Psalms 18:27
And with the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
In Context
26With the holy, thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent.
28For thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down the eyes of the proud.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:28And the poor people thou wilt save: and with thy eyes thou wilt humble the haughty.
Psalms 17:13Arise, O Lord, disappoint him and supplant him; deliver my soul from the wicked one: thy sword
Psalms 34:19The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: and he will save the humble of spirit.
Psalms 101:5The man that in private detracted his neighbour, him did I persecute. With him that had a proud eye, and an unsatiable heart, I would not eat.
Proverbs 30:12A generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 18:21-29
Devout Thanksgivings; Devout Confidence 20 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord , and have not wickedly departed from my God. 22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. 23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. 24 Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in… Read the whole commentary →