Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Psalms 18:40
Verse Psalms 18:40. The necks of mine enemies] Thou hast made me a complete conqueror. Treading on the neck of an enemy was the triumph of the conqueror, and the utmost disgrace of the vanquished.
Verse Psalms 18:40. The necks of mine enemies] Thou hast made me a complete conqueror. Treading on the neck of an enemy was the triumph of the conqueror, and the utmost disgrace of the vanquished.
THOU HAST ALSO GIVEN ME THE NECKS OF MINE ENEMIES - Their necks to tread upon, as the result of victory; or their necks to be subject to me, as the neck of the ox is to his owner. The phrase is someti...
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...
Thus God gave him victory over all his enemies....
Yea mine enemies hast thou made to turn their backs unto me, And as for them that hated me, I cut them off. The first line means that his enemies were put to flight before him Exodus 23:27), not (as...
THOU HAST ALSO GIVEN ME THE NECKS OF MINE ENEMIES— _As for mine enemies, thou givest me their back._ Houbigant. Mudge, &c. The word ףּער _oreph,_ rendered _neck,_ signifies the _back part of the neck,_...
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...
GIVEN ME THE NECKS OF MINE ENEMIES] RV 'made mine enemies turn their backs unto me.'...
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...
(37-40) Another retrospective glance of the poet over his past wars. Notice slight variations in Samuel....
THOU HAST ALSO GIVEN. — Literally, _and as to mine enemies, thou gavest to me the back,_ which either means “turned to flight so that only their backs were visible” (Jeremiah 18:17 and Psalms 21:12),...
_[Psalms 18:41]_ וְֽ אֹיְבַ֗י נָתַ֣תָּה לִּ֣י עֹ֑רֶף...
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 (e) given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. (e) You have given them to my hands to be slain....
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 ALSO GIVEN ME THE NECKS OF MINE ENEMIES,.... Either to slay them, or to trample or put a yoke upon them; or rather the sense is, thou hast made them to fly before me, to turn their necks or...
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. Ver. 40. _Thou hast given me the necks of mine enemies_] _sc._ To chop them off at my pleasure; or to cut th...
_Thou hast given me the necks_, &c. That I might put my yoke upon their necks, or bring them into subjection. But Houbigant and some others render the clause, more agreeably to the Hebrew, _As for my...
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, so that they turned their backs to David in precipitate flight, THAT I MIGHT DESTROY THEM THAT HATE ME....
GIVING ALL GLORY TO GOD ALONE...
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...
Either, 1. That I might smite or behead them. Or, 2. That I might put my yoke upon their necks, or bring them into subjection. Or rather thus, _Thou hast made them turn their backs to me_, i.e. flee...
Psalms 18:40 given H5414 (H8804) necks H6203 enemies H341 (H8802) destroyed H6789 (H8686) hated H8130 ...
HE DECLARES THAT YHWH HAS GIVEN HIM VICTORY OVER ALL HIS ENEMIES (PSALMS 18:37). We should note as we consider this cry of triumph that this is not describing peaceful nations who are being subjugated...
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 22:41; John 15:23; Joshua 10:24; Lamentations 5:5; Prove