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Psalms 18

Introduction

1  David praises God for his manifold and marvellous blessings.
Verse 1

I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
A. M. 2986. B.C. 1018. (Title.) the servant
36:1; *title; 116:16, 2 Samuel 22:1-51, Acts 13:36, Hebrews 3:5
in the day
34:19, Exodus 15:1-21, Judges 5:1-31, 1 Samuel 2:1-10, Isaiah 12:1-6
I will
116:1-6, 144:1,2, 1 John 4:19
my
32, 28:7,8, 118:14, Isaiah 12:2, Philippians 4:13, Colossians 1:11
Verse 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.
Lord
28:1, 62:2,7, Isaiah 32:2
fortress
91:2, 144:2, Jeremiah 16:19
strength
Heb. rock. whom.
Hebrews 2:13
buckler
91:4, Proverbs 2:7
horn
132:17, 2 Samuel 22:3
high
Proverbs 18:10
Verse 3

I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
I will
5:2,3, 28:1,2, 55:16, 62:8, 2 Samuel 22:4, Philippians 4:6,7
who
65:1,2, 76:4, Nehemiah 9:5, Revelation 4:11, 5:12-14
so shall
50:15, 91:15, Luke 1:71, Acts 2:21, Romans 8:31-39
Verse 4

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
sorrows
116:3, 2 Samuel 22:5,6, Isaiah 13:8, 53:3,4, Matthew 26:38,39, Mark 14:33,34, 2 Corinthians 1:9
floods
22:12,13,16, Jonah 2:2-7, Matthew 26:47,55, 27:24,25,39-44, Acts 21:30
ungodly men
Heb. Belial.
Verse 5

The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
The sorrows, or, cords
86:13, 88:3-8,15-17, Acts 2:24
snares
Ecclesiastes 9:12
Verse 6

In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
distress
3,4, 50:15, 130:1,2, Mark 14:36, Acts 12:5
heard
5:7, 11:4, 27:4,5, 2 Samuel 22:7, Habakkuk 2:20, Revelation 11:19
my cry
Exodus 2:23, 1 Kings 8:27-30, 2 Chronicles 30:27
Verse 7

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
earth
114:4-7, Matthew 28:2, Acts 4:31, 16:25,26
foundations
46:2, Deuteronomy 32:22, Jeremiah 4:24, Ezekiel 38:19,20, Habakkuk 3:6,10, Zechariah 14:4, 1 Corinthians 13:2
Verse 8

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
went
11:6, 21:9, 74:1, 104:32, 144:5,6, Genesis 19:28, Leviticus 10:2, Numbers 11:1, 16:35, Deuteronomy 29:20,23,24,
out of his
Heb. by his. fire.
Daniel 7:10, Amos 4:11, Nahum 1:5,6, Revelation 11:5
Verse 9

He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
He bowed
Jehovah is here represented as a mighty warrior going forth to fight the battles of David. When He descended to the engagement, the very heavens bowed to render his descent more awful: His military tent was substantial darkness; the voice of His thunder was the warlike alarm which sounded to battle; the chariot in which He rode was the thick clouds of heaven, conducted by cherubs, and carried on by the irresistible force and rapid wings of an impetuous tempest; and the darts and weapons He employed were thunder-bolts, lightnings, fiery hail, deluging rains, and stormy winds! No wonder that when God arose all His enemies were scattered, and those that hated Him fled before Him.
68:4, 144:5-15, Deuteronomy 33:26, 2 Samuel 22:10, Isaiah 51:6, Joel 3:16, Matthew 24:29, Hebrews 12:26, 2 Peter 3:10, Revelation 20:11
darkness
Deuteronomy 5:22,23, Mark 15:33, John 13:7
Verse 10

And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
rode
99:1, 2 Samuel 22:11,12, Ezekiel 1:5-14, 10:20-22
he did fly
104:3
Verse 11

He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
secret
27:5, 81:7, 91:1
thick
97:2, Deuteronomy 4:11, Joel 2:2
Verse 12

At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
At the
97:3,4, Habakkuk 3:4,5, Matthew 17:2,5
hail
Exodus 9:23,24, Joshua 10:11, 2 Samuel 22:13-15, Revelation 16:21
Verse 13

The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
thundered
78:48, 104:7, Exodus 20:18, 1 Samuel 7:10, Job 40:9, John 12:29, Revelation 4:5, 8:5, Revelation 19:6
Highest
29:3,4, Ezekiel 10:5
coals
120:3,4, 140:10, Deuteronomy 32:24; *marg:; Habakkuk 3:5
Verse 14

Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
Yea
21:12, 77:17, Numbers 24:8, Deuteronomy 32:23,42, Joshua 10:10, Job 6:4, Isaiah 30:30, Habakkuk 3:11
he shot
144:6, Job 38:35, 40:9-12, Zechariah 9:14,15
Verse 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.
channels
74:15, 106:9, Exodus 15:8, Joshua 3:13-16, 2 Samuel 22:16
foundations
104:5, Job 38:4-6, Jeremiah 31:37, Jonah 2:6, Micah 6:2
O Lord
2 Kings 19:7, Job 4:9, Isaiah 11:4, 30:27,28,33
Verse 16

He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
He sent
57:3, 144:7
drew
43, 40:1-3, Exodus 2:10, 2 Samuel 22:17
many waters
or, great waters.
Jonah 2:5,6, Revelation 17:15
Verse 17

He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
strong
38:19, 2 Samuel 22:1,18, Hebrews 2:14,15
them
40,41, 9:13, 25:19, 69:4-14, 118:7, Job 16:9, Luke 19:14
they were
35:10, Ephesians 6:10-12
Verse 18

They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
me in
Deuteronomy 32:35, 2 Samuel 22:19, Jeremiah 18:17, Obadiah 1:10-14, Zechariah 1:15
but
46:1,2,11, 1 Samuel 30:6
Verse 19

He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
brought
36, 31:8, 40:2, 118:5, Job 36:16
because
37:23, 2 Samuel 22:18-27, 1 Kings 10:9
Verse 20

The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
rewarded
58:11, 1 Samuel 24:17,20, Proverbs 11:18, Isaiah 49:4, 62:11, Matthew 6:4, 1 Corinthians 3:8
cleanness
24, 7:3, 24:4, 26:6, 1 Samuel 24:11-13, Hebrews 7:26
Verse 21

For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
For I
17:4, 26:1, 119:10,11, Acts 24:16, 1 Thessalonians 2:10
have not
119:102, 1 Samuel 15:11, 1 John 2:19
Verse 22

For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
For all
119:13,128, John 5:14
I did
119:112,117
Verse 23

I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
upright
7:1-8, 11:7, 17:3, 37:27, 1 Samuel 26:23, 1 Chronicles 29:17
before
Heb. with. I kept.
Matthew 5:29,30, 18:8,9
Verse 24

Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
the Lord recompensed me
Ruth 2:12, Matthew 10:41,42, 2 Thessalonians 1:6,7, Hebrews 6:16
in his eyesight
Heb. before his eyes.
Verse 25

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
With the
41:1-4, 112:4-6, Nehemiah 9:17, Isaiah 57:1,2, 58:7,8, Matthew 18:33-35, Luke 6:35-38
thou wilt
Isaiah 26:7, Ezekiel 18:25-30, Romans 9:14
Verse 26

With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
froward
109:17-19, Leviticus 26:23,24,27,28, Proverbs 3:34, Romans 2:4-6,9, James 2:13
shew thyself froward
or, wrestle.
Verse 27

For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
save
9:18, 34:6,19, 40:17, 2 Samuel 22:28, Isaiah 57:15, 66:2, Luke 1:52,53, 2 Corinthians 8:9, James 2:5
bring
10:4, 17:10,13, 101:5, Proverbs 6:16,17, 30:12, Isaiah 3:9, 10:12, Luke 18:14
Verse 28

For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
thou wilt
112:4, Job 18:6, 29:3
candle
or, lamp.
132:17, 2 Samuel 22:29, 1 Kings 11:36, Proverbs 20:27, Isaiah 62:1
my God
Isaiah 42:16, Matthew 4:16, Luke 1:79, 1 Peter 2:9
Verse 29

For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
by thee
44:6,7, 144:1,10, 1 Samuel 17:49, 23:2, 30:8, 2 Samuel 5:19,20,25, Ephesians 6:10-13, Colossians 2:15, Revelation 3:21
run
or, broken. by my God.
2 Samuel 22:30, 1 Corinthians 15:10, 2 Corinthians 12:9,10
Verse 30

As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
his way
19:7, 25:10, Deuteronomy 32:4, 2 Samuel 22:31, Daniel 4:37, Romans 12:2, Revelation 15:3
tried
or, refined.
12:6, 19:8-10, 119:140, Proverbs 30:5
a buckler
2, 17:7, 84:11,12
Verse 31

For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
86:8, Deuteronomy 32:31,39, 1 Samuel 2:2, 2 Samuel 22:32, Isaiah 45:5,21,22
Verse 32

It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
girdeth
The girdle was a necessary part of the eastern dress: It strengthened and supported the loins; served to confine the garments close to the body; and to tuck them in when journeying. The strength of God was to his soul what the girdle was to his body.
28:7, 91:2, 93:1, Isaiah 45:5, 2 Corinthians 3:5
maketh
2 Samuel 22:33
Verse 33

