Psalm 18:27 “For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty ey…”

Psalm 18:27

For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

For you will save the afflicted people, but the arrogant eyes you will bring down.

American Standard Version

For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thus thou wilt saue the poore people, and wilt cast downe the proude lookes.

Darby Translation

For it is thou that savest the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes wilt thou bring down.

Young's Literal Translation

For Thou a poor people savest, And the eyes of the high causest to fall.

Bible in Basic English

For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low.

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Cross references

“save”

Isaiah 66:2 Isaiah 57:15 James 2:5 2 Samuel 22:28 Psalm 9:18 2 Corinthians 8:9

Isaiah 66:2 · BSB

Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.

Isaiah 57:15 · BSB

For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive th…

James 2:5 · BSB

Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?

2 Samuel 22:28 · BSB

You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.

Psalm 9:18 · BSB

For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.

2 Corinthians 8:9 · BSB

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

“bring”

Psalm 101:5 Isaiah 3:9 Psalm 10:4 Psalm 17:10 Psalm 17:13 Proverbs 30:12

Psalm 101:5 · BSB

Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.

Isaiah 3:9 · BSB

The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.

Psalm 10:4 · BSB

In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.

Psalm 17:10 · BSB

They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.

Psalm 17:13 · BSB

Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,

Proverbs 30:12 · BSB

There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

26to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

28For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.

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