Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing (c. 1605), Galleria Borghese. Public domain.
18 verses in the King James Version. Word study for “under” →
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
