Psalms 18 · Verse 42

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.
Psalms 18:42, King James Version

Psalms 18:42 in other translations

BSBI ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.
WEBThen I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets.
ASVThen did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.
YLTAnd I beat them as dust before wind, As mire of the streets I empty them out.
DARBYAnd I did beat them small as dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.
BBEThen they were crushed as small as dust before the wind; they were drained out like the waste of the streets.
WebsterThen I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

What does Psalms 18:42 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
42. This conquest was complete.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 42 Then did I beat them - God was with him, and they had only an arm of flesh. No wonder then that his enemies were destroyed. Small as the dust before the wind - This well expresses the manner in which he treated the Moabites, Ammonites, and the people of Rabbah: "He put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron; and made them pass through the brick-kiln," etc. See 2Sam 12:31 (note), and the notes there.

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 18:42 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.

וְֽאֶשְׁחָקֵ֗םve.'esh.cha.Kemand I crushed themH7833
כְּעָפָ֥רke.'a.Farlike dustH6083
עַל\־'al-onH5921
פְּנֵי\־pe.nei-[the] face ofH6440
ר֑וּחַRu.ach[the] windH7307
כְּטִ֖יטke.Titlike [the] mud ofH2916
חוּצ֣וֹתchu.Tzot[the] streetsH2351
אֲרִיקֵֽם\׃'a.ri.KemI poured out themH7324

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

Cross references for Psalms 18:42

  • 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 the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

  • 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 the hills as chaff. Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

  • 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 Lord is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

  • 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 destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.

  • 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 them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.

  • 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 dunghill.

  • 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 hosts.

  • Psalms 50:22

    Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
beat.
50:22; 2Ki 13:7; Isa 41:2,15,16
cast.
Isa 10:6; 25:10; Zec 10:5; Mal 4:3

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

Context

  • Psalms 18:41

    They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 18:43

    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.

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Psalms 18:42 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y molílos como polvo delante del viento; esparcílos como lodo de las calles.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ils criaient, et il n’y avait point de sauveur; ils criaient à l’ Éternel, et il ne leur a pas répondu.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ich zermalmte sie wie Staub vor dem Winde; wie Straßenkot schüttete ich sie aus.