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Psalms 18:43

Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

KJV

Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

ASV

וְֽ/אֶשְׁחָקֵ֗/ם כְּ/עָפָ֥ר עַל פְּנֵי ר֑וּחַ כְּ/טִ֖יט חוּצ֣וֹת אֲרִיקֵֽ/ם

Hebrew

Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of the people, Thou placest me for a head of nations, A people I have not known do serve me.

YLT

You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָרִ֥יק
'ryq
verb · 19×
ה
h
noun · 164×
טִֽיט
tyt
noun · 13×
ם
m
verb · 4×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עָפָ֥ר
'pr
noun · 109×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

City of God · 2 passages
Chapter 16.—Of the Things Pertaining to Christ and the Church, Said Either Openly or Tropically in the 45th Psalm. For whatever direct and manifest prophetic utterances there may be about anything, it is necessary that those which are tropical should be mingled with them; which, chiefly on account of those of slower understanding, thrust upon the more learned the laborious task…
Chapter 30.—That in the Books of the Old Testament, Where It is Said that God Shall Judge the World, the Person of Christ is Not Explicitly Indicated, But It Plainly Appears from Some Passages in Which the Lord God Speaks that Christ is Meant. There are many other passages of Scripture bearing on the last judgment of God,—so many, indeed, that to cite them all would swell this …

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 2:10 — Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
  • 2Sam 2:9 — And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
  • 2Sam 3:1 — Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.
  • 2Sam 8:1 — And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines.
  • 2Sam 19:9 — And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is f
  • 2Sam 22:44 — Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.
  • Acts 5:31 — Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
  • Eph 1:22 — And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
  • Esth 8:17 — And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jew
  • Esth 9:4 — For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.
  • Hos 1:10 — Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my
  • Isa 49:22 — Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon th
  • Isa 52:15 — So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
  • Isa 55:4 — Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
  • Isa 55:5 — Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
  • Isa 55:5 — Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
  • Ps 18:16 — He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
  • Ps 22:27 — All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
  • Rev 11:15 — And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
  • Rom 15:12 — And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.
  • Rom 15:18 — For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
  • Rom 16:26 — But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: