Psalms 18:1

Webster's Bible (1833)

> I love you, Yahweh, my strength.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לַמְנַצֵּ֤חַ ׀ לְעֶ֥בֶד יְהוָ֗ה לְדָ֫וִ֥ד אֲשֶׁ֤ר דִּבֶּ֨ר ׀ לַיהוָ֗ה אֶת־דִּ֭בְרֵי הַשִּׁירָ֣ה הַזֹּ֑את בְּי֤וֹם הִֽצִּיל־יְהוָ֘ה אוֹת֥וֹ מִכַּ֥ף כָּל־אֹ֝יְבָ֗יו וּמִיַּ֥ד שָׁאֽוּל׃

Transliteration

To the menatseach for ebed YHWH for David which dibber to YHWH et-dibrey the shirah this in yom hitsil-YHWH him from kaf all-oyebav and from yad Shaul.

Grammar Details

• *menatseach*: preposition + participle, masculine singular - to the director/choirmaster
• *ebed*: construct state, masculine singular - servant of
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *David*: proper noun, masculine singular
• *dibber*: perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - spoke
• *et*: direct object marker
• *dibrey*: construct state, masculine plural - words of
• *shirah*: feminine singular noun - song
• *yom*: masculine singular noun - day
• *hitsil*: hifil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - delivered/rescued
• *kaf*: construct state, feminine singular - palm/hand of
• *oyebav*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person suffix - his enemies
• *yad*: construct state, feminine singular - hand of

Word Meanings

• *menatseach*: director/choirmaster/musical leader
• *dibber*: spoke/uttered/recited
• *shirah*: song/psalm/poem
• *hitsil*: delivered/rescued/saved

