诗篇 18:6-15 CUNPSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 18:1-50

A retrospect of life. The sailor tells of the perils of the sea; the traveller recounts the varied incidents of his career; and the soldier who has passed through battles and sieges can speak of hairbreadth escapes and moving accidents by flood and field. So it is with human life. We have the power of looking back; we can in imagination revive the past, and as scene after scene rises before us, our heart is thrilled with various emotions. And what we have experienced and recalled, we can... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 18:1-50

The retrospect of a life: a sermon for the close of the year. "In this magnificent hymn the royal poet sketches in a few grand outlines the history of his life. By God's help he had subdued every enemy, and now, in middle life, looking back with devout thankfulness on the past, he sings this great song of praise to the God of his life." Divisions of the psalm: 1 . The introduction, setting forth all that Jehovah is to David ( Psalms 18:1-3 ). 2 . The record of David's sufferings... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 18:6

In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God. At this supreme moment, when he is entangled in the snares, and on the point of being slain, the psalmist represents himself as invoking the aid of the Almighty. As Hengstenberg notes, "While the manifold distresses are united in the beginning of the verse into one great 'distress,' so the manifold Divine hearings and helps are united into a single grand hearing and help"—and, we may add, the manifold cries into one great cry. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 18:7

Then the earth shook and trembled ; or, quailed and quaked (Kay, who thus expresses the assonance of the Hebrew vat-tig'ash vat-tir' ash ) . The psalmist must not be understood literally. He does not mean that the deliverance came by earthquake, storm, and thunder, but describes the discomfiture and dismay of his opponents by a series of highly poetical images. In these he, no doubt, follows nature closely, and probably describes what he had seen, heard, and felt. The foundations also... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 18:8

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils . Emissions of smoke are a common feature of volcanic disturbances, with which earthquakes are closely connected. The LXX . give, instead of "out of his nostrils," in his anger ( ἐν ὀργῇ αὐτοῦ ), which is better, since the Hebrew prefix בּ , "in," certainly cannot mean "out of." And fire out of his mouth devoured. Fire-balls are said to have accompanied some earthquakes, as especially that one by which Julian's design of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 18:9

He bowed the heavens also, and came down (comp. Psalms 145:5 ). In a storm the clouds do actually descend, and the whole heaven seems to be bowed down to earth. God is said to "come down" to earth whenever he delivers the oppressed, and takes vengeance on their oppressors (see Exodus 3:8 ; 2 Samuel 22:10 ; Psalms 144:5 ; Isaiah 64:1-12 . I, 3, etc.). And darkness was under his feet. A deep darkness commonly accompanies both earthquake and storm. When God actually descended on... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 18:10

And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly . The imagery here transcends all experience, and scarcely admits of comment or explanation. God is represented as borne through the heavens, as he proceeds to execute his purposes, by the highest of his creatures, the cherubim. Elsewhere ( Psalms 104:3 ) he sails through the sky supported on clouds. Yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind ; rather, he sped swiftly (Kay). The verb used is different from that translated "did fly" in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 18:11

He made darkness his secret place ; i.e. he hid himself amid clouds and thick darkness. In executing his judgments he did not allow himself to be seen. God's action is always secret and inscrutable. His pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. The original runs as follows: "He made darkness his secret place—his pavilion round about him—dark waters, thick clouds of the skies." The whole forms one sentence, "his pavilion" being in apposition with "secret... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 18:12

At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed. The "brightness" intended is probably that of lightning. The "thick clouds" are riven and parted asunder for the lightning to burst forth. Then come, almost simultaneously, hail stones and coals of fire; i.e; hail like that which fell in Egypt before the Exodus ( Exodus 9:22-34 ), when "there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail" ( Psalms 18:24 )—a fire which "ran along upon the ground," or some very unusual... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 18:13

The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice. With the lightning came, necessarily, thunder, rolling along the heavens, and seeming like the voice of God (comp. Job 38:4 , Job 38:5 ). Hail stones and coals of fire. The phrase is repeated for the sake of emphasis. The hail and the lightning are represented as conjointly the ministers of the Divine vengeance. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 18:1-50

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 18:1-50

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 18:6

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 18:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 18:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 18:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 18:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 18:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 18:13

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