Psalms 18:42

I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.

Majority Standard Bible

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

41They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.

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.

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Cross References

Job 27:9Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?

Proverbs 1:28Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.

Isaiah 25:10For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile.

Isaiah 41:15Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.

Malachi 4:3Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.

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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