And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
Psalm 18:27 - King James Version - American Edition For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But wilt bring down high looks. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For You deliver an afflicted and humble people but will bring down those with haughty looks. American Standard Version (1901) For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down. Common English Bible You are the one who saves people who suffer and brings down those with proud eyes. |
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I cut off: him that hath a high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
Wherefore it shall come to pass, that, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
The show 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.
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.
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.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
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.
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?