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IN MY DISTRESS - This refers, most probably, not to any particular
case, but rather indicates his general habit of mind, that when he was
in deep distress and danger he had uniformly called upon the L...
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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 ...
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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...
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TEMPLE. palace. Put for heaven itself.
CRIED... EARS. See note on Psalms 18:41....
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In forcible figures David pictures the extremity of need in which he
cried for help, and not in vain. Again and again there had been -but a
step between him and death." (1 Samuel 20:3.) The perils to...
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_called … cried_ The tense in the original denotes _frequent_and
_repeated_prayer. The text of 2 Sam. has _called_twice, no doubt by an
error of transcription.
_out of his temple_ The palace-temple o...
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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...
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_IN MY DISTRESS I CALLED UPON THE LORD, AND CRIED UNTO MY GOD: HE
HEARD MY VOICE OUT OF HIS TEMPLE, AND MY CRY CAME BEFORE HIM, EVEN
INTO HIS EARS._
In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried u...
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HIS TEMPLE] in heaven.
7-16. In these vv. the manifestation of God's power to deliver is
poetically described as the physical appearance of God Himself,
accompanied by the most impressive natural phe...
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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...
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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...
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OUT OF HIS TEMPLE. — Rather, Place — plainly, as in Psalms 11:4;
Psalms 29:9, the heavenly abode of Jehovah.
MY CRY. — In Samuel only, “my cry in his ears.”...
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_[Psalms 18:7]_ בַּ † צַּר ־לִ֤י ׀ אֶֽקְרָ֣א...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Sun. Here God seems to reside, (Ferrand) and the magnificence of his
works shines forth, insomuch that almost all nations have offered
divine honours to the sun, and even the Manichees adored it, imag...
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How beautifully Peter comments upon these sufferings of Jesus, Acts
2:24. But, while we behold the holy nature of Christ, as incapable of
corruption, and therefore incapable of being holden by the cor...
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6._In my distress, etc. _It was a very evident proof of uncommon faith
in David, when, being almost plunged into the gulf of death, he lifted
up his heart to heaven by prayer. Let us therefore learn,...
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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...
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IN MY DISTRESS I CALLED UPON THE LORD,.... The great Jehovah, the
everlasting I AM, who is the most High in all the earth, and who is
able to save, Hebrews 5:7;
AND CRIED UNTO MY GOD; as Jesus did, M...
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In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard
my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, [even] into
his ears.
Ver. 6. _In my distress I called upon the Lord_] T...
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_He heard out of his temple_ Either, 1st, Out of his sanctuary, where
he was represented as dwelling between the cherubim, in the most holy
place, and where he promised to hear and answer the prayers...
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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...
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In my distress I called upon the Lord, when the persecution of Saul
and other troubles came upon him, AND CRIED UNTO MY GOD. HE HEARD MY
VOICE OUT OF HIS TEMPLE, out of the palace of heaven, the thron...
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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...
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OUT OF HIS TEMPLE; either,
1. Out of his sanctuary; whence he promised to hear and answer the
prayers of his people, which are either made there or directed
thither. Or,
2. Out of his heavenly habit...
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Psalms 18:6 distress H6862 called H7121 (H8799) LORD H3068 cried H7768
(H8762) God H430 heard H8085 ...
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TROUBLES AND DEATH HAD PRESSED IN ON HIM (PSALMS 18:4).
‘The cords of death encompassed me,
And the floods of ungodliness (literally ‘worthlessness' - belial)
made me afraid.
The cords of Sheol wer...
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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...
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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,...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_The sorrows of death compassed me._
ESTIMATING OUR SORROWS
No attempt is here made to diminish the severity of the crisis. Often
when a great agony is overpast, the sufferer himself forgets its
inte...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 8:27; 2 Chronicles 30:27; 2 Samuel 22:7; Acts 12:5; Exodus
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Temple — Out of his heavenly habitation....