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Selected Verse: Psalms 18:39 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 18:39 |
King James |
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| that rose up against me--literally, "insurgents" (Psa 3:1; Psa 44:5). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle - See the note at Psa 18:32. Compare Job 12:18; Pro 31:17.
Thou hast subdued under me - Margin, as in Hebrew, caused to bow. That is, God had caused them to submit to him; he had enabled him to overcome them; still acknowledging that all this was from God, and that the praise was due to Him, and not to the power of his own arm. |
5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
1 A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.