2 Samuel 22:28

28 You save the humble, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.

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2 Samuel 22:28 in Other Translations

KJV
28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
ESV
28 You save a humble people, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
NLT
28 You rescue the humble, but your eyes watch the proud and humiliate them.
MSG
28 You take the side of the down-and-out, but the stuck-up you take down a peg.
CSB
28 You rescue an afflicted people, but Your eyes are set against the proud- You humble them.

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 “To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
27 to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.
28 You save the humble, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.
29 You, LORD, are my lamp; the LORD turns my darkness into light.
30 With your help I can advance against a troop ; with my God I can scale a wall.

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Exodus 3:8; 1 Samuel 2:8-9; Psalms 72:12-13
  • 2. Psalms 131:1; Proverbs 30:13; Daniel 4:31; Zephaniah 3:11
  • 3. Isaiah 2:12,17; Isaiah 5:15; S Luke 1:51
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