“ And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; ”
And he said, The LORD [is] my (b) rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; (b) By the diversity of these comfortable means, he shows how his faith was strengthened in all temptations.
1 Samuel 22. Psalms 18. This poem is dealt with in the commentary on the Psalms (Psalms book comments, and Psalms 18 chapter comments.).
rock . Hebrew. sela . a shadow, or shelter. First occurrence.
And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
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 .
And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; He said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer. This redundancy of images was intended to symbolize David...
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 (...
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,...
(2) В¶ And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; (3) The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, m...
And he said, The Lord [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer. Psalms 18:2 .
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...
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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 2:2 ; Deuteronomy 32:4 ; Matthew 16:18 ; Psalms 144:2 ; Psalms 18:2-50 ; Psalms 31:3 ; Psalms 42:9 ; Psalms 71:3 ; Psalms 91:2