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People I did not know now serve me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/18.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />You gave me victory over my accusers. You appointed me ruler over nations; people I don’t even know now serve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/18.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You delivered me from strife with the people; you made me the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/18.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; <i>and</i> thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people <i>whom</i> I have not known shall serve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/18.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; You have made me the head of the nations; A people I have not known shall serve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have rescued me from the contentions of the people; You have placed me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/18.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />You have delivered me from the contentions of the people; You have placed me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Thou hast delivered me from the contentions of the people; Thou hast placed me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You have delivered me from the contentions of the people; You have placed me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You have rescued me from the contentions of the people; You have placed me as the head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have freed me from the feuds among the people; you have appointed me the head of nations; a people I had not known serve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have freed me from the feuds among the people; You have appointed me the head of nations; a people I had not known serve me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You rescued me from stubborn people, and you made me the leader of foreign nations, who are now my slaves. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; thou hast made me the head of the nations: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You rescued me from my conflicts with the people. You made me the leader of nations. A people I did not know will serve me:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/18.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You saved me from a rebellious people and made me ruler over the nations; people I did not know have now become my subjects. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/18.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You rescued me from conflict with the people; you made me head of the nations. People who did not know me will serve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/18.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You rescue me from a hostile army; you make me a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You deliver me "" From the strivings of the people, "" You place me for a head of nations, "" A people I have not known serve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of the people, Thou placest me for a head of nations, A people I have not known do serve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thou wilt deliver me from the contentions of the people; thou wilt set me for head of the nations: a people I knew not shall serve me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people: thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 17:44>You will rescue me from the contradictions of the people. You will set me at the head of the Gentiles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You rescued me from the strife of peoples; you made me head over nations. A people I had not known served me; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You delivered me from strife with the peoples; you made me head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thou wilt deliver me from the judgments of the people; and thou wilt make me the leader of the Gentiles; a people whom I have not known shall serve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />You will deliver me from the judgments of the people and you will make me Leader to the nations; a people that I have not known will serve me.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thou hast delivered me from the contentions of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Deliver me from the gain sayings of the people: thou shalt make me head of the Gentiles: a people whom I knew not served me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/18-43.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=1792" 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">42</span>I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets. <span class="reftext">43</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6403.htm" title="6403: tə·p̄al·lə·ṭê·nî (V-Piel-Imperf-2ms:: 1cs) -- To escape. A primitive root; to slip out, i.e. Escape; causatively, to deliver.">You have delivered me</a> <a href="/hebrew/7379.htm" title="7379: mê·rî·ḇê (Prep-m:: N-mpc) -- Strife, dispute. Or rib; from riyb; a contest.">from the strife</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘ām (N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">of the people;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: tə·śî·mê·nî (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms:: 1cs) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">You have made me</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: lə·rōš (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">the head</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: gō·w·yim (N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">of nations;</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.">a people</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">I had not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏa‘·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">known</a> <a href="/hebrew/5647.htm" title="5647: ya·‘aḇ·ḏū·nî (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp:: 1cs) -- To work, serve. A primitive root; to work; by implication, to serve, till, enslave, etc.">shall serve me.</a> </span><span class="reftext">44</span>When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.…<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="/2_samuel/22-44.htm">2 Samuel 22:44-45</a></span><br />You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me. / Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-1.htm">Deuteronomy 28:1</a></span><br />“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-5.htm">Isaiah 55:5</a></span><br />Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/8-7.htm">1 Samuel 8:7</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-43.htm">1 Kings 8:43</a></span><br />then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-6.htm">Isaiah 49:6</a></span><br />He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/60-10.htm">Isaiah 60:10-12</a></span><br />Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy. / Your gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession. / For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/1-10.htm">Jeremiah 1:10</a></span><br />See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-7.htm">Jeremiah 31:7</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/4-2.htm">Micah 4:2</a></span><br />And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-46.htm">Acts 13:46-47</a></span><br />Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. / For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/15-9.htm">Romans 15:9-12</a></span><br />so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.” / Again, it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.” / And again: “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and extol Him, all you peoples.