Psalms 18:42

And I beat them as dust before wind, As mire of the streets I empty them out.

Young's Literal Translation

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 cry, and there is no saviour, On Jehovah, and He doth not answer them.

43Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of the people, Thou placest me for a head of nations, A people I have not known do serve me.

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Cross References

Job 27:9His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him?

Proverbs 1:28Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and find me not.

Isaiah 25:10For rest doth the hand of Jehovah on this mountain, And trodden down is Moab under Him, As trodden down is straw on a dunghill.

Isaiah 41:15Lo, I have set thee for a new sharp threshing instrument, Possessing teeth, thou threshest mountains, And beatest small, and hills as chaff thou makest.

Malachi 4:3And ye have trodden down the wicked, For they are ashes under the soles of your feet, In the day that I am appointing, Said Jehovah 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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