New English Translation
Psalms 132:18
18I will humiliate his enemies, and his crown will shine.
Psalms 132:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
- New International Version (NIV)I will clothe his enemies with shame, but his head will be adorned with a radiant crown.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)His enemies I will clothe with shame, but on him his crown will shine."
- New King James Version (NKJV)His enemies I will clothe with shame, But upon Himself His crown shall flourish.”
Context of Psalms 132:18
16I will protect her priests, and her godly people will shout exuberantly. 17There I will make David strong; I have determined that my chosen king’s dynasty will continue. I will humiliate his enemies, and his crown will shine.
Read all of Psalms 132Psalms 132:18 word by word
א֭וֹיְבָיו אַלְבִּ֣ישׁ בֹּ֑שֶׁת וְ֝עָלָ֗יו יָצִ֥יץ נִזְרֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 132:18
- Psalms 21:8You prevail over all your enemies; your power is too great for those who hate you.
- Psalms 35:26May those who want to harm me be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who arrogantly taunt me be covered with shame and humiliation!
- Psalms 109:29My accusers will be covered with shame, and draped in humiliation as if it were a robe.
- Job 8:22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
- Daniel 12:2Many of those who sleep in the dusty ground will awake – some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence.
- Psalms 72:8May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth!
- Isaiah 9:6For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Extraordinary Strategist, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Isaiah 58:10You must actively help the hungry and feed the oppressed. Then your light will dispel the darkness, and your darkness will be transformed into noonday.
- Matthew 28:18Then Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
- Luke 1:32He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.
- Revelation 11:15Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.”
- Revelation 17:14They will make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those accompanying the Lamb are the called, chosen, and faithful.”
Commentaries on Psalms 132:18
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18His enemies will I clothe with shame - They shall be so confounded that shame shall seem to cover them as a garment. See the notes at Psalm 109:29. That is, David would be triumphant. But upon himself shall his crown flourish - His crown shall be as a fresh, blooming garland. The Hebrew word used here may mean either to glitter, or to flower, to fiourish or bloom. As applied to a crown, it may mean either that it would sparkle or glitter, as set with…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-18Verses 11-18 The Lord never turns from us when we plead the covenant with his anointed Prophet, Priest, and King. How vast is the love of God to man, that he should speak thus concerning his church! It is his desire to dwell with us; yet how little do we desire to dwell with him! He abode in Zion till the sins of Israel caused him to give them up to the spoilers. Forsake us not, O God, and deliver us not in like manner, sinful though we are. God's people…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18The enemies will feel shame, while the king will be honored (Psalm 132:9, 16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1814-18. That choice is expressed in God's words, "I will sit" or "dwell," or sit enthroned. The joy of the people springs from the blessings of His grace, conferred through the medium of the priesthood.Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 18will shine Heb. יציץ, which shine, like (Ezek. 1:7): “and they sparkled (ונצצים) like the color of burnished copper.”Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Psalms 132
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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