Chapter 18
I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
A. M. 2986. B.C. 1018. (Title.) the servant
36.1 *title; 116.16 2 Samuel 22.1-51 Acts 13.36 Hebrews 3.5
in the day
34.19 Exodus 15.1-21 Judges 5.1-31 1 Samuel 2.1-10 Isaiah 12.1-6
I will
my
32 28.7,8 118.14 Isaiah 12.2 Philippians 4.13 Colossians 1.11
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Lord
fortress
strength
Heb. rock. whom.
buckler
horn
high
I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
I will
5.2,3 28.1,2 55.16 62.8 2 Samuel 22.4 Philippians 4.6,7
who
65.1,2 76.4 Nehemiah 9.5 Revelation 4.11 5.12-14
so shall
50.15 91.15 Luke 1.71 Acts 2.21 Romans 8.31-39
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
sorrows
116.3 2 Samuel 22.5,6 Isaiah 13.8 53.3,4 Matthew 26.38,39 Mark 14.33,34 2 Corinthians 1.9
floods
22.12,13,16 Jonah 2.2-7 Matthew 26.47,55 27.24,25,39-44 Acts 21.30
ungodly men
Heb. Belial.
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
The sorrows, or, cords
snares
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.
distress
3,4 50.15 130.1,2 Mark 14.36 Acts 12.5
heard
5.7 11.4 27.4,5 2 Samuel 22.7 Habakkuk 2.20 Revelation 11.19
my cry
Exodus 2.23 1 Kings 8.27-30 2 Chronicles 30.27
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
earth
114.4-7 Matthew 28.2 Acts 4.31 16.25,26
foundations
46.2 Deuteronomy 32.22 Jeremiah 4.24 Ezekiel 38.19,20 Habakkuk 3.6,10 Zechariah 14.4 1 Corinthians 13.2
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
went
11.6 21.9 74.1 104.32 144.5,6 Genesis 19.28 Leviticus 10.2 Numbers 11.1 16.35 Deuteronomy 29.20,23,24
out of his
Heb. by his. fire.
Daniel 7.10 Amos 4.11 Nahum 1.5,6 Revelation 11.5
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
He bowed
Jehovah is here represented as a mighty warrior going forth to fight the battles of David. When He descended to the engagement, the very heavens bowed to render his descent more awful: His military tent was substantial darkness; the voice of His thunder was the warlike alarm which sounded to battle; the chariot in which He rode was the thick clouds of heaven, conducted by cherubs, and carried on by the irresistible force and rapid wings of an impetuous tempest; and the darts and weapons He employed were thunder-bolts, lightnings, fiery hail, deluging rains, and stormy winds! No wonder that when God arose all His enemies were scattered, and those that hated Him fled before Him.
68.4 144.5-15 Deuteronomy 33.26 2 Samuel 22.10 Isaiah 51.6 Joel 3.16 Matthew 24.29 Hebrews 12.26 2 Peter 3.10 Revelation 20.11
darkness
Deuteronomy 5.22,23 Mark 15.33 John 13.7
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
rode
99.1 2 Samuel 22.11,12 Ezekiel 1.5-14 10.20-22
he did fly
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
secret
thick
97.2 Deuteronomy 4.11 Joel 2.2
At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
At the
97.3,4 Habakkuk 3.4,5 Matthew 17.2,5
hail
Exodus 9.23,24 Joshua 10.11 2 Samuel 22.13-15 Revelation 16.21
The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
thundered
78.48 104.7 Exodus 20.18 1 Samuel 7.10 Job 40.9 John 12.29 Revelation 4.5 8.5 Revelation 19.6
Highest
coals
120.3,4 140.10 Deuteronomy 32.24 *marg:; Habakkuk 3.5
Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
Yea
21.12 77.17 Numbers 24.8 Deuteronomy 32.23,42 Joshua 10.10 Job 6.4 Isaiah 30.30 Habakkuk 3.11
he shot
144.6 Job 38.35 40.9-12 Zechariah 9.14,15
Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
channels
74.15 106.9 Exodus 15.8 Joshua 3.13-16 2 Samuel 22.16
foundations
104.5 Job 38.4-6 Jeremiah 31.37 Jonah 2.6 Micah 6.2
O Lord
2 Kings 19.7 Job 4.9 Isaiah 11.4 30.27,28,33
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
He sent
drew
43 40.1-3 Exodus 2.10 2 Samuel 22.17
many waters
or, great waters.
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
strong
38.19 2 Samuel 22.1,18 Hebrews 2.14,15
them
40,41 9.13 25.19 69.4-14 118.7 Job 16.9 Luke 19.14
they were
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
me in
Deuteronomy 32.35 2 Samuel 22.19 Jeremiah 18.17 Obadiah 1.10-14 Zechariah 1.15
but
He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
brought
because
37.23 2 Samuel 22.18-27 1 Kings 10.9
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
rewarded
58.11 1 Samuel 24.17,20 Proverbs 11.18 Isaiah 49.4 62.11 Matthew 6.4 1 Corinthians 3.8
cleanness
24 7.3 24.4 26.6 1 Samuel 24.11-13 Hebrews 7.26
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
For I
17.4 26.1 119.10,11 Acts 24.16 1 Thessalonians 2.10
have not
119.102 1 Samuel 15.11 1 John 2.19
For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
For all
I did
I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
upright
7.1-8 11.7 17.3 37.27 1 Samuel 26.23 1 Chronicles 29.17
before
Heb. with. I kept.
Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
the Lord recompensed me
Ruth 2.12 Matthew 10.41,42 2 Thessalonians 1.6,7 Hebrews 6.16
in his eyesight
Heb. before his eyes.
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
With the
41.1-4 112.4-6 Nehemiah 9.17 Isaiah 57.1,2 58.7,8 Matthew 18.33-35 Luke 6.35-38
thou wilt
Isaiah 26.7 Ezekiel 18.25-30 Romans 9.14
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
froward
109.17-19 Leviticus 26.23,24,27,28 Proverbs 3.34 Romans 2.4-6,9 James 2.13
shew thyself froward
or, wrestle.
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
save
9.18 34.6,19 40.17 2 Samuel 22.28 Isaiah 57.15 66.2 Luke 1.52,53 2 Corinthians 8.9 James 2.5
bring
10.4 17.10,13 101.5 Proverbs 6.16,17 30.12 Isaiah 3.9 10.12 Luke 18.14
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
thou wilt
candle
or, lamp.
132.17 2 Samuel 22.29 1 Kings 11.36 Proverbs 20.27 Isaiah 62.1
my God
Isaiah 42.16 Matthew 4.16 Luke 1.79 1 Peter 2.9
For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
by thee
44.6,7 144.1,10 1 Samuel 17.49 23.2 30.8 2 Samuel 5.19,20,25 Ephesians 6.10-13 Colossians 2.15 Revelation 3.21
run
or, broken. by my God.
2 Samuel 22.30 1 Corinthians 15.10 2 Corinthians 12.9,10
As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
his way
19.7 25.10 Deuteronomy 32.4 2 Samuel 22.31 Daniel 4.37 Romans 12.2 Revelation 15.3
tried
or, refined.
12.6 19.8-10 119.140 Proverbs 30.5
a buckler
For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
86.8 Deuteronomy 32.31,39 1 Samuel 2.2 2 Samuel 22.32 Isaiah 45.5,21,22
It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
girdeth
The girdle was a necessary part of the eastern dress: It strengthened and supported the loins; served to confine the garments close to the body; and to tuck them in when journeying. The strength of God was to his soul what the girdle was to his body.
28.7 91.2 93.1 Isaiah 45.5 2 Corinthians 3.5
maketh
He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
maketh
high
Deuteronomy 32.13 33.29 2 Samuel 22.14 Habakkuk 3.19
He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
teacheth
144.1 2 Samuel 22.36 Isaiah 28.6 45.1
so that
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.
shield
5.12 28.7 Deuteronomy 33.29 2 Samuel 22.36
right
gentleness
or, with thy meekness thou hast multiplied me.
45.4 Isaiah 40.11 22.3 2 Corinthians 10.1 Galatians 5.22,23 James 3.17,18
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
enlarged
4.1 Job 18.7 36.16 Luke 12.50 24.46-48
feet
Heb. ancles.
I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
3.7 9.3 35.2,5 118.11,12 Numbers 24.17-19 Isaiah 53.10-12 63.1-6 Revelation 6.2 19.19,20
I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
1 Samuel 17.49-51 23.5 30.17 2 Samuel 5.1-25 8.1-18 10.1-19 18.7,8 2Sa:; 22:39
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
girded
subdued
Heb. caused to bow.
66.3 2 Samuel 22.40 1 Chronicles 22.18 Isaiah 45.14 1 Corinthians 15.25-28 Ephesians 1.22 Philippians 3.21
necks
that
34.21 2 Samuel 22.41 Proverbs 8.36 John 15.23
They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
2 Samuel 22.42,43 Job 35.12,13 Proverbs 1.28 Isaiah 1.15 59.1,2 Jeremiah 11.11 Jeremiah 14.12 Ezekiel 8.18 Hosea 7.14 Micah 3.4 Zechariah 7.13 Luke 13.25
Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
beat
50.22 2 Kings 13.7 Isaiah 41.2,15,16
cast
Isaiah 10.6 25.10 Zechariah 10.5 Malachi 4.3
Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
from
2 Samuel 2.9,10 3.1 5.1-7 Acts 5.31
made
22.27,28 108.9 2 Samuel 5.1-25 8.1-18 10.1-19 22.44-46 Isaiah 49.6,22,23 52.15 Romans 15.12,18 Ephesians 1.22
a people
Isaiah 52.15 55.5 Hosea 1.10 Romans 16.26 1 Peter 2.10 Revelation 11.15
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
As soon, etc
Heb. at the hearing of the ear.
strangers
Heb. sons of the stranger.
66.3 81.15 Deuteronomy 33.29 2 Samuel 1.13 Isaiah 62.8 Ezekiel 44.7 *marg:
shall submit
or, yield feigned obedience. Heb. lie.
The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
strangers
Isaiah 24.4 Micah 7.17 James 1.11
afraid
The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
Lord
2 Samuel 22.47 Jeremiah 10.10 John 14.19 Revelation 1.18
blessed
the God
25.5 68.20 79.9 Exodus 15.2 Isaiah 12.2 Luke 1.47
exalted
It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
avengeth
Heb. giveth avengements for me.
Deuteronomy 32.35 2 Samuel 22.48 Nahum 1.2 Romans 12.19
subdueth
or, destroyeth.
He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
liftest
22.27-30 59.1,2 89.13 Philippians 2.9
violent man
Heb. man of violence.
Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
will I give thanks
or, confess.
14.7 30.12 72.18,19 138.4 2 Samuel 22.50,51 Romans 15.9 1 Timothy 6.13
sing
108.3 Matthew 26.30 Romans 15.9
Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
Great
2.6 78.71,72 89.3,4 144.10 1 Samuel 2.10 16.1 Acts 2.34-36 Philippians 2.9-11
to his
89.20-38 132.10 2 Samuel 7.13 1 Chronicles 17.11-14,27 Isaiah 9.6,7 Luke 1.31-33,69 Romans 1.3 11.29 Galatians 3.16