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Psalms 18:45

43 You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.

44 When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.

Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.

46 The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted—

47 the God who avenges me and subdues nations beneath me,

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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.

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BSB
Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
KJV
The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
WEB
The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their strongholds.
ASV
The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places.
DARBY
Strangers have faded away, and they come trembling forth from their close places.
BLB
The sons of a foreigner fade away, and they come trembling from their strongholds.
ÅB
Fremmede visner bort
og går skjelvende ut av sine borger.
OTB
Fremmede mister motet,
Og kommer skjelvende fra sine festninger.
B1930
Fremmede visner bort og går bevende ut av sine borger.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Micah 7:17

    They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will crawl from their holes in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of You.

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  • James 1:11

    For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

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  • Revelation 6:16

    And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.

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  • Isaiah 24:4

    The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.

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