New Living Translation
Psalms 18:29
29In your strength I can crush an army; with my God I can scale any 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.
- 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
27You rescue the humble, but you humiliate the proud. 28You light a lamp for me. The Lord, my God, lights up my darkness. In your strength I can crush an army; with my God I can scale any wall. 30God’s way is perfect. All the Lord’s promises prove true. He is a shield for all who look to him for protection. 31For who is God except the Lord? Who but our God is a solid rock?
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 do not trust in my bow; I do not count on my sword to save me.
- Psalms 144:1Praise the Lord, who is my rock. He trains my hands for war and gives my fingers skill for battle.
- 1 Samuel 17:49Reaching into his shepherd’s bag and taking out a stone, he hurled it with his sling and hit the Philistine in the forehead. The stone sank in, and Goliath stumbled and fell face down on the ground.
- 1 Samuel 23:2David asked the Lord, “Should I go and attack them?” “Yes, go and save Keilah,” the Lord told him.
- 1 Samuel 30:8Then David asked the Lord, “Should I chase after this band of raiders? Will I catch them?” And the Lord told him, “Yes, go after them. You will surely recover everything that was taken from you!”
- 2 Samuel 5:19So David asked the Lord, “Should I go out to fight the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord replied to David, “Yes, go ahead. I will certainly hand them over to you.”
- Ephesians 6:10A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
- Colossians 2:15In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross.
- Revelation 3:21Those who are victorious will sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat with my Father on his throne.
- 2 Samuel 22:30In your strength I can crush an army; with my God I can scale any wall.
- 1 Corinthians 15:10But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me—and not without results. For I have worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through 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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