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Psalms 18:29
29With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)In your strength I can crush an army; with my God I can scale any wall.
Context of Psalms 18:29
27You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty. 28You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light. With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall. 30As for God, his way is perfect: The Lord’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him. 31For who is God besides the Lord? And who is the Rock except our God?
Read all of Psalms 18Psalms 18:29 word by word
כִּֽי־בְ֭ךָ אָרֻ֣ץ גְּד֑וּד וּ֝בֵֽאלֹהַ֗י אֲדַלֶּג־שֽׁוּר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 18:29
- Psalms 44:6I put no trust in my bow, my sword does not bring me victory;
- Psalms 144:1Praise be to the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
- 1 Samuel 17:49Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
- 1 Samuel 23:2he inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go and attack these Philistines?” The Lord answered him, “Go, attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”
- 1 Samuel 30:8and David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I pursue this raiding party? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” he answered. “You will certainly overtake them and succeed in the rescue.”
- 2 Samuel 5:19so David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I go and attack the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hands?” The Lord answered him, “Go, for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hands.”
- Ephesians 6:10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
- Colossians 2:15And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
- Revelation 3:21To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne.
- 2 Samuel 22:30With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall.
- 1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on 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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