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but wilt bring down high looks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/18.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For You will save the humble people, But will bring down haughty looks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For You save an afflicted people, But You humiliate haughty eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/18.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For You save an afflicted people, But haughty eyes You abase.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For Thou dost save an afflicted people; But haughty eyes Thou dost abase.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For You save an afflicted people, But eyes <i>which are</i> lifted up, You bring down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For You save an afflicted <i>and</i> humble people, But bring down those [arrogant fools] with haughty eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For you rescue an oppressed people, but you humble those with haughty eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For You rescue an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You rescue the humble, but you put down all who are proud. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You save humble people, but you bring down a conceited look.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/18.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You save those who are humble, but you humble those who are proud. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/18.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Indeed, you deliver the oppressed, but you bring down those who exalt themselves in their own eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/18.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For you deliver oppressed people, but you bring down those who have a proud look. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For you will save a humble people, but the eyes of the proud you will bring low.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For you will save the afflicted people, but the arrogant eyes you will bring down. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For You save a poor people, "" And cause the eyes of the high to fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For Thou a poor people savest, And the eyes of the high causest to fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thou wilt save the humble people, and thou wilt humble the eyes of the lifted up.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down the eyes of the proud. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 17:28>For you will save the humble people, but you will bring down the eyes of the arrogant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For humble people you save; haughty eyes you bring low. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For you deliver a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt humble the proud.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because you will save the poor people and you will humble the lofty eyes.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For Thou dost save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes Thou dost humble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For thou wilt save the lowly people, and wilt humble the eyes of the proud.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/18-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=1684" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/18.htm">The LORD is My Rock</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">26</span>to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd. <span class="reftext">27</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">You</a> <a href="/hebrew/3467.htm" title="3467: ṯō·wō·šî·a‘ (V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms) -- To deliver. A primitive root; properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. to be safe; causatively, to free or succor.">save</a> <a href="/hebrew/6041.htm" title="6041: ‘ā·nî (Adj-ms) -- Poor, afflicted, humble. From anah; depressed, in mind or circumstances.">an afflicted</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am- (N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">people,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8213.htm" title="8213: taš·pîl (V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms) -- To be or become low, to be abased. A primitive root; to depress or sink.">but You humble</a> <a href="/hebrew/7311.htm" title="7311: rā·mō·wṯ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fp) -- To be high or exalted, rise. A primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise.">those with haughty</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: wə·‘ê·na·yim (Conj-w:: N-cd) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">eyes.</a> </span><span class="reftext">28</span>For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-6.htm">James 4:6</a></span><br />But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/5-5.htm">1 Peter 5:5</a></span><br />Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/3-34.htm">Proverbs 3:34</a></span><br />He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-52.htm">Luke 1:52</a></span><br />He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-12.htm">Matthew 23:12</a></span><br />For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-15.htm">Isaiah 57:15</a></span><br />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 the heart of the contrite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-2.htm">Isaiah 66:2</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/22-28.htm">2 Samuel 22:28</a></span><br />You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/5-11.htm">Job 5:11</a></span><br />He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/29-23.htm">Proverbs 29:23</a></span><br />A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/21-26.htm">Ezekiel 21:26</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-7.htm">1 Samuel 2:7-8</a></span><br />The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts. / He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/14-11.htm">Luke 14:11</a></span><br />For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/18-14.htm">Luke 18:14</a></span><br />I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-3.htm">Matthew 5:3</a></span><br />“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For you will save the afflicted people; but will bring down high looks.