Psalms 18:17

Elisha said, “Hear Yahweh’s word. Yahweh says, ‘Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.’ ”

Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Yahweh, and said, “I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. He has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea.

Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying,

But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.

Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.

Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is the one who sustains my soul.

My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.

Don’t hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need.

All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up. Certainly this is the day that we looked for. We have found it. We have seen it.”

He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him.

Saul cast his spear at him to strike him. By this Jonathan knew that his father was determined to put David to death.

Then on that day David first ordained to give thanks to Yahweh, by the hand of Asaph and his brothers.

Why do you hide your face, and consider me your enemy?

All my bones shall say, “Yahweh, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”

Let me hear joy and gladness, that the bones which you have broken may rejoice.

For he has delivered me out of all trouble. My eye has seen triumph over my enemies.

There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds.

Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you.

Yahweh preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.

for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

For Yahweh has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;

and Saul threw the spear, for he said, “I will pin David to the wall!” David escaped from his presence twice.

You who tear yourself in your anger, will the earth be forsaken for you? Or will the rock be removed out of its place?

He has also kindled his wrath against me. He counts me among his adversaries.

Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.

Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.

Your righteousness also, God, reaches to the heavens; you have done great things. God, who is like you?

For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

His heart is established. He will not be afraid in the end when he sees his adversaries.

Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.

“Come! Let’s return to Yahweh; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.

But bring those enemies of mine who didn’t want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.’ ”

“This Moses, whom they refused, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.

“Lord Yahweh, you have begun to show your servant your greatness, and your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or in earth that can do works like yours, and mighty acts like yours?

They said to the messengers who came, “Tell the men of Jabesh Gilead, ‘Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you will be rescued.’ ” The messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, “As Yahweh lives, he shall not be put to death.”

Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he stuck the spear into the wall. David fled, and escaped that night.

David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God didn’t deliver him into his hand.

May Yahweh therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.”

Though men may rise up to pursue you, and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord will be bound in the bundle of life with Yahweh your God. He will sling out the souls of your enemies, as from the hollow of a sling.

Nathan said to David, “You are the man. This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.

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,

He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

who brings me away from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.

and he said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above, or on earth beneath; who keeps covenant and loving kindness with your servants, who walk before you with all their heart;

On the fourth day, they assembled themselves in Beracah Valley, for there they blessed Yahweh. Therefore the name of that place was called “Beracah Valley” to this day.

You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet,

He has torn me in his wrath and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.

Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.

Arise, Yahweh! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,

He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless when he draws him in his net.

Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;

Consider my enemies, for they are many. They hate me with cruel hatred.

Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me. I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to Yahweh.

You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance.

This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it. They tore at me, and didn’t cease.

But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.

Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, although there are many who oppose me.

Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this: that God is for me.

Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.

Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.

Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.

Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law.

Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.

No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of Yahweh’s servants, and their righteousness is of me,” says Yahweh.

All your lovers have forgotten you. They don’t seek you. For I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of your iniquity, because your sins were increased.

Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me.

But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man has come.

and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and wastes away. I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they weren’t able.”

But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to reign over us.’

Now there were six water pots of stone set there after the Jews’ way of purifying, containing two or three metretes apiece.

They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.

who delivered us out of so great a death, and does deliver; on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear. So I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.