Psalms 18:32

NETBible

The one true God 1  gives 2  me strength; 3  he removes 4  the obstacles in my way. 5 

NIV ©

It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect.

NASB ©

The God who girds me with strength And makes my way blameless?

NLT ©

God arms me with strength; he has made my way safe.

MSG ©

Is not this the God who armed me, then aimed me in the right direction?

BBE ©

God puts a strong band about me, guiding me in a straight way.

NRSV ©

the God who girded me with strength, and made my way safe.

NKJV ©

It is God who arms me with strength, And makes my way perfect.

KJV
[It is] God
<0410>
that girdeth
<0247> (8764)
me with strength
<02428>_,
and maketh
<05414> (8799)
my way
<01870>
perfect
<08549>_.
NASB ©
The God
<410>
who girds
<247>
me with strength
<2428>
And makes
<5414>
my way
<1870>
blameless
<8549>
?
LXXM
(17:33) o
<3588> 
T-NSM
yeov
<2316> 
N-NSM
o
<3588> 
T-NSM
perizwnnuwn {V-PAPNS} me
<1473> 
P-AS
dunamin
<1411> 
N-ASF
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
eyeto
<5087> 
V-AMI-3S
amwmon
<299> 
A-ASM
thn
<3588> 
T-ASF
odon
<3598> 
N-ASF
mou
<1473> 
P-GS
NET [draft] ITL
The one true God
<0410>
gives
<0247>
me strength
<02428>
; he removes
<05414>
the obstacles
<08549>
in my way
<01870>
.
HEBREW
ykrd
<01870>
Mymt
<08549>
Ntyw
<05414>
lyx
<02428>
ynrzamh
<0247>
lah
<0410>
(18:32)
<18:33>
NETBible

The one true God 1  gives 2  me strength; 3  he removes 4  the obstacles in my way. 5 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “the God.” The prefixed article emphasizes the Lord’s distinctiveness as the one true God (cf. Deut 33:26). See v. 30.

2 tn Heb “is the one who clothes.” For similar language see 1 Sam 2:4; Pss 65:6; 93:1. The psalmist employs a generalizing hymnic style in vv. 32-34; he uses participles in vv. 32a, 33a, and 34a to describe what God characteristically does on his behalf.

3 tn 2 Sam 22:33 reads, “the God is my strong refuge.”

3 sn Gives me strength. As the following context makes clear, this refers to physical and emotional strength for battle (see especially v. 39).

4 tn The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive here carries along the generalizing force of the preceding participle.

5 tn Heb “he made my path smooth.” The Hebrew term תָּמִים (tamim, “smooth”) usually carries a moral or ethical connotation, “blameless, innocent.” However, in Ps 18:33 it refers to a pathway free of obstacles. The reality underlying the metaphor is the psalmist’s ability to charge into battle without tripping (see vv. 33, 36).