TITLE. DAVID. Like all Psalms of David, it finds its fulfilment in the true David. See the Structure of this book (p. 721). Compare Psalms 18:4; Psalms 18:5 with Psalms 17:9. It is placed, as first written, in 2 Samuel 22. but it is edited and placed here to find its true relation to other Psalms. W... [ Continue Reading ]
ROCK. fortress. Hebrew. _sela'._ See notes on Deuteronomy 32:13, and Exodus 17:6. Note the Figures of speech _Anthropopatheia_ and _Exergasia._ App-6. FORTRESS. mountain stronghold. Hebrew. _mezad._ MY GOD. Hebrew El. App-4. STRENGTH. rock (in original situation): hence, refuge. Hebrew. _zur._ Se... [ Continue Reading ]
WORTHY TO BE PRAISED. Figure of speech _Antimereia._ App-6, Pass. Part, put for Adjective. Hebrew the praised One. SO SHALL I, &C. Quoted in Luke 1:71. SAVED. delivered (in the widest sense). Hebrew. _yasha'._... [ Continue Reading ]
SORROWS. meshes, or snares (Hebrew. _hebel)._ Not bodily pains. UNGODLY MEN. Belial.... [ Continue Reading ]
HELL. the grave. Hebrew Sheol. App-35. SNARES. Hebrew. _yakash =_ noose, or snare. PREVENTED. were beforehand with, or confronted.... [ Continue Reading ]
TEMPLE. palace. Put for heaven itself. CRIED... EARS. See note on Psalms 18:41.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHOOK... TREMBLED... SHAKEN. Figure of speech _Paronomasia._ Hebrew vattig'ash, vattir'ash. Eng.. "shaked... quaked and shaked", or "rocked and reeled". HILLS. mountains.... [ Continue Reading ]
OUT OF. into. NOSTRILS... MOUTH. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHERUB. See App-41. WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
DARKNESS... DARK. Hebrew. _hashak._ See notes on Job 3:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "from" (1 Samuel 22:14). HIGHEST. Hebrew. _Elyon._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHANNELS. Hebrew. _'aphikim_. See note on 2 Samuel 22:16. WORLD. Hebrew. _tebel =_ the habitable world. Greek. _oikoumene._ BLAST. Hebrew. _neshamah._ App-16. BREATH. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
MANY WATERS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for troubles.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRONG. strong (for might). Hebrew. _'azaz._ Not same word as verses: Psalms 18:1; Psalms 18:2; Psalms 18:32, Psa 1:39. STRONG. strong (for activity). Hebrew. _'amaz_. Not same word as verses: Psalms 18:1; Psalms 18:2; Psalms 18:32, Psa 1:39.... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE, &C. This is the one ground of blessing. See note on Numbers 14:8, and 2 Samuel 15:25; 2 Samuel 15:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE. with. MINE INIQUITY. Some codices read "the wicked". Hebrew " _avah_. App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
MERCIFUL. gracious. WITH. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "And with". MAN. strong man. Hebrew. _geber._... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FORWARD. the perverse. Hebrew. _'ikesh._ FORWARD. a wrestler, or contender.... [ Continue Reading ]
CANDLE. lamp. Used to-day, in the East, more for comfort than light.... [ Continue Reading ]
RUN. broken through.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. the El. App-4. WORD. sayings, as in Psalms 12:6 (feminine plural); Psalms 19:14 (masculine plural) (not Psalms 18:4); Psalms 119:11 (see note there), &c. TRIED. refined. Compare Psalms 12:6. TRUST IN. flee for refuge to. Hebrew. _hasah._ App-69.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew Eloah. App-4. ROCK. Hebrew. _zur._ See notes on Exodus 17:6; Exodus 32:13. SAVE. except.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRENGTH. might (for valour). Hebrew. _hil_. Not the same as verses: Psalms 18:1; Psalms 18:2; Psalms 18:17, Psa 1:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY. Ginsburg thinks this should be omitted.... [ Continue Reading ]
BROKEN. bent.... [ Continue Reading ]
GENTLENESS. condescension.... [ Continue Reading ]
PURSUED... OVERTAKEN... CONSUMED... WOUNDED... FALLEN. Figure of speech _Anabasis._ App-6. The tenses may be future, and prophetic.... [ Continue Reading ]
CRIED... SAVE. Figure of speech _Paronomasia._ App-6. May be represented in Eng. "they cried with fear, but none gave ear. ... [ Continue Reading ]
WIND. Hebrew. _ruach_. App-9. CAST THEM OUT: or scatter them. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "crush". Compare 2 Samuel 22:43.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEATHEN. nations, or Gentile peoples.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRANGERS. sons of the foreigner. SUBMIT. come cringing.... [ Continue Reading ]
BE AFRAID. come trembling.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN. Hebrew. _ish_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE, &C. Quoted in Romans 15:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
ANOINTED. Messiah. Looking beyond David, to David's Son and David's Lord.... [ Continue Reading ]