ֭הֹוָה וּבָר֣וּךְ צוּרִ֑י וְ֝יָר֗וּם אֱלוֹהֵ֥י יִשְׁעִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The Lord lives; and blessed is my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The L rd lives [(who does all this for me)], and my Rock will be [forever] blessed. The G d of my salvation will [ever] be exalted.


###### Psalms 18:48
[Psalms 18:48](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:48)

הָאֵ֗ל הַנּוֹתֵ֣ן נְקָמ֣וֹת לִ֑י וַיַּדְבֵּ֖ר עַמִּ֣ים תַּחְתָּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
It is God who avenges me, and has subdued peoples under me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The G d who grants [me the power to take] vengeance [of my foes] and ravages peoples in my stead [i.e., instead of their ravaging me].


###### Psalms 18:49
[Psalms 18:49](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:49)

מְפַלְּטִ֗י מֵאֹ֫יְבָ֥י אַ֣ף מִן־קָ֭מַי תְּרוֹמְמֵ֑נִי מֵאִ֥ישׁ חָ֝מָ֗ס תַּצִּילֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He delivers me from my enemies: indeed, thou liftest me up above those who rise up against me: Thou deliverest me from the violent man.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You deliver me from my foes. You raise me above those who rise against me. You rescue me from the man of violence.


###### Psalms 18:50
[Psalms 18:50](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:50)

עַל־כֵּ֤ן**׀** אוֹדְךָ֖ בַגּוֹיִ֥ם׀יְהֹוָ֑ה וּלְשִׁמְךָ֥ אֲזַמֵּֽרָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore will I give thanks to Thee, O Lord, among the nations, and sing praises to Thy name.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I shall, therefore, praise You among the nations, O L rd, and to Your name shall I sing.


###### Psalms 18:51
[Psalms 18:51](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/18:51)

מַגְדִּל֮ יְשׁוּע֢וֹת מַ֫לְכּ֥וֹ וְעֹ֤שֶׂה חֶ֨סֶד**׀** לִמְשִׁיח֗וֹ לְדָוִ֥ד וּלְזַרְע֗וֹ עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Great deliverance he gives to his king; and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He magnifies the salvation of His king and performs lovingkindness with His anointed one, with David and his seed, forever.