Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 18:50
Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his (n) seed for evermore.
(n) This did not properly belong to Solomon, but to Jesus Christ.
Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his (n) seed for evermore.
(n) This did not properly belong to Solomon, but to Jesus Christ.
Verse Psalms 18:50. _GREAT DELIVERANCE GIVETH HE TO HIS KING_] David was a king of God's appointment, and was peculiarly favoured by him. Literally, _He is magnifying the salvations of his king_. He n...
GREAT DELIVERANCE GIVETH HE TO HIS KING - To David, as king. The word in the original, which is rendered “deliverance,” means properly salvations, and is here in the plural number. It refers not to on...
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...
ANOINTED. Messiah. Looking beyond David, to David's Son and David's Lord....
Concluding thanksgiving and doxology....
These closing words may be due to a later poet, who thus sums up the lessons of the Psalm. But they may well be David's own. He drops the first person, and surveys his own life from without, in the li...
DISCOURSE: 519 THANKSGIVING FOR ANY GREAT DELIVERANCE Psalms 18:50._ Great deliverance giveth he to his King; and sheweth mercy to his Anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore._ THE Psalm bef...
GREAT DELIVERANCE GIVETH HE, &C.— Literally, _He magnifies the salvations of his king;_ they are such as are great and wonderful in themselves, and as they add a dignity and lustre to the king, on who...
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...
_THE LORD LIVETH; AND BLESSED BE MY ROCK; AND LET THE GOD OF MY SALVATION BE EXALTED._ Closing recapitulation of the whole subject.- Verse 46. THE LORD LIVETH; AND BLESSED BE MY ROCK; AND LET THE GOD...
18:50 loving-kindness (f-13) _ Chesed_ . see 2 Chronicles 6:42 ....
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...
(46-50) The psalm concludes with a burst of joyous praise, in which the previous figures are recalled in brief touches....
This verse is by many treated as a late liturgical addition to the hymn. The change to the third person is certainly somewhat suggestive of this, but by no means conclusive. The question of the relati...
_[Psalms 18:51]_ _מַגְדִּיל֮_† יְשׁוּעֹ֪ות מַ֫לְכֹּ֥ו וְ עֹ֤שֶׂה...
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...
REFLECTIONS Now, Lord, having beheld thy victories and the triumphs of thy redemption-work, let my soul pause over the same, and look up to thee in all those endearing characters, in which thou hast m...
How delightfully the Psalm ends! By the spirit of prophecy, Christ is described as declaring his love to Jehovah, for all his promised strength imparted, and now, having sat down on the seat of the Co...
50._He worketh great deliverances, etc _This concluding verse clearly shows why God had exercised such goodness and liberality towards David, namely, because he had anointed him to be king. By calling...
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...
GREAT DELIVERANCE GIVETH HE TO HIS KING,.... Not that is king over him; for he is King of kings and Lord of lords; but that is made king by him, as David was; who did not usurp the throne, but was ano...
Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore. Ver. 50. _Great deliverance giveth he to his king_] In Samuel it is, He is the towe...
_It is God that avengeth me_ That executeth vengeance, both by me, against his malicious enemies, and for me, against Saul, on whom I would not avenge myself. _Thou liftest me up above those_, &c. Abo...
Great deliverance giveth He to His king, making him a partaker of the fulness of His salvation; AND SHOWETH MERCY TO HIS ANOINTED, TO DAVID, AND TO HIS SEED FOREVER. The last words connect this psalm...
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...
TO HIS KING; to the king whom God himself chose, and anointed, or constituted. TO HIS SEED; to all his posterity, and especially to the Messias, who is called David's Seed, ACTS 13:23 ROMANS 1:3; and...
Psalms 18:50 Great H1431 (H8688) deliverance H3444 king H4428 shows H6213 (H8802) mercy H2617 anointed H4899 David
Psalms 18:50 This is Christ's resurrection psalm; He is the King, and the deliverance spoken of not in this verse only, but frequently throughout the Psalm, is specially His deliverance, His delivera...
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...
_Great deliverance giveth He to the King._ GREAT DELIVERANCES This is Christ’s resurrection Psalm. It is a Psalm of deliverance or salvation--the two words are the same. This deliverance is one of lo...
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 18:46 David’s expectation that he WILL PRAISE the Lord AMONG THE NATIONS (v. Psalms 18:49; see...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 18:50 SALVATION. David’s victories are part of God’s commitment to his people and to the whole world. STEADFAST LOVE TO... DAVID AND HIS OFFSPRING FOREVER echoes...
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...
1 Chronicles 17:11; 1 Chronicles 17:27; 1 Samuel 16:1; 1 Samuel 2:10;...
His king — To the king whom God himself chose and anointed, and to all his posterity; and especially to the Messiah, who is called David's seed, Acts 13:23; Romans 1:3....