John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 18:30
As for God, his way is perfect ,.... Or "without spot" F13 תמים αμωμος , Sept. "impolluta", V. L. so Syriac. Aethiop. , as the Septuagint render the word; without any just charge of inequality, or unrighteousness; such is God's way of providence, though sometimes his methods of providence are cavilled at by wicked men, and murmured at by his own people: they are at a loss, at times, to reconcile promises and providences together, and to account for the justice and equity of... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 18:29
For by thee I have run through a troop ,.... Or, "I have run to a troop": to meet one F6 ארוץ גדוד "occurram turmae", so some in Vatablus. with courage and intrepidity, as some interpret it F7 Apud Kimchi in loc. ; or, as others F8 Apud Aben Ezra in loc. , "I have run after a troop": that is, pursued after one, as David pursued after the troops of the Amalekites who burnt Ziklag, 1 Samuel 30:8 ; to which Jarchi refers this passage; or rather, "I have broke a troop",... read more