Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty. New Living Translation You rescue the humble, but you humiliate the proud. English Standard Version For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down. Berean Standard Bible For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes. King James Bible For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. New King James Version For You will save the humble people, But will bring down haughty looks. New American Standard Bible For You save an afflicted people, But You humiliate haughty eyes. NASB 1995 For You save an afflicted people, But haughty eyes You abase. NASB 1977 For Thou dost save an afflicted people; But haughty eyes Thou dost abase. Legacy Standard Bible For You save an afflicted people, But eyes which are lifted up, You bring down. Amplified Bible For You save an afflicted and humble people, But bring down those [arrogant fools] with haughty eyes. Christian Standard Bible For you rescue an oppressed people, but you humble those with haughty eyes. Holman Christian Standard Bible For You rescue an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes. American Standard Version For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down. Contemporary English Version You rescue the humble, but you put down all who are proud. English Revised Version For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down. GOD'S WORD® Translation You save humble people, but you bring down a conceited look. Good News Translation You save those who are humble, but you humble those who are proud. International Standard Version Indeed, you deliver the oppressed, but you bring down those who exalt themselves in their own eyes. Majority Standard Bible For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes. NET Bible For you deliver oppressed people, but you bring down those who have a proud look. New Heart English Bible For you will save a humble people, but the eyes of the proud you will bring low. Webster's Bible Translation For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. World English Bible For you will save the afflicted people, but the arrogant eyes you will bring down. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFor You save a poor people, "" And cause the eyes of the high to fall. Young's Literal Translation For Thou a poor people savest, And the eyes of the high causest to fall. Smith's Literal Translation Thou wilt save the humble people, and thou wilt humble the eyes of the lifted up. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down the eyes of the proud. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible For humble people you save; haughty eyes you bring low. New Revised Standard Version For you deliver a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt humble the proud. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Because you will save the poor people and you will humble the lofty eyes. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For Thou dost save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes Thou dost humble. Brenton Septuagint Translation For thou wilt save the lowly people, and wilt humble the eyes of the proud. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The LORD is My Rock…26to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd. 27For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes. 28For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.… Cross References James 4:6 But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 1 Peter 5:5 Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” Proverbs 3:34 He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble. Luke 1:52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble. Matthew 23:12 For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. Isaiah 57:15 For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite. Isaiah 66:2 Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word. 2 Samuel 22:28 You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down. Job 5:11 He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety. Proverbs 29:23 A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor. Ezekiel 21:26 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted. 1 Samuel 2:7-8 The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts. / He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world. Luke 14:11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” Luke 18:14 I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” Matthew 5:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Treasury of Scripture For you will save the afflicted people; but will bring down high looks. save Psalm 9:18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. Psalm 34:6,19 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles… Psalm 40:17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. bring Psalm 10:4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. Psalm 17:10,13 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly… Psalm 101:5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. Jump to Previous Abase Afflicted Causest Deliver Eyes Fall Full Haughty High Humble Looks Poor Pride Save Savest Saviour Trouble WiltJump to Next Abase Afflicted Causest Deliver Eyes Fall Full Haughty High Humble Looks Poor Pride Save Savest Saviour Trouble WiltPsalm 18 1. David praises God for his manifold and marvelous blessingsFor You save The Hebrew root for "save" is "יָשַׁע" (yasha), which conveys the idea of delivering or rescuing. In the context of the Old Testament, this term often refers to God's intervention in times of distress. Theologically, it underscores God's role as a deliverer, a theme prevalent throughout the Psalms. This phrase reassures believers of God's active involvement in their lives, emphasizing His power and willingness to rescue those who call upon Him. an afflicted people but You humble those with haughty eyes The afflicted people.--Better, afflicted folk, with no distinctive reference to Israel, except, of course, I when the poem became adapted for congregational use. Verse 27. - For thou wilt save the afflicted people; i.e. the oppressed and down-trodden, who are assumed to be pious and God-fearing (comp. Psalm 10:12-14; Psalm 11:2, etc.). But wilt bring down high looks (comp. Psalm 101:5 and Proverbs 6:17). The fact of "pride going before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall," was noticed by the heathen of the ancient world, no less than by the" peculiar people." And both alike attributed the downfall of the proud to God. "Seest thou," says Herodotus, "how God with his lightning smites always the bigger animals, and will not suffer them to wax insolent, while those of a lesser bulk chafe him not? How likewise his bolts ever fall on the highest houses and the tallest trees? So plainly does he love to bring down everything that exalts itself. Thus ofttimes a mighty host is discomfited by a few men, when God in his jealousy sends panic or storm from heaven, and they perish in a way unworthy of them. For God allows no one to have high thoughts but himself" (vii. 10, § 5). But the heathen seem to have imagined that God envied the proud ones, and therefore cast them down.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction You אַ֭תָּה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you save תוֹשִׁ֑יעַ (ṯō·wō·šî·a‘) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3467: To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor an afflicted עָנִ֣י (‘ā·nî) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6041: Poor, afflicted, humble people, עַם־ (‘am-) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock but You humble תַּשְׁפִּֽיל׃ (taš·pîl) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 8213: To be or become low, to be abased those with haughty רָמ֣וֹת (rā·mō·wṯ) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural Strong's 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise eyes. וְעֵינַ֖יִם (wə·‘ê·na·yim) Conjunctive waw | Noun - cd Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain Links Psalm 18:27 NIVPsalm 18:27 NLT Psalm 18:27 ESV Psalm 18:27 NASB Psalm 18:27 KJV Psalm 18:27 BibleApps.com Psalm 18:27 Biblia Paralela Psalm 18:27 Chinese Bible Psalm 18:27 French Bible Psalm 18:27 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 18:27 For you will save the afflicted people (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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