Psalms 18:31–32
For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God?
*For who is God saue the LORD? or who is a rocke saue our God?
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceDeut. 32.33. 1.Sam. 2.2. psal.86.8. Esa.45.5.
It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
It is God that girdeth mee with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
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- Deuteronomy 32:31Rank 1 from verse 31
- Psalms 86:8Rank 2 from verse 31
- 2 Samuel 22:32Rank 3 from verse 31
- Deuteronomy 32:39Rank 4 from verse 31
39See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
39See now, that I, euen I am he, and there is no god with mee; *I kill, and I make aliue: I wound, and I heale: neither is there any that can deliuer out of my hand.
- Isaiah 45:5Rank 5 from verse 31
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- Isaiah 45:21–22Rank 7 from verse 31
21Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
21Tell ye and bring them neere, yea let them take counsell together, who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? Haue not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me, a iust God and a Sauiour, there is none beside me.
22Looke vnto mee, and be ye saued all the endes of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
From verse 32
- Isaiah 45:5Rank 1 from verse 32
- 2 Corinthians 3:5Rank 2 from verse 32
- 2 Samuel 22:33Rank 3 from verse 32
- Psalms 28:7Rank 4 from verse 32
7The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
7The LORD is my strength, and my shield, my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly reioyceth, and with my song will I praise him.
- Psalms 91:2Rank 5 from verse 32
- Psalms 93:1Rank 6 from verse 32
1THE Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
1¶ The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with Maiestie, the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith hee hath girded himselfe: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moued.
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Psalms 18:31
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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The one true God.
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Sense 1: To rescue, deliver, preserve, keep alive, heal, recover, or bring safely through. Sense 2: Except or apart from.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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1. A mass of stone or a rocky place. 2. Figuratively, a secure refuge, strength, foundation, or cause of stumbling. 3. A title or figure for God or Christ.
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Psalms 18:32
The one true God.
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Third-person singular present form of gird, meaning to fasten clothing or another object around the body.
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Power, might, force, ability, firmness, courage, capacity, support, defence, resources, or that by which a person or thing is enabled to stand, act, endure, overcome, or accomplish a work.
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Third-person singular present form of make (to form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition).
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Complete, whole, sound, mature, upright, fully fitted, finished, exact, or lacking nothing required for the person, work, knowledge, state, purpose, or standard in view; to perfect is to bring to that intended completion or maturity.
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30As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
30*‖ As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
31For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God?
31*For who is God saue the LORD? or who is a rocke saue our God?
Selected passage32It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
32 It is God that girdeth mee with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
Selected passage33He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
33Hee maketh my feete like hindes feete, and setteth me vpon my high places.