Thy gentleness. — Or, meekness, as in margin. We cannot afford to sacrifice this striking foreshadowing of His saying of Himself, “I am meek and lowly,” to the scare of a word like anthropomorphism. Why be afraid to speak of the Divine Being as meek any more than as jealous. The LXX. and Vulgate have “discipline,” probably through this timidity.
Verse Psalms 18:35. _THE SHIELD OF THY SALVATION_] In all battles and dangers God defended him. He was constantly safe because he possessed the salvation of God. Everywhere God protected him. _Thy_ _...
THOU HAST ALSO GIVEN ME THE SHIELD OF THY SALVATIONS - Thou hast saved me as with a shield; thou hast thrown thy shield before me in times of danger. See the note at Psalms 5:12. AND THY RIGHT HAND H...
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...
GENTLENESS. condescension....
THOU HAST ALSO GIVEN ME THE SHIELD OF THY SALVATION, &C.— i.e. "The salvation which thou hast afforded me, hath been my constant protection and security; _and thy gentleness; i.e._ (as I think the wor...
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...
GENTLENESS] RM 'condescension.' For the thought cp. Psalms 113:6; Isaiah 57:15 : see also Psalms 23....
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...
_[Psalms 18:36]_ וַ תִּתֶּן ־לִי֮ מָגֵ֪ן יִ֫שְׁעֶ֥ךָ...
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...
Thou hast also given me the (b) shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy (c) gentleness hath made me great. (b) To defend me from dangers. (c) He attributed the beginni...
These are all glorious triumphs of our risen and exalted Saviour. And He who hath thus conquered for us, can and will conquer sin in us. Like another Joshua, our Almighty Leader and Commander, which J...
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...
THOU HAST GIVEN ME THE SHIELD OF THY SALVATION,.... Meaning either temporal salvation, which was a shield to him when he had no outward one, as when he fought with Goliath; and was what preserved him...
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. Ver. 35. _Thou hast also given me, &c._] _i.e._ Thou hast preserved a...
_Thou hast given me the shield of thy salvation_ Thy protection, which hath been to me like a shield to defend me. _Thy right hand hath holden me up_ Kept me from falling into those snares and mischie...
GIVING ALL GLORY TO GOD ALONE...
Thou hast also given me the shield of Thy salvation, the protection of Jehovah proving his deliverance; AND THY RIGHT HAND HATH HOLDEN ME UP, AND THY GENTLENESS, as the great God of heaven condescende...
THY GENTLENESS HATH MADE ME GREAT: Or, with thy meekness thou hast multiplied me...
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...
THE SHIELD OF THY SALVATION; thy safeguard and protection, which hath been to me like a shield to defend me. HOLDEN ME UP; kept me from falling into those snares and mischiefs which mine enemies desig...
Psalms 18:35 given H5414 (H8799) shield H4043 salvation H3468 hand H3225 up H5582 (H8799) gentleness H6037 great...
DAVID GIVES A SUMMARY OF WHAT GOD IS AND OF ALL GOD'S BLESSINGS TO HIM (PSALMS 18:30). Psalms 18:30 ‘As for God, his way is perfect, The word of YHWH is tried (tested and proved true), He is a shi...
Psalms 18:35 Consider how the gentleness of a loving correction makes God's children great. For we ought, all of us, to wish to be great great in the school of Christ, great in the Divine life, great...
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,...
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...
_Thy gentleness hath made me great._ THE GENTLENESS OF GOD When the coarse mind of sin makes up gods by its own natural light, those gods reveal the coarseness and the sin together. The God of revel...
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 Corinthians 10:1; 2 Samuel 22:36; Deuteronomy 33:29; Galatians 5:22;...
Salvation — Thy protection, which hath been to me like a shield. Held — Kept me from, falling into those mischiefs, which mine enemies designed. Gentleness — Thy clemency, whereby thou hast pardoned m...