Psalm 18:1-29 BSB

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 18:14

Psa 18:14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. Ver. 14. Yea, he sent out his arrows, &c. ] Tandem permiscentur omnia grandine flammis et fulminibus tanquam telis et sagittis Dei adversus hostes pugnantis. After the advance guard, Psalms 18:12 , the great ordnance, Psalms 18:13 , the battle begins, and all is on a hurry. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 18:15

Psa 18:15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. Ver. 15. Then the channels of waters were seen ] The force of this terrible tempest is further set forth by the effect of it, a dreadful concussion of the universe; not without an allusion to the drying up of the Red Sea and of Jordan before Israel: which deliverances stood for archetypes, or chief patterns, to all posterity. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 18:16

Psa 18:16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. Ver. 16. He sent from above, he took me ] He rescued me as by a hand reached me from heaven. Deus εκ μηχανης , or, he sent his angels to secure me. He drew me out of many waters ] As he had once done Moses, Exodus 2:10 , who there hence also had his name. Musaeus, for the same cause, calleth him υδχογενης , water spring. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 18:17

Psa 18:17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. Ver. 17. He delivered me from my strong enemy ] Saul; this he oft instanceth, rolling it as sugar under his tongue, and turning aside often to look upon it, as Samson did to see his dead lion fetching honey out of it. For they were too strong for me ] And then God’s help was most seasonable when David found himself outmatched. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 18:18

Psa 18:18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. Ver. 18. They prevented me, &c. ] They took me on the sudden, and unprovided. The children of this world are wiser, &c. But the Lord was my stay ] Or, my staff, whereon I so leaned as that if he had failed me I had been all along. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 18:19

Psa 18:19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. Ver. 19. He brought me forth also, &c. ] He freed me out of all straits, and stated me in a most happy condition. He delivered, because he delighted in me ] All was of free grace and favour, not of any merit. And this he purposely premiseth as a caution to the ensuing profession of his inherency. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 18:20

Psa 18:20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. Ver. 20. The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness ] viz. The righteousness of my cause; and my freedom from such crimes of disloyalty and ambition, wherewith mine enemies charged me, as if pricked on by my pride I sought the kingdom. As also, according to mine honest desire and endeavour in all things else to keep a good conscience, void of offence toward God... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 18:21

Psa 18:21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. Ver. 21. For I have kept the ways of the Lord ] For the main, and for the most part, though not without some particular stumblings and startings aside, against my general resolution and the tendency of mine heart. And have not wickedly departed from my God ] By an utter defection; I have not been transformed into sin’s image, by projecting sin, by falling into it with full consent, and by lying under... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 18:22

Psa 18:22 For all his judgments [were] before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. Ver. 22. For all his judgments were before me ] Mine obedience (in desire and endeavour at least) was universal, extending to the compass of the whole law; and this is a sure sign of sincerity, Hence in the next words, read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 18:23

Psa 18:23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. Ver. 23. I was also upright before him ] This he had because he kept God’s commandments, as Psalms 18:22 , had respect to them all, Psalms 119:6 , both to the magnalia and minutula legis, which he kept as the apple of his eye, Proverbs 7:2 , even all God’s wills, Acts 13:22 , and was therefore approved in Christ, as Apelles, Romans 16:10 , and passed for an Israelite indeed, in whom was no guile, as Nathanael,... read more

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 18:14

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 18:15

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 18:16

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 18:17

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 18:18

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 18:19

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 18:20

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 18:21

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 18:22

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 18:23

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