Psalm 18:27

Verse 27. The afflicted people. The word rendered "afflicted," properly signifies "poor," or "needy." The persons spoken of are obviously afflicted ones, for they need to be saved or delivered; but it is not their affliction, so much as their poverty, that is indicated by the epithet here given them; and, from the poor being contrasted, not with the wealthy, but with the proud -- for that is the meaning of the figurative expression, "the man of high looks" -- it seems plain that, though the great body of the class referred to have always been found among the comparatively "poor in this world," the reference is to those poor ones whom our Lord represents as "poor in spirit." John Brown.

Verse 27. High looks: namely, the proud; the raising up of the eyebrows being a natural sign of that vice. Psalms 101:5 Proverbs 6:17 . John Diodati.

HINTS FOR PASTORS AND LAYPERSONS

Verse 27. Consolation for the humble, and desolation for the proud.

Verse 27. (second clause). The bringing down of high looks. In a way of grace and justice. Among saints and sinner, etc. A wide theme.