King James Version

Psalms 18:17

He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 18:18.

יַצִּילֵ֗נִיyatsilenidefendנָצַלverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “defend”, an unfinished actionH5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense[idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).מֵאֹיְבִ֥יmeoyevifrom enemyאֹיֵבpreposition, verb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “from enemy”, a verb used as a describing wordH341hating; an adversaryenemy, foe.עָ֑זazstrongעַזadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “strong”, the ordinary formH5794strong, vehement, harshfierce, [phrase] greedy, mighty, power, roughly, strong.וּ֝מִשֹּׂנְאַ֗יumisoneayand from hateשָׂנֵאconjunction, preposition, verb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and from hate”, a verb used as a describing wordH8130to hate (personally)enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, [idiom] utterly.כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…אָמְצ֥וּametsvbe courageousאָמַץverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be courageous”, a completed actionH553to be alert, physically (on foot) or mentally (in courage)confirm, be courageous (of good courage, stedfastly minded, strong, stronger), establish, fortify, harden, increase, prevail, strengthen (self), make strong (obstinate, speed).מִמֶּֽנִּיmimenifromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(18-18) He delivered me from mine enemy most strong, and from them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

Young’s Literal Translation

He delivereth me from my strong enemy, And from those hating me, For they have been stronger than I.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me; for they were mightier than I.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(18-18) He delivered me from mine enemy most strong, and from them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He will deliver me from my mighty enemies, and from them that hate me; for they are stronger than I.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ῥύσεταί με ἐξ ἐχθρῶν μου δυνατῶν, καὶ ἐκ τῶν μισούντων με, ὅτι ἐστερεώθησαν ὑπὲρ ἐμέ.