Psalms 18:27 (ASV)

Passage

For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.

Nearby Context

Psalms 18:25 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;

Psalms 18:26 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.

Psalms 18:27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.

Psalms 18:28 For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.

Psalms 18:29 For by thee I run upon a troop; And by my God do I leap over a wall.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "wilt", "save", "afflicted", "people", "haughty", and "eyes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "wilt", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 26's "With the pure thou wilt show thyself..." into verse 28's "For thou wilt light my lamp Jehovah...", so "thou" and "wilt" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thou" and "wilt" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.