Psalms Chapter 18 verse 35 Holy Bible
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; And thy right hand hath holden me up, And thy gentleness hath made me great.
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You have given me the breastplate of your salvation: your right hand has been my support, and your mercy has made me great.
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And thou didst give me the shield of thy salvation, and thy right hand held me up; and thy condescending gentleness hath made me great.
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Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
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He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.
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You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.
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And Thou givest to me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy right hand doth support me, And Thy lowliness maketh me great.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 35. - Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; i.e. in battle thou extendest over me the shield of thy protection. Nothing was more common in ancient warfare than for a warrior, while he was engaged in using his offensive weapons, especially the bow, to be protected from the missiles of the enemy by a comrade who held a shield before him. The Assyrian kings were constantly thus defended in battle, and it was even common for an ordinary archer to be similarly guarded (see ' Ancient Monarchies,' vol. 2. pp. 30, 32, 33, for illustrations). And thy right hand hath holden me up. The "right hand" is always spoken of as the arm of greatest strength (comp. Psalm 44:3; Psalm 45:4; Psalm 48:10; Psalm 60:5, etc.). And thy gentleness hath made me great; rather, thy condescension (Kay) - the quality in God which most nearly corresponds to humility in man. The word is not elsewhere used of God.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(35) Thy gentleness.--Or, meekness, as in margin. We cannot afford to sacrifice this striking foreshadowing of His saying of Himself, "I am meek and lowly," to the scare of a word like anthropomorphism. Why be afraid to speak of the Divine Being as meek any more than as jealous. The LXX. and Vulgate have "discipline," probably through this timidity.
