Bible Strands
Psalms 18:29
For in You I can charge an army, and with my God I can scale a wall.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David addresses the LORD in a hymn of deliverance, declaring what God's faithfulness makes possible for him.
The words — גְּדוּד (ge.dud) means "a marauding band," not a standing army, and אֲדַלֶּג ('a.da.leg-) means "I leap over," not merely "scale." The Hebrew is more specific and more kinetic than the BSB rendering.
The thread — The verse appears verbatim in 2 Samuel 22:30, its original setting in David's song of deliverance. Thematically it connects to Ephesians 6:10 (strength in the Lord) and 2 Corinthians 12:9 (power perfected in weakness).
Why it lands — The confidence here is entirely derivative: "in You," "with my God." The reader is asked to check whether their own boldness is self-sourced or borrowed.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
Cross-references
- 2 Samuel 22:30 For in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale a wall.
- Ephesians 6:10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9 But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
- Revelation 3:21 To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
- Colossians 2:15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
- 1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
- 2 Samuel 5:19 So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go up,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
- Psalms 44:6 For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
- Psalms 144:10 to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.
- 1 Samuel 23:2 So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go and attack these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”