Psalms Chapter 18 verse 44 Holy Bible
As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.
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From the time when my name comes to their ears they will be ruled by me: men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority.
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At the hearing of the ear, they obey me: strangers come cringing unto me.
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As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
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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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As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.
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At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 44. - As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me; literally, at the hearing of the ear. But the meaning is that given in the Authorized Version. The words aptly describe the conversion of the Gentiles (see Acts 10:34-48; Acts 13:48; Acts 17:11; Acts 18:8, etc.). The strangers shall submit themselves unto me; literally, the sons of the stranger shall pay court to me - not necessarily a false court, as Hengstenberg and others suppose, but, as Dr. Kay explains, an "obsequious and servile homage."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(44) As soon as--i.e., at the bare mention of my victories. An actual instance is recorded (2Samuel 8:9, seq.). For the expression, comp. Job 42:5.The strangers shall.--See margin. More literally, come with flattery. In Samuel the two clauses are transposed and slightly varied.
