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Psalms 18:40

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You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
Psalms 18:40 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
  • BSB You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.
  • NKJV You have also given me the necks of my enemies, So that I destroyed those who hated me.
  • NASB You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, And I destroyed those who hated me.
  • NLT You placed my foot on their necks. I have destroyed all who hated me.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 2

  • Ps 21:12For you will make them turn their back, when you aim drawn bows at their face.
  • Ps 94:23He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh, our God, will cut them off.

Resources, by level

Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

  • VideoWatch teaching on Psalms 18:40YouTube · Lay · Free

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.

  • CommentaryClassic commentaries for this verseBibleHub (20+ works) · Pastoral · Free

    Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 18:40 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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Thou hast also givenנָתַןme the necksעֹרֶףof mine enemiesאֹיֵבthat I might destroyצָמַתthem that hateשָׂנֵא
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