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/2-11.htm">Ephesians 2:11-13</a></span><br />Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)— / remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. / But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/3-14.htm">Galatians 3:14</a></span><br />He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/5-9.htm">Revelation 5:9</a></span><br />And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; and you have made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.</p><p class="hdg">from</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/2-9.htm">2 Samuel 2:9,10</a></b></br> And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/3-1.htm">2 Samuel 3:1</a></b></br> Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/5-1.htm">2 Samuel 5:1-7</a></b></br> Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we <i>are</i> thy bone and thy flesh… </p><p class="hdg">made</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/22-27.htm">Psalm 22:27,28</a></b></br> All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/108-9.htm">Psalm 108:9</a></b></br> Moab <i>is</i> my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/5-1.htm">2 Samuel 5:1-25</a></b></br> Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we <i>are</i> thy bone and thy flesh… </p><p class="hdg">a people</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/52-15.htm">Isaiah 52:15</a></b></br> So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for <i>that</i> which had not been told them shall they see; and <i>that</i> which they had not heard shall they consider.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/55-5.htm">Isaiah 55:5</a></b></br> Behold, thou shalt call a nation <i>that</i> thou knowest not, and nations <i>that</i> knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/1-10.htm">Hosea 1:10</a></b></br> Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> in the place where it was said unto them, Ye <i>are</i> not my people, <i>there</i> it shall be said unto them, <i>Ye are</i> the sons of the living God.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/3-1.htm">Attacks</a> <a href="/job/13-6.htm">Contentions</a> <a href="/psalms/18-27.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/psalms/18-19.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-44.htm">Fightings</a> <a href="/psalms/18-17.htm">Free</a> <a href="/psalms/7-16.htm">Head</a> <a href="/psalms/10-16.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/psalms/10-16.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/psalms/9-11.htm">Peoples</a> <a href="/psalms/8-6.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-44.htm">Placest</a> <a href="/job/4-18.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/psalms/2-11.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/esther/2-2.htm">Served</a> <a href="/job/33-19.htm">Strife</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-44.htm">Strivings</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/12-8.htm">Subject</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/42-9.htm">Attacks</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-14.htm">Contentions</a> <a href="/psalms/18-48.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/psalms/18-48.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-5.htm">Fightings</a> <a href="/psalms/18-48.htm">Free</a> <a href="/psalms/21-3.htm">Head</a> <a href="/psalms/18-49.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/psalms/18-47.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/psalms/18-47.htm">Peoples</a> <a href="/psalms/19-4.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/psalms/21-5.htm">Placest</a> <a href="/psalms/34-22.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/psalms/22-30.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/psalms/106-36.htm">Served</a> <a href="/psalms/31-20.htm">Strife</a> <a href="/psalms/89-50.htm">Strivings</a> <a href="/psalms/89-22.htm">Subject</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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Historically, David faced numerous internal challenges, including opposition from Saul and later from his own son Absalom. The "strife of the people" can be seen as the internal discord and rebellion within Israel. This deliverance is a testament to God's faithfulness in protecting His anointed. It echoes the broader biblical theme of God as a deliverer, seen in the Exodus narrative where God delivers Israel from Egypt (<a href="/exodus/14-30.htm">Exodus 14:30</a>). Theologically, it underscores the belief in God's sovereignty over human affairs and His ability to bring peace amidst turmoil.<p><b>You have made me the head of nations;</b><br>This phrase signifies the elevation of David's status beyond Israel. Historically, David's military conquests expanded Israel's influence, making it a dominant power in the region. This fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham that his descendants would be a blessing to all nations (<a href="/genesis/12-2.htm">Genesis 12:2-3</a>) is seen in David's reign. Theologically, it prefigures the messianic kingdom where Christ, a descendant of David, is recognized as the King of Kings (<a href="/revelation/19-16.htm">Revelation 19:16</a>). This phrase also highlights the theme of divine appointment and the idea that true leadership is established by God.<p><b>a people I had not known shall serve me.</b><br>This phrase indicates the submission of foreign nations to David's rule, which historically occurred as David expanded his kingdom. It reflects the ancient Near Eastern context where conquering kings often ruled over diverse peoples. This can be seen as a type of Christ, who draws all nations to Himself (<a href="/john/12-32.htm">John 12:32</a>). Theologically, it points to the inclusivity of God's kingdom, where people from every tribe and tongue will worship Him (<a href="/revelation/7-9.htm">Revelation 7:9</a>). This phrase also emphasizes the unexpected nature of God's plans, where those outside the covenant community are brought into service and relationship with the covenant God.<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 gratitude for God's deliverance and elevation. He was the second king of Israel, known for his heart for God and his military conquests.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/n/nations.htm">Nations</a></b><br>Refers to the various peoples and kingdoms surrounding Israel. David's reign extended Israel's influence over these nations.