He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.
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He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.
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He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
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(18-49) He delivereth me from mine enemies; yea, Thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.
Cross-references (9)
Passages linked to Psalms 18:48 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 86:14 God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don’t hold regard for you before them.
- Psalms 140:1 Deliver me, Yahweh, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man:
- Psalms 140:4 Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.
- Psalms 140:11 An evil speaker won’t be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
- Psalms 7:16 The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
- Psalms 59:1-2 Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me. Deliver me from the workers of iniquity. Save me from the bloodthirsty men.
- Psalms 22:27-30 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you. For the kingdom is Yahweh’s. He is the ruler over the nations. All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who can’t keep his soul alive. Posterity shall serve him. Future generations shall be told about the Lord.
- Psalms 89:13 You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.
- Philippians 2:9 Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name,
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That is, Saul, who of malice persecuted him.
That is, Saul, who of malice persecuted him.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 18:48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea,…
Psa 18:48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
Ver. 48. He delivereth me from mine enemies] This David hath never done with, but goeth over it again and again, as desirous to do the Lord all the right that might be.
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From the violent man] That is, from Saul, saith R. David, and him he mentioneth last, quia erat principium omnis Davidicae gloriae, because the fall of his house was the rise of all David’s glory. The Chaldee hath it, From Gog and his armies.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Above those that rise up against me; above their…
Above those that rise up against me; above their malice and power.
From the violent man; from Saul, whom for honour’s sake he forbears to mention.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord,…
Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the Heathen,.... These words are cited by the apostle, in Rom 15:9; and applied to the conversion of the Gentiles, which is manifestly prophesied of in some preceding verses of this psalm: there it is rendered, "I will confess to thee among the Gentiles"; and designs not confession of sin, nor profession of the truth, but an acknowledgment of unworthiness, joined with thankfulness for mercies received; done in the most public manner, not only in the congregation of the righteous, but before the Heathen conquered by him; owning before them all, that the victories he had obtained over them were not to be ascribed to his arm and sword, but to the power of the Lord;
and sing praises unto thy name; which is comely for the saints to do, and which Jesus Christ himself did, in the great congregation of his disciples, and among the Gentiles, by his apostles, and others, on the account of the conversion of them.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Violent man - From Saul: whom for honour's sake…
Violent man - From Saul: whom for honour's sake he forbears to mention.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 48. He delivereth me] That is, he hath…
Verse 48. He delivereth me] That is, he hath delivered me, and continues to deliver me, from all that rise up against me.
The violent man.] Saul; this applies particularly to him.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain He delivereth me from mine enemies - From all…
He delivereth me from mine enemies - From all my foes.
Yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me - So that I triumph over them. Instead of being subdued by them, and trampled under their feet, I am exalted, and they are humbled.
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Thou hast delivered me from the violent man - Margin, as in Hebrew, man of violence; the man characterized by injustice and wrong; the man who endeavored to overcome and subdue me by force and arms. There is probably a special allusion here by the psalmist to Saul as his great enemy, but perhaps he had also in his eye others of the same kind, and the meaning may be that he had been delivered from all of that class of people.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain liftest me up--to safety and honors.
liftest me up--to safety and honors.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 48. My deliverer from mine enemies;
48. My deliverer from mine enemies;
Yea, thou didst set me on high from them that rose up against me,
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From the man of violence didst thou rescue me.
My deliverer, as in Psa_18:2. 2 Sam. has “that bringeth me forth.” The man of violence might mean men of violence in general, but it is more natural to regard it as a reference to Saul. Cp. Psa_140:1; Psa_140:4; Psa_140:11.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain He delivereth me from mine enemies. The "deliverance" was…
He delivereth me from mine enemies. The "deliverance" was especially from domestic foes (see vers. 17, 19). His foreign foes seem never to have brought David into much peril. Yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me. The "lifting up" was above enemies of both kinds (see ver. 43). Thou hast delivered me from the violent man (comp. ver. 17). There is no reason to doubt that in both places Saul is intended. He was at once David"s "enemy," and a "man of violence." Were the question open otherwise, it would be closed by the statement in the title.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 I am set free
I am set free
This can be stated in active form. AT: "God has set me free" (See: Active or Passive)
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you lifted me above
Yahweh's protection of the writer is spoken of as if he lifted the writer up so high that his enemies could not reach him to harm him. AT: "you put me in a safe place high above" (See: Metaphor)
who rose against me
"who attacked me" or "who rebelled against me"
violent men
"cruel men" or "savage men"
among the nations
Here the writer means that he will give thanks to Yahweh so that all people will hear of Yahweh's greatness. AT: "so all the nations will hear about it" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
to your name
Here "name" represents God himself. AT: "in honor of your name" or "to you" (See: Metonymy)
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