</p><p class="hdg">save</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/9-18.htm">Psalm 9:18</a></b></br> For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall <i>not</i> perish for ever.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/34-6.htm">Psalm 34:6,19</a></b></br> This poor man cried, and the LORD heard <i>him</i>, and saved him out of all his troubles… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/40-17.htm">Psalm 40:17</a></b></br> But I <i>am</i> poor and needy; <i>yet</i> the Lord thinketh upon me: thou <i>art</i> my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.</p><p class="hdg">bring</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/10-4.htm">Psalm 10:4</a></b></br> The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek <i>after God</i>: God <i>is</i> not in all his thoughts.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/17-10.htm">Psalm 17:10,13</a></b></br> They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/101-5.htm">Psalm 101:5</a></b></br> Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/40-11.htm">Abase</a> <a href="/psalms/14-6.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/psalms/16-11.htm">Causest</a> <a href="/psalms/17-13.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/psalms/18-24.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/psalms/13-4.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/psalms/17-14.htm">Full</a> <a href="/psalms/10-5.htm">Haughty</a> <a href="/psalms/18-16.htm">High</a> <a href="/psalms/10-17.htm">Humble</a> <a href="/psalms/14-2.htm">Looks</a> <a href="/psalms/14-6.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/psalms/17-10.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/psalms/17-14.htm">Save</a> <a href="/psalms/17-7.htm">Savest</a> <a href="/psalms/18-19.htm">Saviour</a> <a href="/psalms/18-18.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/psalms/18-26.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/13-11.htm">Abase</a> <a href="/psalms/22-21.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/psalms/18-39.htm">Causest</a> <a href="/psalms/18-43.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/psalms/19-8.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/psalms/18-38.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/psalms/19-9.htm">Full</a> <a href="/psalms/75-5.htm">Haughty</a> <a href="/psalms/18-33.htm">High</a> <a href="/psalms/22-26.htm">Humble</a> <a href="/psalms/22-17.htm">Looks</a> <a href="/psalms/22-24.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/psalms/19-13.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/psalms/18-31.htm">Save</a> <a href="/psalms/36-6.htm">Savest</a> <a href="/psalms/18-41.htm">Saviour</a> <a href="/psalms/20-1.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/psalms/18-28.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 18</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/18-1.htm">David praises God for his manifold and marvelous blessings</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical context, the "afflicted" often refers to those who are poor, marginalized, or experiencing hardship. The Psalms frequently emphasize God's care for the downtrodden, as seen in <a href="/psalms/34-6.htm">Psalm 34:6</a>, where God hears the cry of the afflicted. Historically, Israel often found itself in situations of affliction, whether under Egyptian bondage or during the Babylonian exile, and God's deliverance was a recurring theme. This phrase also foreshadows the ministry of Jesus Christ, who proclaimed good news to the poor and set the oppressed free (<a href="/luke/4-18.htm">Luke 4:18</a>). <p><b>but You humble those with haughty eyes</b><br>This part of the verse contrasts God's treatment of the proud with His care for the humble. "Haughty eyes" symbolize arrogance and self-exaltation, which are attitudes that God opposes. <a href="/proverbs/16-18.htm">Proverbs 16:18</a> warns that pride precedes destruction, and this theme is consistent throughout Scripture. The humbling of the proud is evident in the story of Nebuchadnezzar in <a href="/daniel/4.htm">Daniel 4</a>, where his arrogance leads to his downfall until he acknowledges God's sovereignty. This phrase also points to the ultimate humbling of Satan, whose pride led to his fall. In the New Testament, Jesus teaches that those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted (<a href="/matthew/23-12.htm">Matthew 23:12</a>), reinforcing the principle that God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble (<a href="/james/4-6.htm">James 4:6</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>- The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/18.htm">Psalm 18</a>, David is expressing his gratitude and praise to God for deliverance from his enemies, including King Saul.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>- The central figure in this verse, God is portrayed as the savior of the humble and the one who brings down the proud.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/afflicted_people.htm">Afflicted People</a></b><br>- Those who are oppressed or suffering, whom God promises to save.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/haughty_eyes.htm">Haughty Eyes</a></b><br>- A metaphor for prideful individuals who are self-exalted and whom God will humble.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_favor_on_the_humble.htm">God's Favor on the Humble</a></b><br>God delights in saving those who are humble and afflicted. We should strive to maintain a humble heart, recognizing our dependence on Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_pride.htm">The Danger of Pride</a></b><br>Pride leads to downfall. We must guard against arrogance and self-exaltation, remembering that God opposes the proud.