Psalms 18:42

\18:41\They were crying out, but there was no one to come to their help: even to the Lord, but he gave them no answer.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

In Context

41\18:40\By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.

43\18:42\Then they were crushed as small as dust before the wind; they were drained out like the waste of the streets.

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Cross References

Job 27:9Will his cry come to the ears of God when he is in trouble?

Proverbs 1:28Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:

Isaiah 25:10For in this mountain will the hand of the Lord come to rest, and Moab will be crushed down in his place, even as the dry stems of the grain are crushed under foot in the waste place.

Isaiah 41:15See, I will make you like a new grain-crushing instrument with teeth, crushing the mountains small, and making the hills like dry stems.

Malachi 4:3And the evil-doers will be crushed under you, they will be dust under your feet, in the day when I do my work, says the Lord of armies.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 18:30-50

Grateful Remembrance of Past Deliverances; Confidence in the Divine Goodness. 29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. 30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. 31 For who is God save the Lord ? or who is a rock save our God? 32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. 33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places. 34 He teacheth my hands to war,… Read the whole commentary →

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