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Psalm 18

Psa. 18:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For thou wilt save
yasha` (Hebrew #3467)
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
KJV usage: X at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.
Pronounce: yaw-shah'
Origin: a primitive root
the afflicted
`aniy (Hebrew #6041)
depressed, in mind or circumstances (practically the same as 6035, although the margin constantly disputes this, making 6035 subjective and 6041 objective)
KJV usage: afflicted, humble, lowly, needy, poor.
Pronounce: aw-nee'
Origin: from 6031
people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
; but wilt bring down
shaphel (Hebrew #8213)
to depress or sink (expec. figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
KJV usage: abase, bring (cast, put) down, debase, humble (self), be (bring, lay, make, put) low(-er).
Pronounce: shaw-fale'
Origin: a primitive root
high
ruwm (Hebrew #7311)
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, (X a-)loud, mount up, offer (up), + presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.
Pronounce: room
Origin: a primitive root
looks
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
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Prov. 6:16‑17• 16Six [things] Jehovah hateth,{HR}Yea, seven [are] an abomination of his soul:
 17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue,{HR}And hands that shed innocent blood, (Prov. 6:16‑17)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 9:18• 18For not forever shall the poor be forgotten,{HR}Nor shall the expectation of the humble perish everlastingly. (Psa. 9:18)
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Psa. 34:6,19• 6This afflicted one called and Jehovah heard{HR}And saved him out of all his distresses.
 19Many [are] the troubles of the righteous [one];{HR}But out of them all Jehovah delivereth him, (Psa. 34:6,19)
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Psa. 40:17• 17But I poor and needy—the Lord considereth me.{HR}My help and deliverer [art] thou; O my God, delay not. (Psa. 40:17)
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2 Sam. 22:28• 28And the afflicted people thou dost save;{HR}And thine eyes are upon the haughty, whom thou bringest down. (2 Sam. 22:28)
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Isa. 57:15• 15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy, I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. (Isa. 57:15)
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Isa. 66:2• 2Even all those [things] hath my hand made, and all those [things] have been, saith Jehovah. But to this [man] will I look, to the afflicted and contrite in spirit, and trembling at my word. (Isa. 66:2)
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Luke 1:52‑53• 52He hath put down rulers from thrones, and exalted the lowly.
 53He hath filled the hungry with good things; and sent the rich empty away. (Luke 1:52‑53)
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2 Cor. 8:9• 9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he being rich became poor, in order that ye by his poverty might become rich. (2 Cor. 8:9)
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James 2:5• 5Hear, my beloved brethren; did not God choose the poor as to the world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those that love him? (James 2:5)
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Psa. 10:4• 4The wicked [man] according to the pride of his anger seeketh not;{HR}All his thoughts [are], There is no God. (Psa. 10:4)
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Psa. 17:10,13• 10Their fat they have closed;{HR}[With] their mouth they have spoken in pride.
 13Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, cause him to bow down;{HR}Deliver my soul from the wicked [man], thy sword: (Psa. 17:10,13)
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Psa. 101:5• 5Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour,{HR}Him I will cut off;{HR}The lofty of eyes and proud of heart,{HR}Him will I not suffer. (Psa. 101:5)
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Prov. 6:16‑17• 16Six [things] Jehovah hateth,{HR}Yea, seven [are] an abomination of his soul:
 17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue,{HR}And hands that shed innocent blood, (Prov. 6:16‑17)
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Prov. 30:12• 12There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes,{HR}Yet are not washed from their filthiness;{HR} (Prov. 30:12)
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Isa. 3:9• 9The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves. (Isa. 3:9)
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Isa. 10:12• 12And it shall come to pass [that], when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon Mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. (Isa. 10:12)
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Luke 18:14• 14I say unto you, this [man] went down to his house justified rather than that [other]; for everyone who exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. (Luke 18:14)
• As the result of Christ’s identification with His suffering people there will be, in the righteous government of God, deliverance for “the afflicted people,” and judgment for the proud. (“Psalm 18” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For it is thou that savestg the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes wilt thou bring down.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "wilt save."

W. Kelly Translation

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For thou savest an afflicted people,{HR}And lofty eyes thou bringest down.