2 Samuel 22:28

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

2 Samuel 22:28 in Other Translations

28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

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

28 You rescue the humble, but your eyes watch the proud and humiliate them.

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

28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save; But thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

28 You save humble people, but your eyes bring down arrogant people.

28 You rescue an afflicted people, but Your eyes are set against the proud- You humble them.

28 You save those who aren't proud. But you watch the proud to bring them down.

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

• 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