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice.htm">God's Justice</a></b><br>God is just and fair, lifting the humble and bringing down the proud. Trust in His righteous judgment and timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god_for_deliverance.htm">Dependence on God for Deliverance</a></b><br>In times of affliction, turn to God for salvation and deliverance, knowing He is faithful to those who seek Him with humility.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reflecting_god's_character.htm">Reflecting God's Character</a></b><br>As followers of Christ, we are called to reflect God's character by showing compassion to the afflicted and maintaining humility in our own lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 18</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_schizophrenia.htm">What is the Bible's perspective on schizophrenia?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_david_truly_write_psalm_131_1.htm">In Psalm 131:1, how can we be sure David actually wrote this psalm when authorship is disputed by some scholars?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_'i_shall_not_die'_deny_mortality.htm">(Psalm 118:17) Does the assertion 'I shall not die, but live' contradict mortality or promise an unrealistic divine protection?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_kundalini_spirit.htm">What is the Leviathan Spirit?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27) <span class= "bld">High looks.</span>--See variation in Samuel.<p><span class= "bld">The afflicted people.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">afflicted folk, </span>with no distinctive reference to Israel, except, of course, I when the poem became adapted for congregational use.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 27.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For thou wilt save the afflicted people</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the oppressed and down-trodden, who are assumed to be pious and God-fearing (comp. <a href="/psalms/10-12.htm">Psalm 10:12-14</a>; <a href="/psalms/11-2.htm">Psalm 11:2</a>, etc.). <span class="cmt_word">But wilt bring down high looks</span> (comp. <a href="/psalms/101-5.htm">Psalm 101:5</a> and <a href="/proverbs/6-17.htm">Proverbs 6:17</a>). The <span class="accented">fact</span> of "pride going before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall," was noticed by the heathen of the ancient world, no less than by the" peculiar people." And both alike attributed the downfall of the proud to God. "Seest thou," says Herodotus, "how God with his lightning smites always the bigger animals, and will not suffer them to wax insolent, while those of a lesser bulk chafe him not? How likewise his bolts ever fall on the highest houses and the tallest trees? So plainly does he love to bring down everything that exalts itself. Thus ofttimes a mighty host is discomfited by a few men, when God in his jealousy sends panic or storm from heaven, and they perish in a way unworthy of them. For <span class="accented">God</span> allows no one to have high thoughts but himself" (vii. 10, § 5). But the heathen seem to have imagined that God envied the proud ones, and therefore cast them down. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/18-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You</span><br /><span class="heb">אַ֭תָּה</span> <span class="translit">(’at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">save</span><br /><span class="heb">תוֹשִׁ֑יעַ</span> <span class="translit">(ṯō·wō·šî·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3467.htm">Strong's 3467: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">an afflicted</span><br /><span class="heb">עָנִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6041.htm">Strong's 6041: </a> </span><span class="str2">Poor, afflicted, humble</span><br /><br /><span class="word">people,</span><br /><span class="heb">עַם־</span> <span class="translit">(‘am-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but You humble</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּשְׁפִּֽיל׃</span> <span class="translit">(taš·pîl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8213.htm">Strong's 8213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become low, to be abased</span><br /><br /><span class="word">those with haughty</span><br /><span class="heb">רָמ֣וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(rā·mō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7311.htm">Strong's 7311: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be high actively, to rise, raise</span><br /><br /><span class="word">eyes.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעֵינַ֖יִם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ê·na·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - cd<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/18-27.htm">Psalm 18:27 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/18-27.htm">Psalm 18:27 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/18-27.htm">Psalm 18:27 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/18-27.htm">Psalm 18:27 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/18-27.htm">Psalm 18:27 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/18-27.htm">Psalm 18:27 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/18-27.htm">Psalm 18:27 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/18-27.htm">Psalm 18:27 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/18-27.htm">Psalm 18:27 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/18-27.htm">Psalm 18:27 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/18-27.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 18:27 For you will save the afflicted people (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/18-26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 18:26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 18:26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/18-28.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 18:28"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 18:28" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>