New American Standard Bible 1995
Psalms 18:29
Psalms 18:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
- New International Version (NIV)With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For by You I can run against a troop, By my God I can leap over a wall.
Context of Psalms 18:29
27For You save an afflicted people, But haughty eyes You abase. 28For You light my lamp; The Lord my God illumines my darkness. For by You I can run upon a troop; And by my God I can leap over a wall. 30As for God, His way is blameless; The word of the Lord is tried; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him. 31For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God,
Read all of Psalms 18Psalms 18:29 word by word
כִּֽי־בְ֭ךָ אָרֻ֣ץ גְּד֑וּד וּ֝בֵֽאלֹהַ֗י אֲדַלֶּג־שֽׁוּר׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 18:29
- Psalms 44:6For I will not trust in my bow, Nor will my sword save me.
- Psalms 144:1Blessed be the Lord, my rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle;
- 1 Samuel 17:49And David put his hand into his bag and took from it a stone and slung it, and struck the Philistine on his forehead. And the stone sank into his forehead, so that he fell on his face to the ground.
- 1 Samuel 23:2So David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go and attack these Philistines?” And the Lord said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and deliver Keilah.”
- 1 Samuel 30:8David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I pursue this band? Shall I overtake them?” And He said to him, “Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and you will surely rescue all.”
- 2 Samuel 5:19Then David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You give them into my hand?” And the Lord said to David, “Go up, for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand.”
- Ephesians 6:10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.
- Colossians 2:15When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.
- Revelation 3:21He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
- 2 Samuel 22:30For by You I can run upon a troop; By my God I can leap over a wall.
- 1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
Commentaries on Psalms 18:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29I have run through a troop - This may relate to some remarkable victory, and the taking of some fortified place, possibly Zion, from the Jebusites. See the account 2 Samuel 5:6-8; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29For by thee I have run through a troop - Margin, broken. The word troop here refers to bands of soldiers, or hosts of enemies. The word rendered run through means properly to run; and then, as here, to run or rush upon in a hostile sense; to rush with violence upon one. The idea here is that he had been enabled to rush with violence upon his armed opposers; that is, to overcome them, and to secure a victory. The allusion is to the wars in which he had…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 29-50Verses 29-50 When we praise for one mercy, we must observe the many more, with which we have been compassed all our days. Many things had contributed to David's advancement, and he owns the hand of God in them all, to teach us to do likewise. In verse #(32), and the following verses, are the gifts of God to the spiritual warrior, whereby he is prepared for the contest, after the example of his victorious Leader. Learn that we must seek release being made…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29scale a wall: God helps his servants fight their battles.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. And this on past experience in his military life, set forth by these figures.Read the comment
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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
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