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The central figure in the Psalm, God is portrayed as the deliverer and the one who elevates David to a position of leadership over the nations.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_deliverance.htm">God's Deliverance</a></b><br>Recognize that God is our deliverer from strife and conflict. Just as He delivered David, He can deliver us from our personal struggles.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/elevation_by_god.htm">Elevation by God</a></b><br>Understand that any position of influence or leadership we attain is by God's grace and purpose. We should use it to serve others and glorify Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/unknown_opportunities.htm">Unknown Opportunities</a></b><br>Be open to serving and leading people or groups we may not initially know. God can expand our influence beyond our immediate circles.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/fulfillment_of_promises.htm">Fulfillment of Promises</a></b><br>Trust in God's promises. Just as He fulfilled His promises to David, He will fulfill His promises to us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/servant_leadership.htm">Servant Leadership</a></b><br>Embrace the role of a servant leader, as David did, leading with humility and a heart for God's people.<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/why_lacks_psalm_43_davidic_markers.htm">If attributed to David, why does Psalm 43 include no clear historical markers aligning it with known events of his reign?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_psalm_40_12_hyperbole_or_historical.htm">Does historical evidence show David or any Israelite king facing countless troubles as in Psalm 40:12, or is this hyperbole affecting historical accuracy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_psalm_60_2_with_no_evidence.htm">How can Psalm 60:2's depiction of an earth split apart be reconciled with the lack of historical or geological evidence for such a cataclysmic event?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'called_by_his_purpose'_mean.htm">How is Jesus represented in each book of the Bible?</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>(43) <span class= "bld">People.</span>--The parallelism favours the interpretation which takes "people" as equivalent to <span class= "ital">peoples</span>--the Gentiles. But as in Samuel it is "my people," explain it of the early political troubles of David. Notice also in Samuel "preserved," instead of "made."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 43.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thou hast delivered me from</span> <span class="cmt_word">the strivings of the people.</span> David now approaches his conclusion. In one verse he at once sums up his past deliverances and anticipates fresh glories. God has delivered him from the strivings of those who were hostile to him among his own people (see vers. 4-18), and has also given him victory over the heathen. In the future he will do even more. <span class="cmt_word">And thou hast made me the head of the heathen</span>. The antithesis between "people" (<span class="hebrew">עָם</span>) and "heathen," or "nations" (<span class="hebrew">גויָם</span>), is unmistakable. The long series of David's victories have made him "head" over the latter. This is less clearly seen in the history of David's reign than in the description given of the state of the kingdom inherited from David by Solomon (<a href="/1_kings/4-21.htm">1 Kings 4:21, 24</a>). <span class="cmt_word">A people whom I have not known shall</span> <span class="cmt_word">serve me</span>. It is not clear that this was ever fulfilled literally in the person of David, and, we are entitled to explain it as a Messianic prophecy, parallel with that of <a href="/psalms/2-8.htm">Psalm 2:8</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/18-43.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">You have delivered me</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּפַלְּטֵנִי֮</span> <span class="translit">(tə·p̄al·lə·ṭê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6403.htm">Strong's 6403: </a> </span><span class="str2">To slip out, escape, to deliver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the strife</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵרִ֪יבֵ֫י</span> <span class="translit">(mê·rî·ḇê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7379.htm">Strong's 7379: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strife, dispute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the people;</span><br /><span class="heb">עָ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘ām)</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">You have made me</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּ֭שִׂימֵנִי</span> <span class="translit">(tə·śî·mê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the head</span><br /><span class="heb">לְרֹ֣אשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·rōš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> </span><span class="str2">The head</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of nations;</span><br /><span class="heb">גּוֹיִ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(gō·w·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a people</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֖ם</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">I had not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">known</span><br /><span class="heb">יָדַ֣עְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏa‘·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shall serve me.</span><br /><span class="heb">יַֽעַבְדֽוּנִי׃</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘aḇ·ḏū·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5647.htm">Strong's 5647: </a> </span><span class="str2">To work, to serve, till, enslave</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/18-43.htm">Psalm 18:43 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/18-43.htm">Psalm 18:43 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/18-43.htm">Psalm 18:43 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/18-43.htm">Psalm 18:43 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/18-43.htm">Psalm 18:43 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/18-43.htm">Psalm 18:43 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/18-43.htm">Psalm 18:43 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/18-43.htm">Psalm 18:43 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/18-43.htm">Psalm 18:43 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/18-43.htm">Psalm 18:43 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/18-43.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 18:43 You have delivered me from the strivings (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/18-42.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 18:42"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 18:42" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/18-44.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 18:44"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 18:44" /></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>