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

25With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; with the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright; 26With the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary. For it is thou that savest the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes wilt thou bring down. 28For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness. 29For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.

Psalms 18:27 word by word

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

Cross-references for Psalms 18:27

• Psalms 9:18For the needy one shall not be forgotten alway; the hope of the meek shall not perish for ever.
• Psalms 34:6This afflicted one called, and Jehovah heard [him], and saved him out of all his troubles.
• Psalms 40:17But I am afflicted and needy: the Lord thinketh upon me. Thou art my help and my deliverer: my God, make no delay.
• 2 Samuel 22:28And the afflicted people thou dost save; And thine eyes are upon the haughty, [whom] thou bringest down.
• Isaiah 57:15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy [place], and with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
• Isaiah 66:2Even all these things hath my hand made, and all these things have been, saith Jehovah. But to this man will I look: to the afflicted and contrite in spirit, and who trembleth at my word.
• Luke 1:52He has put down rulers from thrones, and exalted the lowly.
• 2 Corinthians 8:9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he, being rich, became poor, in order that ye by his poverty might be enriched.
• James 2:5Hear, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor as to the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to them that love him?
• Psalms 10:4The wicked [saith], in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God!
• Psalms 17:10They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly.
• Psalms 101:5Whoso secretly slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy; him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.
• Proverbs 6:16These six [things] doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
• Proverbs 30:12there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness;
• Isaiah 3:9The look of their face doth witness against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom: they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have brought evil upon themselves.
• Isaiah 10:12And it shall come to pass, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stoutness of heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

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