Psalms Chapter 18 verse 33 Holy Bible
He maketh my feet like hinds' `feet': And setteth me upon my high places.
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He makes my feet like roes' feet, and puts me on high places.
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Who maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], and setteth me upon my high places;
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He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
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It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
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He makes my feet like deer's feet, And sets me on my high places.
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Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand.
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Psalms 18 : 33 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(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.
