“ The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice. ”
1 Samuel 22. Psalms 18. This poem is dealt with in the commentary on the Psalms (Psalms book comments, and Psalms 18 chapter comments.).
the MOST HIGH. Hebrew. Elyon. App-4.
The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
And David spake unto the Lord—this song— As this fine poem of David's occurs in the book of Psalms, we shall not make any remark upon it till we come to its proper place. See Psalms 18 .
The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice. The Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice - namely, against my enemies (see the notes at last cl...
David's Thanksgiving Psalm This beautiful poem has also been preserved as the Eighteenth Psalm. It probably belongs to the earlier portion of David's reign, when his conquests and God's promise (...
From heaven. — Psalms 18 , “in the heavens,” a difference found in the original; the two are otherwise alike in the Hebrew, except that the psalm adds the words, “hail stones and coals of fire.”...
CHAPTER XXX. THE SONG OF THANKSGIVING. 2 Samuel 22:1-51 . SOME of David's actions are very characteristic of himself; there are other actions quite out of harmony with his character. This psalm o...
The character of David is revealed in the two psalms recorded here. In the first of these, found in this chapter, we find the deepest things concerning him. It may be well to note its main divisions,...
(7) In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears. (8) Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations...
The Lord thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice. Psalms 18:13 .
This chapter presents David's song of triumph after God had subdued all his enemies under him. It is almost identical to Psalms 18:1-50 , though with some variations. Of course faith realizes that Go...
David's Thanksgiving. B. C. 1020. 2 And he said, The L ORD is my rock, and my fortr...
No text from Poole on this verse.
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 2 Samuel 22:1 . This Psalm, with a few unimportant variations, is identical with the eighteenth in the Psalter. Wordsworth suggests that the modifications which the...
2 Samuel 22:25 . The Lord hath recompensed me according to my righteousness. True indeed: but says St. Paul, the reward is not reckoned of debt, but of grace. See on Psalms 18:24 .
David spake unto the Lord the word of this song. The song of thanksgiving Some of David’s actions are very characteristic of himself; there are other actions quite out of harmony with his chara...
EXPOSITION DAVID 'S PSALM OF THANKSGIVING . This song, which is identical with Psalms 18:1-19 ; though with many verbal differences, is so universally acknowledged as a genuine compositi...
Gratitude for Deliverance in the Past
1 Samuel 12:17 ; 1 Samuel 12:18 ; 1 Samuel 2:10 ; 1 Samuel 7:10 ; Exodus 19:6 ; Ezekiel 10:5 ; Isaiah 30:30 ; Job 37:2-5 ; Job 40:9 ; Judges 5:20 ; Psalms 29:3-9 ; Psalms 77:16-19 ; Reve...