2 Samuel 22:28
26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
- KJV
- And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
- WEB
- You will save the afflicted people, but your eyes are on the arrogant, that you may bring them down.
- ASV
- And the afflicted people thou wilt save; But thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
- DARBY
- And the afflicted people thou dost save; And thine eyes are upon the haughty, [whom] thou bringest down.
- BLB
- And the humble people You will save, and Your eyes [are] on the haughty, to bring [them] down.
- ÅB
- Elendige folk frelser du, men dine øyne er mot de overmodige; dem fornedrer du.
- OTB
- Og Du frelser et ydmykt folk,
Men Dine øyne er på de stolte, som Du fører ned. - B1930
- Elendige folk frelser du, men dine øine er mot de overmodige; dem fornedrer du.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 72:12–13
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
Read in contextIsaiah 5:15
And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
Read in contextJames 4:6–7
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Read in contextJob 40:11–12
Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
Read in contextIsaiah 2:17
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Read in contextExodus 3:7–8
And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
Read in contextIsaiah 2:11–12
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Read in contextPsalms 138:6
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
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