Psalm 18:43

Translations

Modern

You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.

Traditional

Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

Literal

You rescued me from the disputes of people; You set me as the head of nations; a people I have not known shall serve me.

Latin

Eripies me de contradictionibus populi; constitues me in caput gentium.

Original

Hebrew

English

You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.

Notes

Psalms 18:43–45

With God’s help and victory, the psalmist gained success in battle and in ruling the nation. In this way, the psalm reflects the promise about David’s royal line in Psalm 2.

This psalm also answers some of the earlier prayers for help. The laments in earlier psalms begin to find resolution here.

Psalms 18:1–50

This psalm describes a royal story of God rescuing his king. A similar version of this psalm appears in 2 Samuel 22:1–51. The psalm encourages those who hear the earlier prayers for help in Psalms 16 and 17.

The psalmist describes the dramatic nature of God’s rescue in three different ways (Psalm 18:7–15, 16–19, 30–36). The psalm also offers hope that a future Son of David will completely defeat evil (Psalm 18:43–50; compare Psalm 2).

Psalms 15:1–19:14

The psalms in this section emphasize integrity and purity (Psalms 17:15; 18:20–26; 19:13–14). They describe people as living in God’s presence (Psalms 16:9–11; 17:15) and remaining steadfast (15:5; 16:8).

Theme notes and profiles

David Praise Psalms Royal Psalms Salvation in the Psalms The Poor and Needy in the Psalms Wisdom Psalms

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Now the war between the house of Saul and the house of David was protracted. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.
1 Peter 2:10
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Isaiah 52:15
…so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.
Ephesians 1:22
And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
2 Samuel 19:9
And all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.
Psalm 22:27–28
All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
Romans 16:26
…but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith—
2 Samuel 22:44–46
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Romans 15:12
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I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,
Revelation 11:15
Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”

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