Ps 18:1-19 (Catholique Crampon)

¹ Au maître de chant. de tous ses ennemis et de la main de Saül. Il dit : ² Je t'aime, Yahweh, ma force ! ³ Yahweh mon rocher, ma forteresse, mon libérateur, mon Dieu, mon roc où je trouve un asile, mon bouclier, la corne de mon salut, ma citadelle ! ⁴ J'invoquai celui qui est digne de louange, Yahweh, et je fus délivré de mes ennemis. ⁵ Les liens de la mort m'environnaient, les torrents de Bélial m'épouvantaient, ⁶ les liens du schéol m'enlaçaient, les filets de la mort étaient tombés devant moi. ⁷ Dans ma détresse, j'invoquai Yahweh, et je criai vers mon Dieu ; de son temple il entendit ma voix, et mon cri devant lui parvint à ses oreilles. ⁸ La terre fut ébranlée et trembla, les fondements des montagnes s'agitèrent, et ils furent ébranlés, parce qu'il était courroucé ; ⁹ une fumée montait de ses narines, et un feu dévorant sortait de sa bouche ; il en jaillissait des charbons embrasés. ¹⁰ il abaissa les cieux, et descendit ; une sombre nuée était sous ses pieds. ¹¹ Il monta sur un Chérubin, et il volait ; il planait sur les ailes du vent. ¹² Il fit des ténèbres sa retraite, sa tente autour de lui c'étaient des eaux obscures et de sombres nuages. ¹³ De l'éclat qui le précédait s'élancèrent ses nuées, portant la grêle et les charbons ardents. ¹⁴ Yahweh tonna dans les cieux, le Très-Haut fit retentir sa voix : grêle et charbons ardents ! ¹⁵ Il lança ses flèches et les dispersa ; il multiplia ses foudres et il les confondit. ¹⁶ Alors le lit des eaux apparut, les fondements de la terre furent mis à nu, à ta menace, Yahweh, au souffle du vent de tes narines. ¹⁷ Il étendit sa main d'en haut et me saisit, il me retira des grandes eaux. ¹⁸ Il me délivra de mon ennemi puissant, de ceux qui me haïssaient, alors qu'ils étaient plus forts que moi. ¹⁹ Ils m'avaient surpris au jour de mon malheur ; mais Yahweh fut mon appui.

Ps 18:1-19 (King James)

   ¹ I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. ² The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. ³ I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. ⁴ The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. ⁵ The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. ⁶ In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. ⁷ Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. ⁸ There went up a smoke 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 darkness was under his feet. ¹⁰ And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. ¹¹ He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. ¹² At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire. ¹³ The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. ¹⁴ Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. ¹⁵ Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. ¹⁶ He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. ¹⁷ He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. ¹⁸ They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. ¹⁹ He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.