Psalms 18:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. ”

• Psalms 18:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The Lord also thundered in the heavens - Thunder is often in the Scriptures described as the voice of God. See the magnificent description in Psalms 29:1-11 ; compare Job 40:9 , “Canst thou thu...

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• Psalms 18:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave (i) his voice; hail [stones] and coals of fire. (i) Thunders, lightnings and hail.

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• Psalms 18:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 additio...

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• Psalms 18:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  in. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "from" ( 1 Samuel 22:14 ). HIGHEST. Hebrew. Elyon. App-4.

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• Psalms 18:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  13. Jehovah thundered. David here repeats the same thing in different words, declaring that God thundered from heaven; and he calls the thunder the yoke of God, that we may not suppose it...

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• Psalms 18:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice - And then followed the...

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• Psalms 18:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Then the earth shook, &c.— In this, and the eight following verses, David describes, by the sublimest expressions and grandest terms, the majesty of God, and the awful manner in which he came t...

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• Psalms 18:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. The Lord also thundered ... and the Highest gave his voice - drawn from Exodus 9:23 ; H...

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• Psalms 18:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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 c...

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• Psalms 18:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  In the heavens. — The version in Samuel is from the heavens,” which is better. For the thunder as God’s voice see Psalms 29:3 , and Note.

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• Psalms 18:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Psalms 18:1-50 THE description of the theophany ( Psalms 18:7-19 ) and that of the psalmist's God-won victories ( Psalms 18:32-46 ) appear to refer to the same facts, transfigured in the former ca...

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• Psalms 18:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  a Wonderful Deliverance Psalms 18:1-26 There is another edition of this psalm in 2 Samuel 22:1-51 . Psalms 18:2 ; Psalms 18:2 and Psalms 18:49 are applied in the New Testament to the Lord...

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• Psalms 18:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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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• Psalms 18:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Is here not (for I do not presume to decide) an allusion to the descent of the Holy Ghost, after the return of Jesus to glory? And may we not without violence to the several expressions here set fort...

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• Psalms 18:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  The Lord also thundered in the heavens ,.... By his apostles and ministers, some of which were Boanergeses, sons of thunder, whose ministry was useful to shake the consciences of men, and bring them...

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• Psalms 18:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail [stones] and coals of fire. Ver. 13. The Lord also thundered in the heavens ] Quasi pro classico, et auspicio proelii...

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• Psalms 18:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The Lord also thundered , &c. The preceding verse mentioned the lightning with its effects; this gives us the report of the thunder, and the increasing storm of hail and fire that attended it....

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• Psalms 18:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  David's Triumphs in God; Devout Confidence. To the chief musician, A psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unt...

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• Psalms 18:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The Lord also thundered, to wit, against my adversaries. Thunder is a sign of God's anger, 1 Samuel 2:10 , 1 Samuel 7:10 . His voice, i.e. thunder, oft so called. The same thing expressed i...

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• Psalms 18:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  God Had Intervened On His Behalf ( Psalms 18:7-19 ). David's description of God's intervention portrays the situation from Heaven's point of view. Little was necessarily seen on earth, but David w...

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• Psalms 18:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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 commen...

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• Psalms 18:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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 LO...

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• Psalms 18:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Psalms 18:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The Lord also thundered in the heavens. The terrors of an Eastern thunderstorm There is said to be something peculiarly terrific in an Oriental thunderstorm. Its vivid lightning and intense dar...

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• Psalms 18:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• Psalms 18:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  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, H...

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• Psalms 18:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 7:10 ; Deuteronomy 32:24 ; Exodus 20:18 ; Ezekiel 10:5 ; Habakkuk 3:5 ; Job 40:9 ; John 12:29 ; Psalms 29:3 ; Psalms 29:4 ; Psalms 10:1 ; Psalms 120:3 ; Psalms 120:4 ; Psalms 14...

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