Verse 11
Psalms 18:11
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
11
And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the wings of the winds.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּרְכַּ֣ב עַל כְּ֭רוּב וַ/יָּעֹ֑ף וַ֝/יֵּ֗דֶא עַל כַּנְפֵי רֽוּחַ
English Translation
And he rode on a cherub, and he flew; he soared on the wings of the spirit.
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Chapter 18 Context
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Unto the end, for David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, i...
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I will love thee, O Lord, my strength:
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The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer. My God (Elohim) is my helper, and in him will...
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Praising I will call upon the Lord: and I shall be saved from my enemies.
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The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.
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The sorrows of hell encompassed me: and the snares of death prevented me.
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In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my God (Elohim): And he heard my voice from...
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The earth shook and trembled: the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because...
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There went up a smoke in his wrath: and a fire flamed from his face: coals were kindled by it.
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10
He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
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And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the wings of the winds.
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And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.
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At the brightness that was before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.
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And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the highest gave his voice: hail and coals of fire.
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And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: he multiplied lightnings, and troubled them.
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Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were discovered: At thy rebu...
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He sent from on high, and took me: and received me out of many waters.
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He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for...
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They prevented me in the day of my affliction: and the Lord became my protector.
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And he brought me forth into a large place: he saved me, because he was well pleased with me.
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And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and will repay me according to the cleanness of...
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Because I have kept the ways of the Lord; and have not done wickedly against my God (Elohim).
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For till his judgments are in my sight: and his justices I have not put away from me.
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And I shall be spotless with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.
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And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and according to the cleanness of my hands befo...
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With the holy, thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent.
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And with the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.
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For thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down the eyes of the proud.
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For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God (Elohim) enlighten my darkness.
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For by thee I shall be delivered from temptation; and through my God (Elohim) I shall go over a wall...
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As for my God (Elohim), his way is undefiled: the words of the Lord are fire tried: he is the protec...
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For who is God (Elohim) but the Lord? or who is God (Elohim) but our God (Elohim)?
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God (Elohim) who hath girt me with strength; and made my way blameless.
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Who hath made my feet like the feet of harts: and who setteth me upon high places.
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Who teacheth my hands to war: and thou hast made my arms like a brazen bow.
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And thou hast given me the protection of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath held me up: And thy...
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Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; and my feet are not weakened.
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I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: and I will not turn again till they are consumed.
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I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet.
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And thou hast girded me with strength unto battle; and hast subdued under me them that rose up again...
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And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, and hast destroyed them that hated me.
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They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he heard them not.
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And I shall beat them as small as the dust before the wind; I shall bring them to nought, like the d...
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Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people: thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles.
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A people, which I knew not, hath served me: at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me.
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The children that are strangers have lied to me, strange children have faded away, and have halted f...
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The Lord liveth, and blessed be my God (Elohim), and let the God (Elohim) of my salvation be exalted...
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O God (Elohim), who avengest me, and subduest the people under me, my deliverer from my enemies.
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And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise up against me: from the unjust man thou wilt deliver m...
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Therefore will I give glory to thee, O Lord, among the nations, and I will sing a psalm to thy name.
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Giving great deliverance to his king, and shewing mercy to David his anointed : and to his seed for...
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