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Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 18:1-50

Psalms 18:0 The Story of God’s Power in Behalf of Christ 1. In the jaws of death (Psalms 18:1-6 ) 2. God appearing and delivering (Psalms 18:7-18 ) 3. God gave Him glory (Psalms 18:19-27 ) 4. His enemies subdued (Psalms 18:28-42 ) 5. The head of the nations (Psalms 18:43-45 ) Psalms 18:1-6 . This is another remarkable Psalm. Though David wrote it not everything could be his experience. He was a prophet (Acts 2:30 ) and prophesied; much in this Psalm is prophecy describing the... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 18:3

18:3 I will call upon the LORD, [who is worthy] to be {b} praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.(b) For no one can obtain their request from God if they do not join his glory with their petition. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 18:1-50

Psalms 18:0 A song of victory. It opens with ejaculatory expressions of triumph for deliverance. All nature is described as convulsed when the Almighty presses to the rescue. The next division is meditation on the principles involved, the whole closing with a further outburst of triumph and confidence. 2 Samuel 22:0 is a copy of this ode saying a few variations, and the student is referred to our treatment of it at that place. Psalms 19:0 God’s revelation in the world and in the Word. We have a... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Psalms 18:1-50

Psalms 18:0 [Note. Critics are very definite in their judgment that this psalm is the most magnificent ode which David composed. It was sung in the last years of prosperity, when the surrounding nations all knelt before the king in homage and presented to him tribute. The form of the psalm is distinctly after the manner of David, who loved to dwell upon the phenomena of the natural world and to find his way through nature up to nature's God. Probably the psalm was composed in view of the... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 18:3

It is said of Jesus, that, in the days of his flesh, he offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears, and was heard, in that he feared. Hebrews 5:7 . read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 18:3

Utterth, with great force and abundance, eructat. --- Knowledge of God. (Berthier) --- Our knowledge is always on the increase. (Abenezra) --- The vicissitudes of day and night prove the wisdom of their author. (Eusebius) --- They seem to sing in succession the praises of God. (Bellarmine) --- This evinces the power of God, as the perpetual propagation of the gospel does that of Jesus Christ, whose Church will last till the end. (Worthington) --- All the chief reformers acknowledged that... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 18:1-19

1-19 The first words, "I will love thee, O Lord, my strength," are the scope and contents of the psalm. Those that truly love God, may triumph in him as their Rock and Refuge, and may with confidence call upon him. It is good for us to observe all the circumstances of a mercy which magnify the power of God and his goodness to us in it. David was a praying man, and God was found a prayer-hearing God. If we pray as he did, we shall speed as he did. God's manifestation of his presence is very... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 18:1-29

A Psalm of Thanksgiving for Deliverance and Victory. To the chief musician, for performance in the liturgical service of the Tabernacle and the Temple, a psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, His prophet and minister in making known the Word of the Lord and in doing His will, who spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul, in the last part of Saul's reign, 2 Samuel 7:1; and he said, Cf 2... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 18:1-50

Psalms 18:0To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,1 I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;My God, my strength, in whom I will trust;My buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 18:1-26

a Wonderful Deliverance Psalms 18:1-26 There is another edition of this psalm in 2 Samuel 22:1-51 .Psalms 18:2; Psalms 18:2 and Psalms 18:49 are applied in the New Testament to the Lord Jesus, Hebrews 2:13 and Romans 15:9 . We begin with the psalmist’s good resolve, Psalms 18:1-3 . No single metaphor can comprehend the whole of God’s helpfulness to men; but can we say, “I love thee”? See John 21:17 . “ Thou knowest!” The story of the past, Psalms 18:4-19 . We also have our Red Seas. In... read more