Psalm 18:2-6

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

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 18:4-6

Troubles and Death Had Pressed In On Him (Psalms 18:4-6 ). ‘The cords of death encompassed me, And the floods of ungodliness (literally ‘worthlessness’ - belial) made me afraid. The cords of Sheol were round about me, The snares of death came on me, In my distress I called on YHWH, And cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came to his ears.’ David now describes the sore situation in which he had found himself time and again, especially when he had been... 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

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 18:3

Or, I did call—and was saved. For the future tense is commonly used for that which is past. And this seems best to agree with the whole context, which is to praise God for mercies already received. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 18:4

The sorrows of death, i.e. dangerous and deadly troubles. Or, the bands or cords of death, which had almost seized me, and was putting its bands upon me. Compare Psalms 73:4. The floods of ungodly men; their great multitudes, and strength, and violent assaults, breaking in upon me like a flood. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 18:5

Of hell; or, of the grave, which brought me to the brink of the grave. Prevented me; had almost taken hold of me, ere I was aware of my danger. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 18:6

Out of his temple; either, 1. Out of his sanctuary; whence he promised to hear and answer the prayers of his people, which are either made there or directed thither. Or, 2. Out of his heavenly habitation, which is oft called his temple: See Poole "Psalms 11:4". 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

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