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Psalm 18:27 KJV
Psalms · chapter 18 · verse 27
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.Psalm 18:27 · King James Version
Psalm 18:27 in context
25With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
26With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
27For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
28For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
29For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- afflictedʻânîydepressed, in mind or circumstancesH6041 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- saveyâshaʻproperly, to be open, wide or freeH3467 →
- highrûwmto be high actively, to rise or raiseH7311 →
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Here, I. David reflects with comfort upon his own integrity, and rejoices in the testimony of his conscience that he had had his conversation in godly sincerity and not with fleshly wisdom, Co2 1:12. His deliverances were an evidence of this, and this was the great comfort of his deliverances.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 20-28