Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You have delivered me from the attacks of the people; you have made me the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me, New Living Translation You gave me victory over my accusers. You appointed me ruler over nations; people I don’t even know now serve me. English Standard Version You delivered me from strife with the people; you made me the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me. Berean Standard Bible You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me. King James Bible Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me. New King James Version You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; You have made me the head of the nations; A people I have not known shall serve me. New American Standard Bible You have rescued me from the contentions of the people; You have placed me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me. NASB 1995 You have delivered me from the contentions of the people; You have placed me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me. NASB 1977 Thou hast delivered me from the contentions of the people; Thou hast placed me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me. Legacy Standard Bible You have delivered me from the contentions of the people; You have placed me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me. Amplified Bible You have rescued me from the contentions of the people; You have placed me as the head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me. Christian Standard Bible You have freed me from the feuds among the people; you have appointed me the head of nations; a people I had not known serve me. Holman Christian Standard Bible You have freed me from the feuds among the people; You have appointed me the head of nations; a people I had not known serve me. American Standard Version Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me. Contemporary English Version You rescued me from stubborn people, and you made me the leader of foreign nations, who are now my slaves. English Revised Version Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; thou hast made me the head of the nations: a people whom I have not known shall serve me. GOD'S WORD® Translation You rescued me from my conflicts with the people. You made me the leader of nations. A people I did not know will serve me: Good News Translation You saved me from a rebellious people and made me ruler over the nations; people I did not know have now become my subjects. International Standard Version You rescued me from conflict with the people; you made me head of the nations. People who did not know me will serve me. Majority Standard Bible You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me. NET Bible You rescue me from a hostile army; you make me a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects. New Heart English Bible You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me; Webster's Bible Translation Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me. World English Bible You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYou deliver me "" From the strivings of the people, "" You place me for a head of nations, "" A people I have not known serve me. Young's Literal Translation Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of the people, Thou placest me for a head of nations, A people I have not known do serve me. Smith's Literal Translation Thou wilt deliver me from the contentions of the people; thou wilt set me for head of the nations: a people I knew not shall serve me. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people: thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible You rescued me from the strife of peoples; you made me head over nations. A people I had not known served me; New Revised Standard Version You delivered me from strife with the peoples; you made me head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThou wilt deliver me from the judgments of the people; and thou wilt make me the leader of the Gentiles; a people whom I have not known shall serve me. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated You will deliver me from the judgments of the people and you will make me Leader to the nations; a people that I have not known will serve me. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Thou hast delivered me from the contentions of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me. Brenton Septuagint Translation Deliver me from the gain sayings of the people: thou shalt make me head of the Gentiles: a people whom I knew not served me, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The LORD is My Rock…42I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets. 43You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me. 44When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.… Cross References 2 Samuel 22:44-45 You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me. / Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me. Deuteronomy 28:1 “Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. Isaiah 55:5 Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.” 1 Samuel 8:7 And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king. 1 Kings 8:43 then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name. Isaiah 49:6 He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.” Isaiah 60:10-12 Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy. / Your gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession. / For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly destroyed. Jeremiah 1:10 See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.” Jeremiah 31:7 For this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’ Micah 4:2 And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. Acts 13:46-47 Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. / For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’” Romans 15:9-12 so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.” / Again, it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.” / And again: “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and extol Him, all you peoples.” ... Ephesians 2:11-13 Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)— / remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. / But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. Galatians 3:14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit. Revelation 5:9 And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. Treasury of Scripture You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; and you have made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me. from 2 Samuel 2:9,10 And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel… 2 Samuel 3:1 Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker. 2 Samuel 5:1-7 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh… made Psalm 22:27,28 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee… Psalm 108:9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph. 2 Samuel 5:1-25 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh… a people Isaiah 52:15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider. Isaiah 55:5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee. Hosea 1:10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. Jump to Previous Attacks Contentions Deliver Delivered Fightings Free Head Heathen Nations Peoples Placed Placest Servants Serve Served Strife Strivings SubjectJump to Next Attacks Contentions Deliver Delivered Fightings Free Head Heathen Nations Peoples Placed Placest Servants Serve Served Strife Strivings SubjectPsalm 18 1. David praises God for his manifold and marvelous blessingsYou have delivered me The Hebrew root for "delivered" is "נצל" (natsal), which conveys the idea of being snatched away or rescued. This word is often used in the context of divine intervention, where God actively rescues His people from danger or oppression. In the historical context of David's life, this deliverance can be seen in his escape from Saul and his victories over various enemies. Spiritually, it reflects God's ongoing deliverance of His faithful from the trials and tribulations of life, emphasizing His role as a Savior and Protector. from the strife of the people You have made me the head of nations a people I had not known shall serve me Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew You have delivered meתְּפַלְּטֵנִי֮ (tə·p̄al·lə·ṭê·nî) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 6403: To slip out, escape, to deliver from the strife מֵרִ֪יבֵ֫י (mê·rî·ḇê) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 7379: Strife, dispute of the people; עָ֥ם (‘ām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock You have made me תְּ֭שִׂימֵנִי (tə·śî·mê·nî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set the head לְרֹ֣אשׁ (lə·rōš) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7218: The head of nations; גּוֹיִ֑ם (gō·w·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts a people עַ֖ם (‘am) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock I had not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no known יָדַ֣עְתִּי (yā·ḏa‘·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 3045: To know shall serve me. יַֽעַבְדֽוּנִי׃ (ya·‘aḇ·ḏū·nî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | first person common singular Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave Links Psalm 18:43 NIVPsalm 18:43 NLT Psalm 18:43 ESV Psalm 18:43 NASB Psalm 18:43 KJV Psalm 18:43 BibleApps.com Psalm 18:43 Biblia Paralela Psalm 18:43 Chinese Bible Psalm 18:43 French Bible Psalm 18:43 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 18:43 You have delivered me from the strivings (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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