The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
The Lord also thundered ... and the Highest gave his voice - drawn from Exodus 9:23; Hebrew, 'the Lord gave voices and hail, and the fire ran upon the earth.'
Verse Psalms 18:13. _THE LORD ALSO THUNDERED IN THE HEAVENS, AND THE_ _HIGHEST GAVE HIS VOICE_] And then followed the _hail and coals of_ _fire_. The former verse mentioned the _lightning_, with its...
THE LORD ALSO THUNDERED IN THE HEAVENS - Thunder is often in the Scriptures described as the voice of God. See the magnificent description in Psalms 29:1; compare Job 40:9, “Canst thou thunder with a...
Psalms 18 The Story of God's Power in Behalf of Christ _ 1. In the jaws of death (Psalms 18:1)_ 2. God appearing and delivering (Psalms 18:7) 3. God gave Him glory ...
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...
IN. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "from" (1 Samuel 22:14). HIGHEST. Hebrew. _Elyon._ App-4....
Forthwith David's prayer is answered by the Advent of Jehovah for the discomfiture of his enemies. He manifests Himself in earthquake and storm. The majestic though terrible phenomena of nature are th...
_and the Highest_&c. R.V., and the Most High uttered his voice. _The Most High_is the title of God as the Supreme Ruler of the Universe. See Psalms 7:17; and Appendix, Note II. Thunder is the voice of...
THE LORD ALSO THUNDERED IN THE HEAVENS, &C.— The former verse mentioned the lightning, with its effects: this gives us the report of the thunder, and the increasing storm of hail and fire which attend...
THEN THE EARTH SHOOK, &C.— In this, and the eight following verses, David describes, by the sublimest expressions and grandest terms, the majesty of God, and the awful manner in which he came to his a...
PSALMS 18 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE David's Song of Deliverance. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 18:1-6, By many Epithets of Admiration, the Psalmist proclaims Jehovah as Worthy of Praise, for Delivering him fr...
Of all the Pss. this is the one which can be ascribed with greatest confidence to David. It is found, with some variations, in 2 Samuel 22, and the title is largely taken from 2 Samuel 22:1. It consis...
HIS VOICE] the thunder....
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
IN THE HEAVENS. — The version in Samuel is from the heavens,” which is better. For the thunder as God’s voice see Psalms 29:3, and Note....
_[Psalms 18:14]_ וַ יַּרְעֵ֬ם בַּ † שָּׁמַ֨יִם...
Psalms 18:1 THE description of the theophany (Psalms 18:7) and that of the psalmist's God-won victories (Psalms 18:32) appear to refer to the same facts, transfigured in the former case by devout imag...
A WONDERFUL DELIVERANCE Psalms 18:1 There is another edition of this psalm in 2 Samuel 22:1.Psalms 18:2; Psalms 18:2 and...
This is one of the most majestic and beautiful of the worship psalms. It is at once a perfect pattern of praise and therefore a great revelation of the method and might and mercy of God. So clear and...
The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave (i) his voice; hail [stones] and coals of fire. (i) Thunders, lightnings and hail....
Sins. Who can always decide when a sin is only venial? (Haydock) --- Though I may have avoided the grosser transgressions, how can I be assured that my heart is innocent? (Calmet) --- This assurance i...
Is here not (for I do not presume to decide) an allusion to the descent of the Holy Ghost, after the return of Jesus to glory? And may we not without violence to the several expressions here set forth...
13._Jehovah thundered. _David here repeats the same thing in different words, declaring that God thundered from heaven; and he calls the thunder _the yoke of God, _that we may not suppose it is produc...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 18 AND 19. Psalms 18 presents to us the connection of Christ, and particularly of His (not atoning suffering that is found in Psalms 22, but His) entering into t...
THE LORD ALSO THUNDERED IN THE HEAVENS,.... By his apostles and ministers, some of which were Boanergeses, sons of thunder, whose ministry was useful to shake the consciences of men, and bring them to...
The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail [stones] and coals of fire. Ver. 13. _The Lord also thundered in the heavens_] _Quasi pro classico, et auspicio proelii in...
_The Lord also thundered_, &c. The preceding verse mentioned the lightning with its effects; this gives us the report of the thunder, and the increasing storm of hail and fire that attended it. _Yea,...
The Lord also thundered in the heavens, the roll of thunder following the strokes of lightning, AND THE HIGHEST GAVE HIS VOICE, HAILSTONES AND COALS OF FIRE....
A PSALM OF THANKSGIVING FOR DELIVERANCE AND VICTORY. To the chief musician, for performance in the liturgical service of the Tabernacle and the Temple, a psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, His p...
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...
THE LORD ALSO THUNDERED, to wit, against my adversaries. _Thunder_ is a sign of God's anger, 1 SAMUEL 2:10, 1 SAMUEL 7:10. HIS VOICE, i.e. thunder, oft so called. The same thing expressed in other wor...
Psalms 18:13 LORD H3068 thundered H7481 (H8686) heaven H8064 High H5945 uttered H5414 (H8799) voice H6963 Hailstone
GOD HAD INTERVENED ON HIS BEHALF (PSALMS 18:7). David's description of God's intervention portrays the situation from Heaven's point of view. Little was necessarily seen on earth, but David was aware...
Psalms 18:1. _I will love thee, O Lord, my strength._ «I do love thee, and I will love thee yet more and more. I bind myself to thee for the future as well as the present.» Psalms 18:2. The LORD is...
Psalms 18:1. _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,...
Psalms 18:1. _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 my horn of my salvation, and my hi...
Psalms 18:1. _I will love thee, O LORD, my strength._ What a blessed «I will»: «I will love thee»! He does love the Lord, and he declares that he will continue to do so. He feels that he must do so,...
CONTENTS: Praise for God's marvelous deliverances. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: God not only will deliver His trusting people out of their difficulties in due time, but will give them grace t...
David prays here in his own person, this being a psalm of memorial, when the Lord had delivered him out of the hands of Saul and of all his enemies. But as he ever worshipped with the promise at his c...
_The Lord also thundered in the heavens._ THE TERRORS OF AN EASTERN THUNDERSTORM There is said to be something peculiarly terrific in an Oriental thunderstorm. Its vivid lightning and intense darknes...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 18:1. This royal psalm celebrates the way God has shown his love to his people by giving them the Davidic monarchy and by preserving David through many dangers (see v....
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 18:7 God in his heavenly fortress suddenly takes notice of David’s need and quickly comes to his aid. ⇐...
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 commenta...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm has many characteristics which distinguish it, not only from all that have preceded it in the collection, but from all those which are assigned to David by their titles. In the f...
The eighteenth psalm has a long title to it. It is to chief musician. It is a psalm of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered hi...
1 Samuel 7:10; Deuteronomy 32:24; Exodus 20:18; Ezekiel 10:5; Haba