Psalms 18 · Verse 32

Psalms 18:32

It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
Psalms 18:32, King James Version

Psalms 18:32 in other translations

BSBIt is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.
WEBthe God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?
ASVThe God that girdeth me with strength, And maketh my way perfect?
YLTGod! who is girding me with strength, And He maketh perfect my way.
DARBYThe God who girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect,
BBEGod puts a strong band about me, guiding me in a straight way.
WebsterIt is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

What does Psalms 18:32 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 18:30-32

30-32. God's perfection is the source of his own, which has resulted from his trust on the one hand, and God's promised help on the other. tried--"as metals are tried by fire and proved genuine" (Psa 12:6). Shield (Psa 3:3). Girding was essential to free motion on account of the looseness of Oriental dresses; hence it is an expressive figure for describing the gift of strength.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 32 God - girdeth me with strength - The girdle was a necessary part of the Eastern dress; it strengthened and supported the loins; served to confine the garments close to the body; and in it they tucked them up when journeying. The strength of God was to his soul what the girdle was to the body. I need not add, that the girdle was also an ornamental part of the dress, and from it the sword was suspended. And maketh my way perfect - He directs me so that I do not go astray; he blesses me in my undertakings; and by him the issue of my labors is crowned with prosperity.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 18:29-50

When we praise for one mercy, we must observe the many more, with which we have been compassed 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 verse #(32), and the following verses, are the gifts of God to the spiritual warrior, whereby he is prepared for the contest, after the example of his victorious Leader. Learn that we…

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Psalms 18:32 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הָ֭אֵלHa.'el<the> GodH410
הַמְאַזְּרֵ֣נִיham.'a.ze.Re.ni[is] the [one who] has girded meH247
חָ֑יִלCha.yilstrengthH2428
וַיִּתֵּ֖ןvai.yi.Tenand he has madeH5414
תָּמִ֣יםta.MimblamelessH8549
דַּרְכִּֽי\׃dar.Kiway myH1870

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 18:32

  • Isaiah 45:5

    I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

  • 2 Corinthians 3:5

    Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

  • 2 Samuel 22:33

    God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.

  • Psalms 28:7

    The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

  • Psalms 91:2

    I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

  • Psalms 93:1

    The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
girdeth.The girdle was a necessary part of the eastern dress: It strengthened and supported the loins; served to confine the garments close to the body; and to tuck them in when journeying. The strength of God was to his soul what the girdle was to his body.
28:7; 91:2; 93:1; Isa 45:5; 2Co 3:5
maketh.
2Sa 22:33

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 18:31

    For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God?

  • Psalms 18:32

    It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

  • Psalms 18:33

    He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places.

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Psalms 18:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Dios es el que me ciñe de fuerza, é hizo perfecto mi camino;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car qui est ✝Dieu, hormis l’ Éternel, et qui est un rocher, si ce n’est notre Dieu,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Der Gott, der mich mit Kraft umgürtet und vollkommen macht meinen Weg;