He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
maketh
2 Samuel 2:18
high
Deuteronomy 32:13, 33:29, 2 Samuel 22:14, Habakkuk 3:19
Verse 34

He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
teacheth
144:1, 2 Samuel 22:36, Isaiah 28:6, 45:1
so that
46:9, Jeremiah 49:35, Hosea 1:5
Verse 35

Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
shield
5:12, 28:7, Deuteronomy 33:29, 2 Samuel 22:36
right
17:7, 45:3
gentleness
or, with thy meekness thou hast multiplied me.
45:4, Isaiah 40:11, 22:3, 2 Corinthians 10:1, Galatians 5:22,23, James 3:17,18
Verse 36

Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
enlarged
4:1, Job 18:7, 36:16, Luke 12:50, 24:46-48
feet
Heb. ancles.
2 Samuel 22:37, Proverbs 4:12
Verse 37

I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
3:7, 9:3, 35:2,5, 118:11,12, Numbers 24:17-19, Isaiah 53:10-12, 63:1-6, Revelation 6:2, 19:19,20
Verse 38

I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
1 Samuel 17:49-51, 23:5, 30:17, 2 Samuel 5:1-25, 8:1-18, 10:1-19, 18:7,8, 2Sa:, 22:39
Verse 39

For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
girded
32, Ezekiel 30:24,25
subdued
Heb. caused to bow.
66:3, 2 Samuel 22:40, 1 Chronicles 22:18, Isaiah 45:14, 1 Corinthians 15:25-28, Ephesians 1:22, Philippians 3:21
necks
Lamentations 5:5
that
34:21, 2 Samuel 22:41, Proverbs 8:36, John 15:23
Verse 41

They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
2 Samuel 22:42,43, Job 35:12,13, Proverbs 1:28, Isaiah 1:15, 59:1,2, Jeremiah 11:11, Jeremiah 14:12, Ezekiel 8:18, Hosea 7:14, Micah 3:4, Zechariah 7:13, Luke 13:25
Verse 42

Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
beat
50:22, 2 Kings 13:7, Isaiah 41:2,15,16
cast
Isaiah 10:6, 25:10, Zechariah 10:5, Malachi 4:3
Verse 43

Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
from
2 Samuel 2:9,10, 3:1, 5:1-7, Acts 5:31
made
22:27,28, 108:9, 2 Samuel 5:1-25, 8:1-18, 10:1-19, 22:44-46, Isaiah 49:6,22,23, 52:15, Romans 15:12,18, Ephesians 1:22
a people
Isaiah 52:15, 55:5, Hosea 1:10, Romans 16:26, 1 Peter 2:10, Revelation 11:15
Verse 44

As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
As soon, etc
Heb. at the hearing of the ear.
Romans 10:16,17
strangers
Heb. sons of the stranger.
66:3, 81:15, Deuteronomy 33:29, 2 Samuel 1:13, Isaiah 62:8, Ezekiel 44:7; *marg:
shall submit
or, yield feigned obedience. Heb. lie.
68:30, 81:15, 2 Samuel 22:44-46
Verse 45

The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
strangers
Isaiah 24:4, Micah 7:17, James 1:11
afraid
Revelation 6:16
Verse 46

The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
Lord
2 Samuel 22:47, Jeremiah 10:10, John 14:19, Revelation 1:18
blessed
2, 42:9
the God
25:5, 68:20, 79:9, Exodus 15:2, Isaiah 12:2, Luke 1:47
exalted
21:13, 57:5,11, 99:9
Verse 47

It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
avengeth
Heb. giveth avengements for me.
Deuteronomy 32:35, 2 Samuel 22:48, Nahum 1:2, Romans 12:19
subdueth
or, destroyeth.
47:3
Verse 48

He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
liftest
22:27-30, 59:1,2, 89:13, Philippians 2:9
violent man
Heb. man of violence.
7:16, 86:14, 140:1,4,11
Verse 49

Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
will I give thanks
or, confess.
14:7, 30:12, 72:18,19, 138:4, 2 Samuel 22:50,51, Romans 15:9, 1 Timothy 6:13
sing
108:3, Matthew 26:30, Romans 15:9
Verse 50

Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
Great
2:6, 78:71,72, 89:3,4, 144:10, 1 Samuel 2:10, 16:1, Acts 2:34-36, Philippians 2:9-11
to his
89:20-38, 132:10, 2 Samuel 7:13, 1 Chronicles 17:11-14,27, Isaiah 9:6,7, Luke 1:31-33,69, Romans 1:3, 11:29, Galatians 3:16

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