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 22:1-9 : 1 David spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: 2 and he said, Yahweh is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine; 3 God, my rock, in him will I take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; My savior, you save me from violence. 4 I will call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from my enemies. 5 For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid: 6 The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came on me. 7 In my distress I called on Yahweh; Yes, I called to my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, My cry [came] into his ears. 8 Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked Were shaken, because he was angry. 9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, Fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it. 10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; Thick darkness was under his feet. 11 He rode on a cherub, and did fly; Yes, he was seen on the wings of the wind. 12 He made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies. 13 At the brightness before him Coals of fire were kindled. 14 Yahweh thundered from heaven, The Most High uttered his voice. 15 He sent out arrows, and scattered them; Lightning, and confused them. 16 Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare, By the rebuke of Yahweh, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils. 17 He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters; 18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me. 19 They came on me in the day of my calamity; But Yahweh was my stay. 20 He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me. 21 Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me. 22 For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, And have not wickedly departed from my God. 23 For all his ordinances were before me; As for his statutes, I did not depart from them. 24 I was also perfect toward him; I kept myself from my iniquity. 25 Therefore has Yahweh recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight. 26 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful; With the perfect man you will show yourself perfect; 27 With the pure you will show yourself pure; With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd. 28 The afflicted people you will save; But your eyes are on the haughty, that you may bring them down. 29 For you are my lamp, Yahweh; Yahweh will lighten my darkness. 30 For by you I run on a troop; By my God do I leap over a wall. 31 As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Yahweh is tried; He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him. 32 For who is God, save Yahweh? Who is a rock, save our God? 33 God is my strong fortress; He guides the perfect in his way. 34 He makes his feet like hinds' [feet], Sets me on my high places. 35 He teaches my hands to war, So that my arms do bend a bow of brass. 36 You have also given me the shield of your salvation; Your gentleness has made me great. 37 You have enlarged my steps under me; My feet have not slipped. 38 I have pursued my enemies, and destroyed them; Neither did I turn again until they were consumed. 39 I have consumed them, and struck them through, so that they can't arise: Yes, they are fallen under my feet. 40 For you have girded me with strength to the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me. 41 You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, That I might cut off those who hate me. 42 They looked, but there was none to save; Even to Yahweh, but he didn't answer them. 43 Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did crush them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad. 44 You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people; You have kept me to be the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me. 45 The foreigners shall submit themselves to me: As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me. 46 The foreigners shall fade away, Shall come trembling out of their close places. 47 Yahweh lives; Blessed be my rock; Exalted be God, the rock of my salvation, 48 Even the God who executes vengeance for me, Who brings down peoples under me, 49 Who brings me forth from my enemies: Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me; You deliver me from the violent man. 50 Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations, Will sing praises to your name. 51 Great deliverance gives he to his king, Shows loving kindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, forevermore.
• Col 1:11 : 11 strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy;
• 1 John 4:19 : 19 We love Him, because he first loved us.
• Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
• Isa 12:1-6 : 1 In that day you will say, "I will give thanks to you, Yahweh; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you comfort me. 2 Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation." 3 Therefore with joy you shall draw water out of the wells of salvation. 4 In that day you will say, "Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name. Declare his doings among the peoples. Proclaim that his name is exalted! 5 Sing to Yahweh, for he has done excellent things! Let this be known in all the earth! 6 Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion; for great in the midst of you is the Holy One of Israel!"
• Ps 34:19 : 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
• Ps 36:1 : 1 > An oracle is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: "There is no fear of God before his eyes."
• Ps 116:16 : 16 Yahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains.
• Ps 118:14 : 14 Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.
• Ps 144:1-2 : 1 > Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, Who teaches my hands to war, And my fingers to battle: 2 My loving kindness, my fortress, My high tower, my deliverer, My shield, and he in whom I take refuge; Who subdues my people under me.
• Ps 18:32 : 32 The God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?
• Ps 28:7-8 : 7 Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him. 8 Yahweh is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.
• Exod 15:1-9 : 1 Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Yahweh, and said, "I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. 2 Yah is my strength and song, He has become my salvation: This is my God, and I will praise him; My father's God, and I will exalt him. 3 Yahweh is a man of war. Yahweh is his name. 4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host has he cast into the sea; His chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea. 5 The deeps cover them. They went down into the depths like a stone. 6 Your right hand, Yahweh, is glorious in power, Your right hand, Yahweh, dashes the enemy in pieces. 7 In the greatness of your excellency, you overthrow those who rise up against you: You send forth your wrath. It consumes them as stubble. 8 With the blast of your nostrils the waters were piled up. The floods stood upright as a heap. The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea. 9 The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil. My desire shall be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.' 10 You blew with your wind. The sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. 11 Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders? 12 You stretched out your right hand. The earth swallowed them. 13 "You, in your loving kindness, have led the people that you have redeemed. You have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation. 14 The peoples have heard. They tremble. Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia. 15 Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed. Trembling takes hold of the mighty men of Moab. All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away. 16 Terror and dread falls on them. By the greatness of your arm they are as still as a stone; Until your people pass over, Yahweh, Until the people pass over who you have purchased. 17 You shall bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, The place, Yahweh, which you have made for yourself to dwell in; The sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have established. 18 Yahweh shall reign forever and ever." 19 For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Yahweh brought back the waters of the sea on them; but the children of Israel walked on dry land in the midst of the sea. 20 Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances. 21 Miriam answered them, "Sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea."
• Judg 5:1-9 : 1 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, 2 For that the leaders took the lead in Israel, For that the people offered themselves willingly, Bless you Yahweh. 3 Hear, you kings; give ear, you princes; I, [even] I, will sing to Yahweh; I will sing praise to Yahweh, the God of Israel. 4 Yahweh, when you went forth out of Seir, When you marched out of the field of Edom, The earth trembled, the sky also dropped, Yes, the clouds dropped water. 5 The mountains quaked at the presence of Yahweh, Even yon Sinai at the presence of Yahweh, the God of Israel. 6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, The travelers walked through byways. 7 The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, Until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel. 8 They chose new gods; Then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel? 9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, Who offered themselves willingly among the people: Bless you Yahweh. 10 Tell [of it], you who ride on white donkeys, You who sit on rich carpets, You who walk by the way. 11 Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, There shall they rehearse the righteous acts of Yahweh, [Even] the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. Then the people of Yahweh went down to the gates. 12 Awake, awake, Deborah; Awake, awake, utter a song: Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Abinoam. 13 Then came down a remnant of the nobles [and] the people; Yahweh came down for me against the mighty. 14 Out of Ephraim [came down] they whose root is in Amalek; After you, Benjamin, among your peoples; Out of Machir came down governors, Out of Zebulun those who handle the marshal's staff. 15 The princes of Issachar were with Deborah; As was Issachar, so was Barak; Into the valley they rushed forth at his feet. By the watercourses of Reuben There were great resolves of heart. 16 Why sat you among the sheepfolds, To hear the whistling for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart. 17 Gilead abode beyond the Jordan: Dan, why did he remain in ships? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea, Abode by his creeks. 18 Zebulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the death, Naphtali, on the high places of the field. 19 The kings came and fought; Then fought the kings of Canaan. In Taanach by the waters of Megiddo: They took no gain of money. 20 From the sky the stars fought, From their courses they fought against Sisera. 21 The river Kishon swept them away, That ancient river, the river Kishon. My soul, march on with strength. 22 Then did the horse hoofs stamp By reason of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones. 23 Curse you Meroz, said the angel of Yahweh. Curse you bitterly the inhabitants of it, Because they didn't come to the help of Yahweh, To the help of Yahweh against the mighty. 24 Blessed above women shall Jael be, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed shall she be above women in the tent. 25 He asked water, [and] she gave him milk; She brought him butter in a lordly dish. 26 She put her hand to the tent-pin, Her right hand to the workmen's hammer; With the hammer she struck Sisera, she struck through his head; Yes, she pierced and struck through his temples. 27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay; At her feet he bowed, he fell; Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. 28 Through the window she looked forth, and cried, The mother of Sisera [cried] through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the wheels of his chariots wait? 29 Her wise ladies answered her, Yes, she returned answer to herself, 30 Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil? A lady, two ladies to every man; To Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, A spoil of dyed garments embroidered, Of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil? 31 So let all your enemies perish, Yahweh: But let those who love him be as the sun when he goes forth in his might. The land had rest forty years.
• 1 Sam 2:1-9 : 1 Hannah prayed, and said: My heart exults in Yahweh; My horn is exalted in Yahweh; My mouth is enlarged over my enemies; Because I rejoice in your salvation. 2 There is none holy as Yahweh; For there is none besides you, Neither is there any rock like our God. 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; Don't let arrogance come out of your mouth; For Yahweh is a God of knowledge, By him actions are weighed. 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken; Those who stumbled are girded with strength. 5 Those who were full have hired out themselves for bread; Those who were hungry have ceased [to hunger]: Yes, the barren has borne seven; She who has many children languishes. 6 Yahweh kills, and makes alive: He brings down to Sheol, and brings up. 7 Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich: He brings low, he also lifts up. 8 He raises up the poor out of the dust, He lifts up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, Inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh's, He has set the world on them. 9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail. 10 Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces; Against them will he thunder in the sky: Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth; He will give strength to his king, Exalt the horn of his anointed.
• Acts 13:36 : 36 For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.
• Heb 3:5 : 5 Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken,
• Ps 116:1-6 : 1 I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, And my cries for mercy. 2 Because he has turned his ear to me, Therefore I will call on him as long as I live. 3 The cords of death surrounded me, The pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow. 4 Then called I on the name of Yahweh: "Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul." 5 Gracious is Yahweh, and righteous; Yes, our God is merciful. 6 Yahweh preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.