Psalm 18:17

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 18:17

From them that wanted neither malice nor power. read more

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 18:1-50

INTRODUCTION“This magnificent triumphal hymn was composed by David in celebration of his deliverance from his enemies. But the sublimity of the figures used in it, and the consent of ancient commentators, even Jewish as well as Christian, but, above all, the citations, made from it in the New Testament, evince that the kingdom of Messiah is here pointed at under that of David. It may thus be divided into five parts.Part I. Consisting of the first three verses, is the proem of the song.Part II.... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 18:1-50

Psalms 18:1-50 The eighteenth psalm has a long title to it. It is to chief musician. It is a psalm of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all of his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said,I will love thee, O LORD, my strength ( Psalms 18:1 ).So that is all an introduction to the psalm, which is written in the Hebrew, just the introduction to the psalm. This evidently is the time when he was... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 18:1-50

David prays here in his own person, this being a psalm of memorial, when the Lord had delivered him out of the hands of Saul and of all his enemies. But as he ever worshipped with the promise at his consecration and with the Messiah in his view, he rises to the sublime of song, and joins his sorrows and his joys to those of Christ. The title is taken from 2 Samuel 22:1. Psalms 18:1-2 . I will love thee, oh Lord, possessed of all perfections, moral and divine, the infinite, unchangeable... read more

John Trapp

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

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 18:17

strong: Psalms 38:19, 2 Samuel 22:1, 2 Samuel 22:18, Hebrews 2:14, Hebrews 2:15 them: Psalms 18:40, Psalms 18:41, Psalms 9:13, Psalms 25:19, Psalms 69:4-2 Chronicles :, Psalms 118:7, Job 16:9, Luke 19:14 they were: Psalms 35:10, Ephesians 6:10-2 Kings : Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 11:9 - help 1 Samuel 17:37 - The Lord 1 Samuel 19:10 - he slipped Psalms 40:2 - brought Psalms 118:13 - General read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 18:17

17. My strong enemy The singular may be taken collectively for all his enemies; or, more probably, as pointing to Saul, who in the title of the psalm holds this distinction. read more