2 Samuel 22:28

NETBible

You deliver oppressed 1  people, but you watch the proud and bring them down. 2 

NIV ©

You save the humble, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.

NASB ©

"And You save an afflicted people; But Your eyes are on the haughty whom You abase.

NLT ©

You rescue those who are humble, but your eyes are on the proud to humiliate them.

MSG ©

You take the side of the down-and-out, but the stuck-up you take down a peg.

BBE ©

For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but your eyes are on men of pride, to make them low.

NRSV ©

You deliver a humble people, but your eyes are upon the haughty to bring them down.

NKJV ©

You will save the humble people; But Your eyes are on the haughty, that You may bring them down.

KJV
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NASB ©
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NETBible

You deliver oppressed 1  people, but you watch the proud and bring them down. 2 

NET Notes

1 tn Or perhaps “humble” (so NIV, NRSV, NLT; note the contrast with those who are proud).

2 tc Heb “but your eyes are upon the proud, you bring low.” Ps 18:27 reads “but proud eyes you bring low.”