King James Version
2 Samuel 22:28 in the King James Version says “And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.”
2 Samuel 22:28 · KJV
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury. shew thyself unsavoury: or, wrestle
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness. lamp: or, candle
For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. run: or, broken
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“thou wilt save”
H3467properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e., (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
“but thine eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“are upon the haughty”
H7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
“that thou mayest bring them down”
H8213to depress or sink (especially figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
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