Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 18:47
That avengeth me; that executed vengeance both by me against malicious enemies, and for me against Saul, of whom I would not avenge myself.
That avengeth me; that executed vengeance both by me against malicious enemies, and for me against Saul, of whom I would not avenge myself.
Verse Psalms 18:47. _GOD THAT AVENGETH ME_] The way that I took was after his own heart; therefore he sustained me in it, and did me justice over my enemies. _SUBDUETH THE PEOPLE UNDER ME._] He keeps...
IT IS GOD THAT AVENGETH ME - Margin, giveth avengements for me. The marginal reading is a literal translation of the Hebrew. The meaning is, that God had punished the enemies of the author of the psal...
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...
Render: Even the God that executed vengeance for me, And subdued peoples under me. Vengeance is the prerogative of God (Psalms 94:1); it is His vindication of the righteousness and integrity of His...
Concluding thanksgiving and doxology....
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...
_THE LORD LIVETH; AND BLESSED BE MY ROCK; AND LET THE GOD OF MY SALVATION BE EXALTED._ Closing recapitulation of the whole subject.- Verse 46. THE LORD LIVETH; AND BLESSED BE MY ROCK; AND LET THE GOD...
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...
PEOPLE] RY 'peoples.'...
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...
(46-50) The psalm concludes with a burst of joyous praise, in which the previous figures are recalled in brief touches....
_[Psalms 18:48]_ הָ אֵ֗ל הַ נֹּותֵ֣ן נְקָמֹ֣ות...
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...
How delightfully the Psalm ends! By the spirit of prophecy, Christ is described as declaring his love to Jehovah, for all his promised strength imparted, and now, having sat down on the seat of the Co...
47._The God who giveth me vengeance. _The Psalmist again attributes to God the victories which he had obtained. As he could never have expected to obtain them unless he had been confident that he woul...
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...
[IT IS] GOD THAT AVENGETH ME,.... Or "gives vengeance unto me", or "for me" t: vengeance only belongs to God, and he repays it for and in behalf of his people. Private revenge is not to be exercised b...
Psalms 18:47 [It is] God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me. Ver. 47. _It is God that avengeth me_] Heb. that giveth vengeances for me; whence also he is called the God of vengeances,...
_It is God that avengeth me_ That executeth vengeance, both by me, against his malicious enemies, and for me, against Saul, on whom I would not avenge myself. _Thou liftest me up above those_, &c. Abo...
It is God that avengeth me, He had taken David's cause in hand as His own, AND SUBDUETH THE PEOPLE UNDER ME, reducing them to the position of slaves:...
GIVING ALL GLORY TO GOD ALONE...
AVENGETH: _ Heb._ giveth avengements for me SUBDUETH: Or, destroyeth...
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...
Psalms 18:47 God H410 avenges H5414 (H8802) H5360 subdues H1696 (H8686) peoples H5971 avengeth - Heb. giveth avengements for me,...
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 18:46 David’s expectation that he WILL PRAISE the Lord AMONG THE NATIONS (v. Psalms 18:49; see...
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 22:48; Deuteronomy 32:35; Nahum 1:2; Psalms 47:3; Romans 12: