the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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Psalms 18:33
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He makes me as surefooted as a deer, enabling me to stand on mountain heights.
He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places,
He makes my feet like hinds' [feet]: And sets me on my high places.
He makes me like a deer that does not stumble; he helps me stand on the steep mountains.
He gives me the agility of a deer; he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain.
He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], and setteth me upon my high places.
He makes my feet like hinds' feet, And sets me on my high places.
He makes my feet like hinds' feet [able to stand firmly and tread safely on paths of testing and trouble]; He sets me [securely] upon my high places.
He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights.
God that hath gird me with vertu; and hath set my weie vnwemmed.
He makes my feet like the feet of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
You make my feet run as fast as those of a deer, and you help me stand on the mountains.
He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: And setteth me upon my high places.
He makes my feet like roes' feet, and puts me on high places.
"It is God who girds me with strength; he makes my way go straight.
Who maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], and setteth me upon my high places;
He makes my feet as steady as those of a deer. Even on steep mountains he keeps me from falling.
The God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way straight;
Hee maketh my feete like hindes feete, and setteth me vpon my high places.
He makes my feet like the feet of a deer. And He sets me on my high places.
He made my feet like the feet of a deer, and set me secure on the heights.
He maketh my feete like hindes feete, and setteth me vpon mine high places.
He makes my feet like harts feet and sets me upon high places.
He makes me sure-footed as a deer; he keeps me safe on the mountains.
Planting my feet like hinds' feet , yea, on my high places, he caused me to stand:
(17-34) Who hath made my feet like the feet of harts: and who setteth me upon high places.
He made my feet like hinds' feet, and set me secure on the heights.
He hath made my feete lyke Hartes feete: and he hath set me vp on hygh.
who strengthens my feet as hart’s feet, and sets me upon high places.
He makes my feet like the feet of a deerand sets me securely on the heights.
He makes my feet like hinds' feet, And sets me on my high places.
he made my feet like the deer's, and on my high places he makes me stand.
setting my feet like the deer, and making me stand on my high places;
Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand.
He hath made my fete like hartes fete, and set me vp an hye.
He makes my feet like deer's feet, And sets me up on my high places.
He makes my feet like the feet of deer, And sets me on my high places.
He makes my feet like hinds' feet, And sets me upon my high places.
He makes my feet like hinds' feet,And sets me upon my high places.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
maketh: 2 Samuel 2:18
high: Deuteronomy 32:13, Deuteronomy 33:29, 2 Samuel 22:14, Habakkuk 3:19
Reciprocal: Genesis 49:21 - General 2 Samuel 22:35 - teacheth Psalms 27:5 - set me Isaiah 33:16 - his place Luke 15:22 - and shoes
Cross-References
And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord .
And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.
And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He maketh my feet like hind's [feet],.... As light and swift as theirs, as the Targum; that is, either to flee, when there was a necessity for it, as Kimchi observes; or rather to pursue after the enemy, to run through a troop, and leap over a wall, as before; see
1 Chronicles 12:8; the same phrase is used in Habakkuk 3:19; and may be understood in a spiritual sense of that readiness and cheerfulness with which the saints run the ways of God's commandments, when their hearts are enlarged with his love and grace; and may very well be applied to Christ, who is often compared to a roe, or a young hart, for swiftness; who readily and at once engaged to come and do the will of God, and whose coming in the flesh, at the appointed time, was swift; and who made haste to do the work of God, in which he took the utmost pleasure; and who is a speedy and present help to his people in time of trouble; see Song of Solomon 2:8;
and setteth me upon my high places; the towers and fortresses, and strong and fortified places, where he was safe from his enemies; and: in a spiritual sense, may design the everlasting love of God, the covenant of grace, its blessings and promises; and Christ himself, with the fulness of grace in him, on which believers may be said to be set, when their faith is directed to them, and they live and dwell upon them; see Habakkuk 3:19; and, the words were fulfilled in Christ, when God highly exalted him at his right hand, and set him above all principalities and powers, and made him higher than the heavens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet - So Habakkuk 3:19, “He will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places.” The hind is the female deer, remarkable for fleetness or swiftness. The meaning here is, that God had made him alert or active, enabling him to pursue a flying enemy, or to escape from a swift-running foe.
And setteth me upon my high places - places of safety or refuge. The idea is, that God had given him security, or had rendered him safe from danger. Compare Deuteronomy 32:13. Swiftness of foot, or ability to escape from, or to pursue an enemy, was regarded as of great value in ancient warfare. Achilles, according to the descriptions of Homer, was remarkable for it. Compare 2 Samuel 2:18; 1 Chronicles 12:8.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 18:33. My feet like hinds' feet] Swiftness, or speed of foot, was a necessary qualification of an ancient hero. This was of great advantage in pursuing, combating, or escaping from a fallen foe. Ποδας ωκυς Αχιλλευς, "the swiftfooted Achilles," is frequently given by Homer as a most honourable qualification of his hero.
Upon my high places. — In allusion to the hinds, antelopes, mountain goats, &c., which frequented such places, and in which they found both food and safety. God frequently preserved the life of David by means of these.
