2 Samuel 22:28

28 You take the side of the down-and-out, but the stuck-up you take down a peg.

2 Samuel 22:28 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 22:28

And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes [are]
upon the haughty, [that] thou mayest bring [them] down.
] (See Gill on Psalms 18:27).

2 Samuel 22:28 In-Context

26 You stick by people who stick with you, you're straight with people who're straight with you,

27 You're good to good people, you shrewdly work around the bad ones.

28 You take the side of the down-and-out, but the stuck-up you take down a peg.

29 Suddenly, God, your light floods my path, God drives out the darkness.

30 I smash the bands of marauders, I vault the high fences.