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Psalms 18:27

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25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.

For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.

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BSB
For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
KJV
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
WEB
For you will save the afflicted people, but the arrogant eyes you will bring down.
ASV
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.
DARBY
For it is thou that savest the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes wilt thou bring down.
BLB
For You will save a lowly people, but the eyes of those rising high You bring low.
ÅB
For du redder de elendige,
og du fornedrer de hovmodige.
OTB
For du frelser et ydmykt folk,
Men du feller de stoltes øyne.
B1930
For du frelser elendige folk, og du fornedrer høie øine.

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  • Isaiah 66:2

    For 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.

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  • Isaiah 57:15

    For 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.

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  • James 2:5

    Hearken, 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?

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  • 2 Samuel 22:28

    And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

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  • Psalms 101:5

    Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

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  • Isaiah 3:9

    The shew 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.

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  • 2 Corinthians 8:9

    For 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.

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  • Psalms 9:18

    For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

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