Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights. New Living Translation He makes me as surefooted as a deer, enabling me to stand on mountain heights. English Standard Version He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights. Berean Standard Bible He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights. King James Bible He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places. New King James Version He makes my feet like the feet of deer, And sets me on my high places. New American Standard Bible He makes my feet like deer’s feet, And sets me up on my high places. NASB 1995 He makes my feet like hinds’ feet, And sets me upon my high places. NASB 1977 He makes my feet like hinds’ feet, And sets me upon my high places. Legacy Standard Bible He makes my feet like hinds’ feet, And sets me upon my high places. Amplified Bible 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. Christian Standard Bible He makes my feet like the feet of a deer and sets me securely on the heights. Holman Christian Standard Bible He makes my feet like the feet of a deer and sets me securely on the heights. American Standard Version He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: And setteth me upon my high places. Aramaic Bible in Plain English He makes my feet like the hart and he sets me upon high places. Brenton Septuagint Translation who strengthens my feet as hart's feet, and sets me upon high places. Contemporary English Version You make my feet run as fast as those of a deer, and you help me stand on the mountains. Douay-Rheims Bible Who hath made my feet like the feet of harts: and who setteth me upon high places. English Revised Version He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places, GOD'S WORD® Translation He makes my feet like those of a deer and gives me sure footing on high places. Good News Translation He makes me sure-footed as a deer; he keeps me safe on the mountains. International Standard Version who makes my feet swift as the deer; who makes me stand on high places; JPS Tanakh 1917 Who maketh my feet like hinds', And setteth me upon my high places; Literal Standard Version Making my feet like does, | And on my high places causes me to stand. Majority Standard Bible He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights. New American Bible Who made my feet like a deer’s, and set me on the heights, NET Bible He gives me the agility of a deer; he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain. New Revised Standard Version He made my feet like the feet of a deer, and set me secure on the heights. New Heart English Bible He makes my feet like deer's feet, and sets me on my high places. Webster's Bible Translation He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places. World English Bible He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and sets me on my high places. Young's Literal Translation Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The LORD is My Rock…32It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear. 33He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights. 34He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.… Cross References Deuteronomy 32:13 He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag, Psalm 18:29 For in You I can charge an army, and with my God I can scale a wall. Psalm 18:36 You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way. Song of Solomon 2:7 O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right. Habakkuk 3:19 GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights! For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. Treasury of Scripture He makes my feet like hinds' feet, and sets me on my high places. maketh 2 Samuel 2:18 And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe. high Deuteronomy 32:13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; Deuteronomy 33:29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places. 2 Samuel 22:14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice. Jump to Previous Causeth Deer Deer's Enables Feet Heights High Hinds Makes Maketh Making Places Puts Roes Secure Sets StandJump to Next Causeth Deer Deer's Enables Feet Heights High Hinds Makes Maketh Making Places Puts Roes Secure Sets StandPsalm 18 1. David praises God for his manifold and marvelous blessings(33) This verse is borrowed in Habakkuk 3:19. For swiftness as an essential of a warrior in Oriental esteem comp. 2Samuel 1:23, and the invariable epithet in Homer's Iliad, "swift-footed Achilles." For "hind" comp. Genesis 49:21. Observe "his feet" in Samuel. My high places.--With allusion to the mountain fortresses the poet had scaled and won. Verse 33. - He maketh my feet like hinds' feet (comp. 2 Samuel 2:18; 1 Chronicles 12:8; Habakkuk 3:19). The Israelites reckoned swiftness of foot, agility, and endurance among the highest of warlike qualities. These qualities were needed especially in the pursuit of defeated enemies; and the rapidity of David's conquests (2 Samuel 5:6-10; 2 Samuel 8:1-14; 2 Samuel 10:15-20) must be ascribed to them mainly. And setteth me upon my high places; i.e. establishes me in the strongholds that command my extensive territory, and give me secure possession of it, as Zion, Rabbath-Ammon, Damascus, Petra, perhaps Zobah, Rehob, and others.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He makesמְשַׁוֶּ֣ה (mə·šaw·weh) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7737: To level, equalize, to resemble, to adjust my feet רַ֭גְלַי (raḡ·lay) Noun - fdc | first person common singular Strong's 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda like the feet of a deer כָּאַיָּל֑וֹת (kā·’ay·yā·lō·wṯ) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 355: A doe, female deer and stations me יַעֲמִידֵֽנִי׃ (ya·‘ă·mî·ḏê·nî) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations upon וְעַ֥ל (wə·‘al) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the heights. בָּ֝מֹתַ֗י (bā·mō·ṯay) Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 1116: An elevation Links Psalm 18:33 NIVPsalm 18:33 NLT Psalm 18:33 ESV Psalm 18:33 NASB Psalm 18:33 KJV Psalm 18:33 BibleApps.com Psalm 18:33 Biblia Paralela Psalm 18:33 Chinese Bible Psalm 18:33 French Bible Psalm 18:33 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 18:33 He makes my feet like deer's feet (Psalm Ps Psa.) |