Psalms 18 · Verse 38

Psalms 18:38

I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
Psalms 18:38, King James Version

Psalms 18:38 in other translations

BSBI crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
WEBI will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.
ASVI will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet.
YLTI smite them, and they are not able to rise, They fall under my feet,
DARBYI crushed them, and they were not able to rise: they fell under my feet.
BBEI will give them wounds, so that they are not able to get up: they are stretched under my feet.
WebsterI have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they have fallen under my feet.

What does Psalms 18:38 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 18:37-41

37-41. In actual conflict, with God's aid, the defeat of his enemies is certain. A present and continued success is expressed.

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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 18:38 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.

אֶ֭מְחָצֵם'Em.cha.tzemI shattered themH4272
וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יֻ֣כְלוּYukh.luthey were ableH3201
ק֑וּםKum[surely] to riseH6965
יִ֝פְּל֗וּyi.pe.Luthey fellH5307
תַּ֣חַתTa.chatunderH8478
רַגְלָֽי\׃rag.Laifeet myH7272

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

Cross references for Psalms 18:38

  • Psalms 36:12

    There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

  • 2 Samuel 10:1-19

    And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon. And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. …

  • 2 Samuel 5:1-25

    Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David king over Israel. David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. …

  • 2 Samuel 21:15-22

    Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint. And Ishbi–benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David. But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel. And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant. …

  • 2 Samuel 18:7-8

    Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men. For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

  • 1 Samuel 17:49-51

    And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.

  • 2 Samuel 8:1-18

    And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg–ammah out of the hand of the Philistines. And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts. David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots. …

  • 2 Samuel 22:39

    And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.

  • Psalms 47:3

    He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.

  • 1 Samuel 23:5

    So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

  • 1 Samuel 30:17

    And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.

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1Sa 17:49-51; 23:5; 30:17; 2Sa 5:1-25; 8:1-18; 10:1-19; 18:7,8@ 2Sa 21:15-22 22:39

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Context

  • Psalms 18:37

    I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

  • Psalms 18:38

    I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.

  • Psalms 18:39

    For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

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Psalms 18:38 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Helos herido, y no podrán levantarse: cayeron debajo de mis pies.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
J’ai poursuivi mes ennemis, et je les ai atteints; et je ne m’en suis pas retourné que je ne les aie consumés.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ich zerschmetterte sie, und sie vermochten nicht aufzustehen; sie fielen unter meine Füße.