King James Version
Psalms 18:27 in the King James Version says “For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.”
Psalms 18:27 · KJV
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward. shew thyself froward: or, wrestle
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. candle: or, lamp
For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. run: or, broken
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“For thou wilt save”
H3467properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e., (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
“looks”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“high”
H7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
“but wilt bring down”
H8213to depress or sink (especially figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
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