Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 18:8
There went, &c. — All these seem to be figurative expressions, denoting the greatness of his anger.
There went, &c. — All these seem to be figurative expressions, denoting the greatness of his anger.
Verse Psalms 18:8. _THERE WENT UP A SMOKE OUT OF HIS NOSTRILS_] - Or, 'There ascended into his nostrils a smoke,' as the words, literally rendered, signify. The ancients placed the seat of anger in t...
THERE WENT UP A SMOKE OUT OF HIS NOSTRILS - Margin, “by his;” that is, as it is understood in the margin, the smoke seemed to be produced “by” his nostrils, or to be caused by his breathing. The compa...
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...
OUT OF. into. NOSTRILS... MOUTH. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6....
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...
The startling boldness of the language will be intelligible if the distinctive character of Hebrew symbolism is borne in mind. It is no "gross anthropomorphism," for the poet did not intend that the m...
THERE WENT UP A SMOKE OUT OF HIS NOSTRILS— Or, _There ascended into his nostrils a smoke,_ as the words, literally rendered, signify. The ancients placed the seat of anger in the _nose,_ or nostrils,...
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...
_THERE WENT UP A SMOKE OUT OF HIS NOSTRILS, AND FIRE OUT OF HIS MOUTH DEVOURED: COALS WERE KINDLED BY IT._ There went up a smoke out of his nostrils - an expansion of Psalms 18:7, "He was wroth." The...
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...
A SMOKE. — Now the thunder-cloud forms — smoke, as it were, from the nostrils of God (comp. Psalms 74:1; Deuteronomy 29:20 : the literal rendering is, “there ascended smoke in his nostrils”) — and int...
_[Psalms 18:9]_ עָ֘לָ֤ה עָשָׁ֨ן ׀ בְּ אַפֹּ֗ו וְ...
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...
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and (e) fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. (e) He shows how horrible God's judgments will be to the wicked....
The law. As the sun gives light to the world, so the law serves to direct mankind, and is another most powerful motive for us to praise God. This raises our hearts and minds still more perfectly to hi...
The sacred writer seems to have had in view the Lord's descent on Mount Sinai, at the giving of the law. But surely we can discover that what he here delivered was under the spirit of prophecy, in ref...
8._There went up a smoke by [or out of] his nostrils, etc _The Hebrew word אף,_aph, _properly signifies _the nose, _or _the nostrils. _But as it is sometimes taken metaphorically for _wrath, _some tra...
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...
THERE WENT UP A SMOKE OUT OF HIS NOSTRILS,.... This, with what follows, describes a storm of thunder; the "smoke" designs thick black clouds, gathered together; "fire" intends lightning; and "coals of...
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. Ver. 8. _There went up a smoke out of his nostrils_] As angry men breathe vehemently, and seem...
_There went up a smoke out of his nostrils_, &c. Here “the further effects of God's indignation are represented by those of fire, which is the most terrible of the created elements, burning and consum...
There went up a smoke out of His nostrils, from His angry snorting, AND FIRE OUT OF HIS MOUTH DEVOURED, with a consuming power; COALS WERE KINDLED BY IT, glowing coals blazing out from Him, the descri...
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...
OUT OF HIS: _ Heb._ by his...
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...
SMOKE OUT OF HIS NOSTRILS; as is usual in persons transported with great anger and rage. He manifestd his great displeasure against my adversaries. COALS WERE KINDLED BY IT; which notes the fervency,...
Psalms 18:8 Smoke H6227 up H5927 (H8804) nostrils H639 devouring H398 (H8799) fire H784 mouth H6310 Coals...
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...
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 Thessalonians 1:8; Amos 4:11; Daniel 7:10; Deuteronomy 29:20;...