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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• 16These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
 17A proud look, a lying tongue, 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 the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. (Psa. 9:18)
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Psa. 34:6,19• 6This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
 19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. (Psa. 34:6,19)
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Psa. 40:17• 17But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. (Psa. 40:17)
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2 Sam. 22:28• 28And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them 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• 2For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. (Isa. 66:2)
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Luke 1:52‑53• 52He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
 53He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent 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, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. (2 Cor. 8:9)
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James 2:5• 5Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? (James 2:5)
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Psa. 10:4• 4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. (Psa. 10:4)
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Psa. 17:10,13• 10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
 13Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword: (Psa. 17:10,13)
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Psa. 101:5• 5Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. (Psa. 101:5)
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Prov. 6:16‑17• 16These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
 17A proud look, a lying tongue, 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, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. (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• 12Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on 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 tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; 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. (“Psalms 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."