Psalms 18:27
For thou savest the afflicted people, But the haughty countenance thou bringest down.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
In Context
26To the pure thou showest thyself pure, And to the perverse thou showest thyself perverse.
28Thou causest my lamp to shine; Jehovah, my God, enlighteneth my darkness.
Cross References
Psalms 10:4The wicked [[saith]] in his haughtiness, “He careth not!” All his thoughts are, “There is no God.”
Psalms 17:13Arise, O LORD! disappoint them, cast them down! Deliver me from the wicked by thy sword,
Psalms 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But the LORD delivereth him from them all.
Psalms 101:5Whoso slandereth his neighbor in secret, him will I cut off; Him that hath a haughty look and a proud heart I will not endure.
Proverbs 30:12There is a class who 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 →