Psalms 18:27

Psalms 18:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
• New International Version (NIV)You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For You will save the humble people, But will bring down haughty looks.

Context of Psalms 18:27

25To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless; 26to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd. For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes. 28For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness. 29For in You I can charge an army, and with my God I can scale a wall.

Psalms 18:27 word by word

כִּֽי־אַ֭תָּה עַם־עָנִ֣י תוֹשִׁ֑יעַ וְעֵינַ֖יִם רָמ֣וֹת תַּשְׁפִּֽיל׃Read the interlinear

• Forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• Youאַתָּ֫ה'attâh 'attâ 'ath 'attîy 'attem 'atten 'attênâh 'attênnâh · you(m.s.)H859
• saveיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467
• an afflictedעָנִי‛ânîy · afflictedH6041
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• but You humbleשָׁפֵלshâphêl · to abaseH8213
• those with haughtyרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
• eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869

Cross-references for Psalms 18:27

• Psalms 9:18For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
• Psalms 34:6This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
• Psalms 40:17But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
• 2 Samuel 22:28You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
• Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
• Isaiah 66:2Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
• Luke 1:52He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
• 2 Corinthians 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
• James 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
• Psalms 10:4In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
• Psalms 17:10They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.
• Psalms 101:5Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
• Proverbs 6:16There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
• Proverbs 30:12There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.
• Isaiah 3:9The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
• Isaiah 10:12So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.

Commentaries on Psalms 18:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27For thou wilt save the afflicted - The afflicted are the humble; and those thou hast ever befriended.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27For thou wilt save the afflicted people - From the particular tokens of divine favor toward himself in affliction and trouble, the psalmist now draws the general inference that this was the character of God, and that others in affliction might hope for his interposition as he had done. But wilt bring down high looks - Another general inference probably derived from the dealings of God with the proud and haughty foes of the psalmist. As God had humbled…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-28Verses 20-28 Those that forsake the ways of the Lord, depart from their God. But though conscious to ourselves of many a false step, let there not be a wicked departure from our God. David kept his eye upon the rule of God's commands. Constant care to keep from that sin, whatever it be, which most easily besets us, proves that we are upright before God. Those who show mercy to others, even they need mercy. Those who are faithful to God, shall find him all…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27haughty: The Lord hates pride (Psalm 101:5; 131:1; see Proverbs 6:16–17; 21:4; 30:13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 25-2725-27. God renders to men according to their deeds in a penal, not vindictive, sense (Le 26:23, 24). merciful--or, "kind" (Psa 4:3).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 18:27

• Pride
• Wicked (People)

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Commentaries on Psalms 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings