Psalm 18:1 NLT,NIV,ESV

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 18:1-50

Psalms 18:17-19 These words were sung upon the scaffold by four sons of the Huguenots: 'He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. 'They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay 'He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me because he delighted in me.' They were sung by the last martyrs of the desert, Francis Rochette, and three brothers of the name of Grenier, who suffered as late as 1762, under... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 18:1-50

Psalms 18:1-50THE description of the theophany (Psalms 18:7-19) and that of the psalmist’s God-won victories (Psalms 18:32-46) appear to refer to the same facts, transfigured in the former case by devout imagination and presented in the latter in their actual form. These two portions make the two central masses round which the psalm is built up. They are connected by a transitional section, of which the main theme is the power of character to determine God’s aspect to a man as exemplified in... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

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

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 18:1

CONTENTS We met with this Psalm in David's history, 2 Samuel 22:0 and had it referred to David only, I see no reason why it should make a part in this book. Indeed, doth it not seem, by being placed here, to intimate that we are to look beyond David for the highest and best sense of it? The Psalm itself treats of deliverance from enemies, and is an hymn of praise to this effect from beginning to end; and if read with an eye to Christ, is beautiful indeed. To the Chief Musician, A Psalm of... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 18:1

David. It is not known when this was composed. David praises the works and law of God. Some passages are applied to Jesus Christ and his apostles, Romans x. 18. (Calmet) --- When any text of a psalm is thus quoted, many judiciously conclude that the whole must be understood in the same sense, as the harmony will thus be greater. It seems there are two literal senses here, one regarding the law, whither natural or Mosaic; the other pertaining to the apostles and the law of the gospel; (Berthier)... 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