Psalms 18:27

For, as for thee, an oppressed people, thou didst save, but, looks that were lofty, layedst thou low;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

In Context

26With the pure, thou didst show thyself pure, But, with the perverse, thou didst show thyself ready to contend.

28For, thou, didst light up my lamp, Yahweh my God, enlightened my darkness;

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Cross References

2 Samuel 22:28And, a patient people, thou didst save,—but, thine eyes, were on the lofty—thou layedst them low;

Psalms 10:4The lawless one, in the loftiness of his countenance, will not enquire, God is not in any of his plots:

Psalms 17:13Rise, Yahweh! Confront his face, Bring him down, Deliver my soul from the lawless one [who is] thy sword:

Psalms 34:19Many are the misfortunes of the righteous, But, out of them all, doth Yahweh rescue him.

Psalms 101:5He that uttereth slander in secret against his friend, him, will I root out; One of lofty eyes, and of an ambitious heart, him shall I not be able to endure.

Proverbs 30:12A generation! Pure in its own eyes, yet, from its filth, hath it not been bathed,

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 →

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