Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Psalms 18:44
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me; the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me; the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
Verse Psalms 18:44. _AS SOON AS THEY HEAR OF ME_] His victories were so rapid and splendid over powerful enemies, that they struck a general terror among the people, and several submitted without a co...
AS SOON AS THEY HEAR OF ME, THEY SHALL OBEY ME - Margin, as in Hebrew, At the hearing of the ear. That is, their submission will be prompt and immediate. The fame of my victories will be such as to re...
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...
STRANGERS. sons of the foreigner. SUBMIT. come cringing....
As soon as they heard of me they offered me obedience, Strangers came cringing unto me. At the mere report of David's victories foreign nations offered their allegiance, as for example Toi of Hamath...
The establishment of David's dominion at home and abroad....
THE STRANGERS SHALL SUBMIT THEMSELVES UNTO ME— The Hebrew is literally, _The sons of the stranger have lied unto me;_ "The foreign nations that I have conquered have promised me their obedience, and,...
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...
_FOR THOU WILT LIGHT MY CANDLE: THE LORD MY GOD WILL ENLIGHTEN MY DARKNESS._ Here follows the fourth section of the psalm. The aid which God had given the Psalmist against foreign enemies, after he ha...
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...
AS SOON AS — _i.e._, at the bare mention of my victories. An actual instance is recorded (2 Samuel 8:9, _seq._). For the expression, comp. Job 42:5. THE STRANGERS SHALL. — See margin. More literally,...
_[Psalms 18:45]_ לְ שֵׁ֣מַֽע אֹ֭זֶן יִשָּׁ֣מְעוּ לִ֑י...
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...
GIRDED WITH STRENGTH FOR SERVICE Psalms 18:27 God's way is perfect, and if only we will walk with Him He will make ours perfect also. Walls and troops cannot stop a man when God leads him through the...
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...
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall (i) submit themselves unto me. (i) Or lie: signifying a subjection constrained and not voluntary....
How beautiful are these verses, in reference to the conversion of the Gentiles. Here surely, as before, David's history falls far short of celebrating such victories. But seen with an eye to Christ, h...
44._At the simple fame of my name they shall obey me. _This is of the same import with the last clause of the preceding verse. Although David, by his victories, had acquired such reputation and renown...
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...
AS SOON AS THEY HEAR OF ME THEY SHALL OBEY ME,.... That is, as soon as they should hear of Christ, through the preaching of the word, by which faith would come, they should readily and at once receive...
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me. Ver. 44. _As soon as they hear of me_] Heb. At the hearing of the ear; that is, by the preaching of the...
_Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people_ From the contentions, seditions, and tumults of my own people under Saul, and during the civil war raised by Abner in favour of Ishbosheth, wh...
AS SOON AS THEY HEARD: _ Heb._ at the hearing of the ear THE STRANGERS: _ Heb._ the sons of the stranger SUBMIT: Or, yield feigned obedience...
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 t...
AS SOON AS THEY HEAR OF ME; either, 1. At the fame of my name and victorious arms. Or, 2. At the first tidings of my coming towards them. Or rather, 3. As soon as they understand my will and pleasur...
Psalms 18:44 hear H8088 H241 obey H8085 (H8735) foreigners H1121 H5236 submit H3584 (H8762) As soon -
DAVID DESCRIBES HIS WIDESPREAD VICTORIES WHICH ARE ALL DUE TO GOD (PSALMS 18:43). Psalms 18:43 ‘You have delivered me from the strivings of the people, You have made me the head of the nations, A...
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...
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...
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 18:31 David’s rescue (vv. Psalms 18:16) came by way of his military skill, which was itself God’s gift....
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 1:13; 2 Samuel 22:44; Deuteronomy 33:29; Ezekiel 44:7;...
Hear — As soon as they understand my will and pleasure, they shall instantly comply with it....