“ They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. ”
They prevented me - They anticipated me, or went before me. See the note at Psalms 18:5 . The idea here is that his enemies came before him, or intercepted his way. They were in his path, ready...
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...
18. They had prevented me in the day of my calamity. (409) The Psalmist here confirms in different words the preceding sentence, namely, that he had been sustained by the aid of God, when t...
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. They prevented me in the day of my calamity - They took advantage of the time in which I was least able to make head against the...
They prevented me in the day of my calamity— i.e. "came on me suddenly, unawares, when I was unprovided and helpless; and must have destroyed me, had not God upheld and supported me when I was in d...
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. They prevented me - i:e., surprised me. In the day of my calamity. Saul, with 3,000 men, encamped at the mouth of th...
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...
Prevented. — Better, fell upon me unawares. See this use of the verb, generally however used in a good sense, in Psalms 18:5 .
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...
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...
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...
Oh! how very precious are these expressions, read with an eye to Christ. The predictions of the Prophets of the Old Testament Scripture, from the Spirit of Christ which was in them, were all directed...
They prevented me in the day of my calamity ,.... Referring to the times of his distress in the garden and upon the cross; the time of his sufferings and death, which was a dark and cloudy day, as t...
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. Ver. 18. They prevented me, &c. ] They took me on the sudden, and unprovided. The children of this world are wiser, &...
He sent from above This may either denote, in general, that God assisted him by his divine power to overcome and deliver himself from his enemies, and thereby extricate himself from his troubles, o...
David's Triumphs in God; Devout Confidence. To the chief musician, A psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unt...
They were too cunning for me, and had almost surprised me; but they could not prevent thee.
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...
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 18:1 . 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...
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...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 30:6 ; 2 Samuel 22:19 ; Deuteronomy 32:35 ; Jeremiah 18:17 ; Obadiah 1:10-14 ; Psalms 46:1 ; Psalms 46:11 ; Psalms 46:2 ; Zechariah 1:15
Prevented — They had almost surprized me.