Psalms 18:30

"As for God, his way is perfect:

The word of Jehovah is tried;

He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.

For who is God save Jehovah?

And who is a rock besides our God,

The God that girdeth me with strength,

And maketh my way perfect?

He maketh my feet like hinds' feet:

And setteth me upon high places."

"Who is God save Jehovah?" This is the Hebrew equivalent of "There is no God besides Jehovah." This strong monotheistic thrust of the psalm was one of the grounds upon which Addis rejected Davidic authorship of it, as cited above.

"And maketh my way perfect." When one considers that David was an humble keeper of his father's sheep, that he was merely the youngest in a large family, that his father's house was of no particular significance in Israel, and that from this humble and obscure person God led to the kingship of the Chosen People, making of him a mighty world-renowned monarch, whose name would live for centuries, and even allowing him to be a significant Type of the Blessed Messiah himself when all that is considered, we must allow the absolute truth of what is said here.

"My feet like hinds' feet." The meaning of "hind" here is the "doe," the female deer, a marvelous example of sure-footedness and swiftness even in the steepest, ruggedest, and rockiest terrain. "It is not swiftness in flight, but in attack, that is meant."[22]

We remember the report of how an old Holiness preacher interpreted this verse. He read it as follows: "He setting my feet like hen's feet."

"Now," he said, "We all know that a hen has four toes, three in front and one behind; so that when she is going up a steep, slippery hill, that toe on the back side keeps her from slipping back! This, of course, illustrates the fact that we cannot fall from God's grace. God has given us feet like a hen's feet, so we can't slip backwards!"