Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Psalms 18:16
He sent from above, stretching out His hand, reaching down; He took me, He drew me out of many waters, so that David was not carried away in the great catastrophe which struck the earth.
He sent from above, stretching out His hand, reaching down; He took me, He drew me out of many waters, so that David was not carried away in the great catastrophe which struck the earth.
Verse Psalms 18:16. _HE DREW ME OUT OF MANY WATERS._] Here the allusion is still carried on. The waters thus poured out were sweeping the people away; but God, by a miraculous interference, sent and...
HE SENT FROM ABOVE - He interposed to save me. All these manifestations of the divine interposition were from above, or from heaven; all came from God. HE TOOK ME - He took hold on me; he rescued me....
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...
MANY WATERS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for troubles....
HE SENT FROM ABOVE, &C.— This may either denote, in general, that God aided and assisted him by his divine power, or that he sent his angels from heaven, to protect and rescue him from the many danger...
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...
_HE SENT FROM ABOVE, HE TOOK ME, HE DREW ME OUT OF MANY WATERS._ He drew me out of many waters - like a second Moses, whose name (meaning drawn out) is from the Hebrew; used here for "He drew me" х_...
MANY WATERS] the emblem of David's troubles. The whole sublime manifestation of God was on his behalf....
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...
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...
HE DREW ME. — By an exquisite transition from the real to the figurative the poet conceives of these parted waters as the “floods of affliction” (Psalms 18:5), from which Jehovah has rescued him by me...
_[Psalms 18:17]_ יִשְׁלַ֣ח מִ֭ מָּרֹום יִקָּחֵ֑נִי יַֽ֝מְשֵׁ֗נִי
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...
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many (m) waters. (m) Out of many great dangers....
How strong are these expressions to point to one particular foe! Not only was Jesus, in the days of his flesh, delivered from the malice of men, but from the malice of Satan. The human nature of Chris...
16._He sent down from above. _Here there is briefly shown the drift of the sublime and magnificent narrative which has now passed under our review, namely, to teach us that David at length emerged fro...
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...
HE SENT FROM ABOVE,.... Either his hand, as in Psalms 144:7; he exerted and displayed his mighty power in raising Christ from the dead; or he sent help from his sanctuary; as in Psalms 20:2; and helpe...
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. Ver. 16. _He sent from above, he took me_] He rescued me as by a hand reached me from heaven. _Deus_ εκ μηχανης, or, he sent his angels...
_He sent from above_ This may either denote, in general, that God assisted him by his divine power to overcome and deliver himself from his enemies, and thereby extricate himself from his troubles, or...
MANY WATERS: Or, great waters...
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...
HE SENT ANGELS, or assistance otherwise....
Psalms 18:16 sent H7971 (H8799) above H4791 took H3947 (H8799) drew H4871 (H8686) many H7227 waters...
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. 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,...
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._ «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...
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...
_He sent from above, He took me, He drew me out of many waters._ DIVINE INTERPOSITIONS We are not as those who believe in two co-existent forces, each supreme, one of whom shall create disasters, and...
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...
2 Samuel 22:17; Exodus 2:10; Jonah 2:5; Jonah 2:6; Psalms 144:7;...