Psalms 18:45 - Exposition

The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places. Converts are represented as coming into the Church, not merely from love, but partly from fear. The kingdom of the Redeemer at once attracts and alarms. So Isaiah says, "The nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted … The sons also of them that afflict thee shall come kneeling unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet , and they shall call thee, The city of the Holy One of Israel" ( Isaiah 60:12-14 ; see also Micah 7:16 , Micah 7:17 ).