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F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 18:1-26

a Wonderful Deliverance Psalms 18:1-26 There is another edition of this psalm in 2 Samuel 22:1-51 .Psalms 18:2; Psalms 18:2 and Psalms 18:49 are applied in the New Testament to the Lord Jesus, Hebrews 2:13 and Romans 15:9 . We begin with the psalmist’s good resolve, Psalms 18:1-3 . No single metaphor can comprehend the whole of God’s helpfulness to men; but can we say, “I love thee”? See John 21:17 . “ Thou knowest!” The story of the past, Psalms 18:4-19 . We also have our Red Seas. In... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 18:1-50

This is one of the most majestic and beautiful of the worship psalms. It is at once a perfect pattern of praise and therefore a great revelation of the method and might and mercy of God. So clear and simple is it in its movement and language that nothing need be said of it save, perhaps, to suggest an analysis to aid in its study. Prologue of Praise (1-3). Here the psalmist pours out the gladness and gratitude of his heart which thrills with the highest spirit of adoration. The Peril and... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 18:1-3

David Expresses His Trust in YHWH (Psalms 18:1-3 ). Psalms 18:1 ‘I love you, O YHWH, my strength.’ These words are added to the beginning of the original Psalm. They are not found in the parallel Psalm in 2 Samuel 22:2-51. They are a declaration of personal faith and dedication, especially suitable for expressing worship. In them both the worshipper’s genuine love for YHWH, and his personal dependence on His strength are both stressed. Love towards God and trust in His provided strength are... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 18:1-50

XVIII. See p. 367 for the reasons which make it impossible to ascribe this Ps. to David. Even scholars who hold traditional views admit that he cannot have written it as it stands, and that additional matter has been interpolated by later scribes. The language, which is Aramaic in its colouring, confirms the view that it is late, and so does the theophany in Psalms 18:3-Proverbs : when compared with Deuteronomy 32. Possibly a later writer composed it and put it by a very permissible license... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 18:2

My rock; to which I flee for refuge, as the Israelites did to their rocks. See Judges 6:2; 1 Samuel 13:6. The horn; by which I have both defended myself, and subdued mine enemies. It is a metaphor from those beasts whose strength lies in their horns. The horn is oft put for power, as Psalms 92:10; Amos 6:13, and elsewhere. read more

Joseph Exell

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

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Psalms 18:1-3

DISCOURSE: 516GOD THE ALL-SUFFICIENT PORTION OF HIS PEOPLEPsalms 18:1-3. I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. 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. I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.FROM the persecutions of God’s saints in former ages, we derive this most important benefit: we see what was the power of divine... 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

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 18:1-3

Psalms 18:1-3I will love Thee, O Lord, my strength.The tale of a lifeIn this magnificent hymn the royal poet sketches, in a few grand outlines, the tale of his life--the record of his marvellous deliverances, and of the victories which Jehovah had given him--the record, too, of his own heart, the truth of its affection towards God, and the integrity of purpose by which it had ever been influenced. Throughout that singularly chequered life, hunted as he had been by Saul before he came to the... read more

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 18:1-26

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 18:1-50

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 18:1-3

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 18:1-50

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 18:2

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

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Psalms 18:1-3

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 18:1-50

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

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 18:1-3

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