Psalms 18:42

⁴⁰ Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

⁴¹ They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

⁴³ Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

⁴⁴ As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.
KJV: Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
WEB: Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets.
ASV: Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.
DARBY: And I did beat them small as dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.
BLB: And I beat them as dust upon the face of the wind; like mud in the streets I trampled them.

ÅB: Og jeg knuser dem som støv for vinden,
jeg tømmer dem ut som søle på gatene.
OTB: Da knuste jeg dem som støv for vinden;
Jeg kastet dem ut som gjørme i gatene.
B1930: Og jeg knuser dem som støv for vinden, jeg tømmer dem ut som søle på gatene.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 10:6
I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
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Isaiah 41:15–16
Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
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Zechariah 10:5
And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
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2 Kings 13:7
Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
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Isaiah 41:2
Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
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Isaiah 25:10
For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.
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Malachi 4:3
And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
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Psalms 50:22
Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
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