Psalms 18:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. ”

Psalms 18:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yea, he sent out his arrows - The word arrows here probably refers to the lightnings mentioned in the other clause of the verse. Those lightnings scattered around, and accomplishing such destruct...
Psalms 18:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Yea, he sent out (k) his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. (k) His lightening.
Psalms 18:14 - 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...
Psalms 18:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. Be sent out his arrows - he shot out lightning - I believe the latter clause to be an illustration o...
Psalms 18:14 - 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...
Psalms 18:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. And he shot out lightnings - rather, 'and much х raab ( H7227 )] lightnings.' [Not from...
Psalms 18:14 - 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...
Psalms 18:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He sent out. — In the majesty of the storm we have almost forgotten its cause, the Divine wrath against the enemies of the poet. They are abruptly recalled to our remembrance in the suffix (“them”)...
Psalms 18:14 - 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...
Psalms 18:14 - 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...
Psalms 18:14 - 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...
Psalms 18:14 - 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...
Psalms 18:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Yea, he sent out his arrows ,.... By which thunderbolts, cracks of thunder, and flashes of lightning, seem to be meant; see Psalms 77:17 ; comparable to arrows shot, and sent out of a bow; and may...
Psalms 18:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. Ver. 14. Yea, he sent out his arrows, &c. ] Tandem permiscentur omnia grandine flammis et...
Psalms 18:14 - 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....
Psalms 18:14 - 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...
Psalms 18:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

His arrows, to wit, lightnings , as it is explained in the next clause. Scattered them, to wit, mine enemies; which is sufficiently understood from Psalms 18:3,17 , and from the whole context...
Psalms 18:14 - 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...
Psalms 18:14 - 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...
Psalms 18:14 - 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...
Psalms 18:14 - 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...
Psalms 18:14 - 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...
Psalms 18:14 - 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...
Psalms 18:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 32:23 ; Deuteronomy 32:42 ; Habakkuk 3:11 ; Isaiah 30:30 ; Job 38:35 ; Job 40:9-12 ; Job 6:4 ; Joshua 10:10 ; Numbers 24:8 ; Psalms 21:12 ; Psalms 77:17 ; Psalms 144:6 ; Zech...
Psalms 18:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Arrows — Lightnings. Them — Mine enemies.

Psalms 18:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 18:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 18:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 18:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 18:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 18:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 18:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 18:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 18:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 18:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 18:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 18:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 18:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 18:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 18:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 18:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 18:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 18:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 18:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 18:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 18:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 18:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 18:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 18:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 18:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes