Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
Parallel translations
- WEB Don’t let the foot of pride come against me. Don’t let the hand of the wicked drive me away.
- BSB Let not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
- NKJV Let not the foot of pride come against me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.
- NASB May the foot of pride not come upon me, And may the hand of the wicked not drive me away.
- NLT Don’t let the proud trample me or the wicked push me around.
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Quick answer
David asks not to be overthrown by the foot of pride or driven off by the hand of the wicked. He prays for protection from arrogant oppressors.
Overview
David seeks God's defense against the 'foot of pride' and the 'hand of the wicked,' the very arrogance described earlier in the psalm. He trusts God's vast love (vv.5-9) to shield him from being trampled or displaced. The humble who rely on God, not the proud, are ultimately upheld, a truth Jesus confirms in blessing the meek (Matthew 5:5).
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 16:8I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
- Isa 51:23But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
- Job 40:11–12Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
- Ps 12:3–5The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
- Ps 123:3–4Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
- Ps 119:122Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
- Ps 119:85The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
- Ps 17:8–14Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
- Ps 10:2The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
- Ps 119:51The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
- Ps 119:69The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
- Ps 21:7–8For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
- Dan 4:37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
- Ps 62:6He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
- Ps 125:1–3They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
- Rom 8:35–39Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
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