Psalms 18:42

Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
beat	וְֽאֶשְׁחָקֵ֗ם ve.'esh.cha.Kem	H7833	to comminate (by trituration or attrition) · conjunction + verb, qal, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
dust	כְּעָפָ֥ר ke.'a.Far	H6083	dust (as powdered or gray) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
before	פְּנֵי pe.nei-	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · noun, common masculine plural construct
wind	ר֑וּחַ Ru.ach	H7307	wind · noun, common feminine singular absolute
out	אֲרִיקֵֽם 'a.ri.Kem	H7324	to pour out (literally or figuratively) · verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
dirt	כְּטִ֖יט ke.Tit	H2916	mud or clay · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
streets	חוּצ֣וֹת chu.Tzot	H2351	properly · noun, common feminine plural absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Isaiah 10:6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take…
2 Kings 13:7 Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had des…
Isaiah 41:15-16 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make…
Zechariah 10:5 And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the…
Psalms 50:22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Isaiah 25:10 For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghi…
Isaiah 41:2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave th…
Malachi 4:3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 18:29–end

In these verses, I. David looks back, with thankfulness, upon the great things which God had done for him. He had not only wrought deliverance for him, but had given him victory and success, and made him triumph over those who thought to triumph over him. When we set ourselves to praise God for one mercy we must be led by that to observe the many more with which we have been compassed about, and followed, all our days. Many things had contributed to David's advancement, and he owns the hand of God in them all, to teach us to do likewise, in reviewing the several steps by which we have risen to our prosperity. 1. God had given him all his skill and understanding in military affairs, which he…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 18:42

This conquest was complete.

John Gill on Psalms 18:42

Then did I beat them small, as the dust before the wind,.... They being given up by God, and he not answering to their cries; the phrase denotes the utter ruin and destruction of them, and represents their case as desperate and irrecoverable; being, as it were, pounded to dust, and that driven away with the wind: just as the destruction of the four monarchies is signified by the iron, clay, brass, silver, and gold, being broken to pieces, and made like the chaff of the summer threshing floor, and carried away with the wind, so that no place is found for them any more, Daniel 2:35; I did cast them out as the dirt of the streets; expressing indignation and contempt: in 2 Samuel 22:43; it is,…

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John Calvin on Psalms 18:41-45

Psalm 18:41-45 41. They shall cry, but there shall be no savior for them; even unto Jehovah, but he shall not answer them. 42. And I will beat [or grind] them small as the dust which is driven by the wind; [432] as the mire of the streets I will tread them under foot. 43. Thou shalt deliver me from the contentions of the people; thou shalt make me the head of the nations; a people whom I have not known shall serve me. 44. At the hearing of the ear, [433] they shall obey me; the children of strangers [434] shall lie to me. [435] 45. The children of strangers shall lose their courage, and tremble out of their places of concealment. 41. They shall cry, etc. The change of the tense in the verb…

The Church Fathers

"And I will beat them as small as dust before the face of the wind" [Psalm 18:42]. And I will beat them small; for dry they are, receiving not the shower of God's mercy; that borne aloft and puffed up with pride they may be hurried along from firm and unshaken hope, and as it were from the earth's solidity and stability. "As the clay of the streets I will destroy them." In their wanton and loose course along the broad ways of perdition, which many walk, will I destroy them.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 18

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Dictionary and topics

Clay — This word is used of sediment found in pits or in streets (Isa. 57:20; Jer. 38:60), of dust mixed with spittle (John 9:6), and of potter’s clay (Isa. 41:25; Nah. 3:14; Jer. 18:1-6; Rom. 9:21). Clay…
Dung — (1.) Used as manure (Luke 13:8); collected outside the city walls (Neh. 2:13). Of sacrifices, burned outside the camp (Ex. 29:14; Lev. 4:11; 8:17; Num. 19:5). To be “cast out as dung,” a figurative…
Psalms, Book Of — The present Hebrew name of the book is Tehill’im, “Praises;” but in the actual superscriptions of the psalms the word Tehillah is applied only to one, (Psalms 145:1) ... which is indeed emphatically…
Street — The street called “Straight” at Damascus (Acts 9:11) is “a long broad street, running from east to west, about a mile in length, and forming the principal thoroughfare in the city.” In Oriental towns…

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 18:42

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 18:29–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 18:42

John Gill on Psalms 18:42

John Calvin on Psalms 18:41-45

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 18:42

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 18:29–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 18:42

John Gill on Psalms 18:42

John Calvin on Psalms 18:41-45

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 18:41-42

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 18:40

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 18:42