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Psalm 18
Concise Complete
David rejoices in the deliverances God wrought for him. (1-19) He takes
the comfort of his integrity, which God had cleared up. (20-28) He gives to God
the glory of all his mighty deeds. (29-50)
Verses 1-19 The
first words, "I will love thee, O Lord, my strength," are the scope and contents
of the psalm. Those that truly love God, may triumph in him as their Rock and
Refuge, and may with confidence call upon him. It is good for us to observe all
the circumstances of a mercy which magnify the power of God and his goodness to
us in it. David was a praying man, and God was found a prayer-hearing God. If we
pray as he did, we shall speed as he did. God's manifestation of his presence is
very fully described, ver.
7-15. Little appeared
of man, but much of God, in these deliverances. It is not possible to apply to
the history of the son of Jesse those awful, majestic, and stupendous words
which are used through this description of the Divine manifestation. Every part
of so solemn a scene of terrors tells us, a greater than David is here. God will
not only deliver his people out of their troubles in due time, but he will bear
them up under their troubles in the mean time. Can we meditate on ver. 18,
without directing one thought to Gethsemane and Calvary? Can we forget that it
was in the hour of Christ's deepest calamity, when Judas betrayed, when his
friends forsook, when the multitude derided him, and the smiles of his Father's
love were withheld, that the powers of darkness prevented him? The sorrows of
death surrounded him, in his distress he prayed,
hebrews 5:7. God made the
earth to shake and tremble, and the rocks to cleave, and brought him out, in his
resurrection, because he delighted in him and in his undertaking.
Verses 20-28
Those that forsake the ways of the Lord, depart from their God. But though
conscious to ourselves of many a false step, let there not be a wicked departure
from our God. David kept his eye upon the rule of God's commands. Constant care
to keep from that sin, whatever it be, which most easily besets us, proves that
we are upright before God. Those who show mercy to others, even they need mercy.
Those who are faithful to God, shall find him all that to them which he has
promised to be. The words of the Lord are pure words, very sure to be depended
on, and very sweet to be delighted in. Those who resist God, and walk contrary
to him, shall find that he will walk contrary to them,
leviticus 26:21-24. The gracious recompence of which David spoke, may generally be expected by
those who act from right motives. Hence he speaks comfort to the humble, and
terror to the proud; "Thou wilt bring down high looks." And he speaks
encouragement to himself; "Thou wilt light my candle:" thou wilt revive and
comfort my sorrowful spirit; thou wilt guide my way, that I may avoid the snares
laid for me. Thou wilt light my candle to work by, and give me an opportunity of
serving thee. Let those that walk in darkness, and labour under discouragements,
take courage; God himself will be a Light to them.
Verses 29-50
When we praise for one mercy, we must observe the many more, with which we have
been compassed all our days. Many things had contributed to David's advancement,
and he owns the hand of God in them all, to teach us to do likewise. In verse
32, and the following
verses, are the gifts of God to the spiritual warrior, whereby he is prepared
for the contest, after the example of his victorious Leader. Learn that we must
seek release being made through Christ, shall be rejected. In David the type, we
behold out of trouble through Christ. The prayer put up, without reconciliation
Jesus our Redeemer, conflicting with enemies, compassed with sorrows and with
floods of ungodly men, enduring not only the pains of death, but the wrath of
God for us; yet calling upon the Father with strong cries and tears; rescued
from the grave; proceeding to reconcile, or to put under his feet all other
enemies, till death, the last enemy, shall be destroyed. We should love the
Lord, our Strength, and our Salvation; we should call on him in every trouble,
and praise him for every deliverance; we should aim to walk with him in all
righteousness and true holiness, keeping from sin. If we belong to him, he
conquers and reigns for us, and we shall conquer and reign through him, and
partake of the mercy of our anointed King, which is promised to all his seed for
evermore. Amen.
Psalm 18:
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