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Psalm 18
David triumphs in God, ver. 1-3. Praises God for his past
deliverances, ver. 4-19. Takes the comfort of his integrity, which
God had thereby cleared up, ver. 20-28. Gives God the glory of all
his victories, ver. 29-42. Express his hope of what God would do
farther, ver. 43-50. This psalm with some few and small
variations, is written, 2 Sam. xxii, 1-51. It was composed by
David towards the end of his life, upon the occasion here
mentioned. To the chief musician, A psalm of David, the servant
of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song,
in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his
enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and he said: Title of the
psalm. Servant - Who esteems it a greater honour to be thy
servant, than to be king of Israel. Saul - After the death of Saul,
and the conquest of all his succeeding enemies, and his own firm
establishment in his kingdom.
Verse 1. Love - Most affectionately, and with my whole soul; as the
Hebrew word signifies.
Verse 2. Rock - To which I flee for refuge, as the Israelites did to their
rocks. Horn - It is a metaphor from those beasts whose strength
lies in their horns.
Verse 4. Death - Dangerous and deadly troubles. Floods - Their
multitude, and strength, and violent assaults, breaking in upon me
like a flood.
Verse 5. Sorrows - Which brought me to the brink of the grave. Death -
Had almost taken hold of me, before I was aware.
Verse 6. Temple - Out of his heavenly habitation.
Verse 7. Then - Then God appeared on my behalf in a glorious manner,
to the terror and confusion of all mine enemies, which is here
compared to an earthquake.
Verse 8. There went, &c. - All these seem to be figurative expressions,
denoting the greatness of his anger.
Verse 9. Bowed - By producing thick and dark clouds, whereby the
heavens seem to come down to the earth. Came - Not by change
of place, but by the manifestation of his presence and power on
my behalf.
Verse 10. Cherub - Or, upon the cherubim, upon the angels, who are
also called God's chariots, chap. lxviii, 17, upon which he is said
to sit and ride. All which is not to be understood grossly, but only
to denote God's using the ministry of angels, in raising such
storms and tempests. Fly - As swiftly as the wind.
Verse 11. Darkness - He covered himself with dark clouds. Waters -
Watery vapors.
Verse 12. At - His glorious and powerful appearance. Passed - Or,
passed away, vanished, being dissolved into showers.
Verse 14. Arrows - Lightnings. Them - Mine enemies.
Verse 15. Discovered - By mighty earthquakes, which overturned the
earth, and made its lower parts visible.
Verse 18. Prevented - They had almost surprized me.
Verse 19. Brought - Out of my straits and difficulties, into a state of
freedom and comfort. So he ascribes all his mercies to God's good
pleasure, as the first spring of them.
Verse 20. Righteousness - Just cause. The innocency of my actions
towards Saul, from whose blood I kept my hands pure.
Verse 22. Judgments - I diligently studied and considered them.
Verse 24. Iniquity - From that sin which I was most inclined or tempted
to.
Verse 25. Upright - Thou metest to every one the same measure, which
he meteth out to others; and therefore thou wilt perform mercy
and truth, to those who are merciful and true to others.
Verse 26. Pure - Free from the least mixture or appearance of
unrighteousness, or unfaithfulness. Froward - Thou wilt cross him
and walk contrary to him.
Verse 28. Lightest - Given me safety, and comfort, and glory, and
posterity also.
Verse 29. Troop - Broken through the armed troops of mine enemies.
Wall - I have scaled the walls of their strongest cites.
Verse 30. Perfect - His providence, though it may sometimes be dark,
yet is always wise and just, and unblameable. Tried - The truth of
God's promises is approved by innumerable experiences.
Verse 31. Who - Our Lord is the only God, and therefore there is none,
that can hinder him from accomplishing his own work.
Verse 32. Perfect - Perfectly plain and smooth, and clear from
impediments.
Verse 33. High-places - Confirms me in that high estate into which he
hath advanced me.
Verse 35. Salvation - Thy protection, which hath been to me like a
shield. Held - Kept me from, falling into those mischiefs, which
mine enemies designed. Gentleness - Thy clemency, whereby
thou hast pardoned my sins; thy grace and benignity.
Verse 36. Slipt - As they are apt to do in narrow and uneven ways.
Verse 43. People - From contentions, and seditions, under Saul, and
Ishbosheth, and Absalom. Heathens - Of the Ammonites,
Moabites, Edomites, Syrians, and others. Not known - Even
barbarous and remote nations.
Verse 44. Hear - As soon as they understand my will and pleasure, they
shall instantly comply with it.
Verse 45. Close places - Out of their strong holds, where they shall lurk
for fear of me.
Verse 46. The Lord - He and he only is the true living God.
Verse 48. Violent man - From Saul: whom for honour's sake he forbears
to mention.
Verse 49. Heathen - David is here transported beyond himself, and
speaks this in special relation to Christ who was to be his seed,
and of whom he was an eminent type, and by whom alone this
was done. And therefore this is justly applied to him, and to his
calling of the Gentiles, Rom. xv, 9.
Verse 50. His king - To the king whom God himself chose and anointed,
and to all his posterity; and especially to the Messiah, who is
called David's seed, Acts xiii, 23 Rom. i, 3.
Psalm 18:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 Job Proverbs
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