God’s Word Translation
Psalms 18:27
27You save humble people, but you bring down a conceited look.
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
25⌞In dealing⌟ with faithful people you are faithful, with innocent people you are innocent, 26with pure people you are pure. ⌞In dealing⌟ with devious people you are clever. You save humble people, but you bring down a conceited look. 28O Lord, you light my lamp. My God turns my darkness into light. 29With you I can attack a line of soldiers. With my God I can break through barricades.
Read all of Psalms 18Psalms 18:27 word by word
כִּֽי־אַ֭תָּה עַם־עָנִ֣י תוֹשִׁ֑יעַ וְעֵינַ֖יִם רָמ֣וֹת תַּשְׁפִּֽיל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 18:27
- Psalms 9:18Needy people will not always be forgotten. Nor will the hope of oppressed people be lost forever.
- Psalms 34:6Here is a poor man who called out. The Lord heard him and saved him from all his troubles.
- Psalms 40:17But I am oppressed and needy. May the Lord think of me. You are my help and my savior. O my God, do not delay!
- 2 Samuel 22:28You save humble people, but your eyes bring down arrogant people.
- Isaiah 57:15The High and Lofty One lives forever, and his name is holy. This is what he says: I live in a high and holy place. But I am with those who are crushed and humble. I will renew the spirit of those who are humble and the courage of those who are crushed.
- Isaiah 66:2I have made all these things. “That is why all these things have come into being,” declares the Lord. I will pay attention to those who are humble and sorry ⌞for their sins⌟ and who tremble at my word.
- Luke 1:52He pulled strong rulers from their thrones. He honored humble people.
- 2 Corinthians 8:9You know about the kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ. He was rich, yet for your sake he became poor in order to make you rich through his poverty.
- James 2:5Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Didn’t God choose poor people in the world to become rich in faith and to receive the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
- Psalms 10:4He turns up his nose ⌞and says⌟, “God doesn’t care.” His every thought ⌞concludes⌟, “There is no God.”
- Psalms 17:10They have shut out all feeling. Their mouths have spoken arrogantly.
- Psalms 101:5I will destroy anyone who secretly slanders his neighbor. I will not tolerate anyone with a conceited look or arrogant heart.
- Proverbs 6:16There are six things that the Lord hates, even seven that are disgusting to him:
- Proverbs 30:12A certain kind of person thinks he is pure but is not washed from his own feces.
- Isaiah 3:9The look on their faces will be held against them. They boast about their sins, which are like ⌞those of the people of⌟ Sodom. They don’t even bother to hide them. How horrible it will be for these people, because they have brought disaster on themselves.
- Isaiah 10:12When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, he will punish the king of Assyria for all his boasting and all his arrogance.
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
In the dictionaries
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
God’s Word Translation — © 1995 God’s Word to the Nations Bible Society
Commentaries