For you have armed me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
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For you have armed me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
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For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
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(18-40) For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
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Passages linked to Psalms 18:39 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Samuel 22:40-41 For you have armed me with strength for the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me. You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
- Psalms 18:32 the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?
- Isaiah 45:14 Yahweh says: “The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you, and they will be yours. They will go after you. They shall come over in chains. They will bow down to you. They will make supplication to you: ‘Surely God is in you; and there is no one else. There is no other god.
- 1 Corinthians 15:25-28 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy that will be abolished is death. For, “He put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when he says, “All things are put in subjection”, it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him. When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.
- Ephesians 1:22 He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,
- 1 Chronicles 22:18 “Isn’t Yahweh your God with you? Hasn’t he given you rest on every side? For he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before Yahweh, and before his people.
- Psalms 34:21 Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.
- Proverbs 8:36 But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.”
- Lamentations 5:5 Our pursuers are on our necks. We are weary, and have no rest.
- Ezekiel 30:24-25 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand; but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before the king of Babylon with the groaning of a mortally wounded man. I will hold up the arms of the king of Babylon; and the arms of Pharaoh will fall down. Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he stretches it out on the land of Egypt.
- John 15:23 He who hates me, hates my Father also.
- Psalms 66:3 Tell God, “How awesome are your deeds! Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you.
- Philippians 3:21 who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 18:39 For thou hast girded me with strength…
Psa 18:39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Ver. 39. Thou hast girded me with strength, &c.] See Psa 18:32. It is God that weakeneth or strengtheneth either part, Eze 30:24, and rendereth their weapons vain or prosperous, Isa 54:17 Jer 50:9.
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Thou hast subdued under me, &c.] David ascribeth all to God, and useth wonderful variety of expressions in setting forth his benefts.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He repeats what he had said Psa 18:32, lest…
He repeats what he had said Psa 18:32, lest he should seem to arrogate to himself his great achievements and victories mentioned Psa 18:37,38, and that he might give God the whole praise and glory of them.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Thou hast also given me the necks of mine…
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies,.... Either to slay them, or to trample or put a yoke upon them; or rather the sense is, thou hast made them to fly before me, to turn their necks or backs unto me, as the word is used in Jos 7:8; and it is expressive of an utter rout and vanquishing of them;
that I might destroy them that hate me; they not being able to face him and stand against him.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain For thou hast girded me with strength unto the…
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle - See the note at Psa 18:32. Compare Job 12:18; Pro 31:17.
Thou hast subdued under me - Margin, as in Hebrew, caused to bow. That is, God had caused them to submit to him; he had enabled him to overcome them; still acknowledging that all this was from God, and that the praise was due to Him, and not to the power of his own arm.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain that rose up against me--literally, "insurgents" (Psa 3:1; Psa…
that rose up against me--literally, "insurgents" (Psa 3:1; Psa 44:5).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 39. Girded me with strength—Putting on the military girdle…
39. Girded me with strength—Putting on the military girdle completed the military dress.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 39. Cp. Psa_18:32 a.
39. Cp. Psa_18:32 a.
those that rose up against me] Enemies in general (Exo_15:7; Deu_33:11), not necessarily rebellious subjects, though the word is specially applicable to them (Psa_3:1).
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39–42. Thus God gave him victory over all his enemies.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain For thou hast girded me with strength unto the…
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle. Having boasted of his own actions during the space of two verses (vers. 37, 38), David falls back upon his habitual acknowledgments, that all which he has done has been done wholly through the strength of the Divine arm, which has upheld him, sustained him, and given him the victory. Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me; rather, thou hast bowed down mine adversaries under me (Hengstenberg, Kay, Cheyne).
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