Don’t let the proud trample me or the wicked push me around.
Parallel translations
- WEB Don’t let the foot of pride come against me. Don’t let the hand of the wicked drive me away.
- KJV Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
- 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.
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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 Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
- Isa 51:23and I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who have said to your soul, ‘Bow down, that we may walk over you;’ and you have laid your back as the ground, like a street to those who walk over.”
- Job 40:11–12Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
- Ps 12:3–5May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,
- Ps 123:3–4Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.
- Ps 119:122Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.
- Ps 119:85The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.
- Ps 17:8–14Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings,
- Ps 10:2In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.
- Ps 119:51The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law.
- Ps 119:69The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.
- Ps 21:7–8For the king trusts in Yahweh. Through the loving kindness of the Most High, he shall not be moved.
- Dan 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.
- Ps 62:6He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken.
- Ps 125:1–3A Song of Ascents. Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever.
- Rom 8:35–39Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
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