Psalms 18:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. ”

Psalms 18:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For I have kept the ways of the Lord - I have obeyed his laws. I have not so violated the laws which God has given to regulate my conduct with my fellow-men as to deserve to be treated by them as...
Psalms 18:21 - 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 18:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

21. For I have kept the ways of Jehovah. He had spoken in the preceding verse of the cleanness of his hands, but finding that men judged of him perversely, and were very active in spreading...
Psalms 18:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. I have kept the ways of the Lord - I was neither an infidel nor a profligate; I trusted in God, and carefully observe...
Psalms 18:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. For I ... have not wickedly departed from my God - literally, 'I was not evil from my God.' All wickedness is...
Psalms 18:21 - 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 18:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(20-23) for this protestation of innocence comp. Psalms 7:17 and Job, passim. Self-righteous pride and vindication of one’s character under calumny are very different things. If taken of the nati...
Psalms 18:21 - 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 18:21 - 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 18:21 - 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 18:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If there was no other passage in this Psalm to imply that David delivered this song of praise under the spirit of prophecy, in reference to the Lord Jesus Christ, than what these verses contain, what...
Psalms 18:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For I have kept the ways of the Lord ,.... Not those which the Lord himself walks in, his ways of providence, or of grace; though these are and should be taken notice of and observed by good men, as...
Psalms 18:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. Ver. 21. For I have kept the ways of the Lord ] For the main, and for the most part, though not without some parti...
Psalms 18:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness “Commentators have been much perplexed,” says Dr. Horne, “to account for these unlimited claims to righteousness made by David, and that long afte...
Psalms 18:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Devout Thanksgivings; Devout Confidence 20 The L ORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the clean...
Psalms 18:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I have observed and obeyed his precepts, and made mine own will, and passions, and interest stoop to them. And I have not knowingly and wilfully forsaken God, and broken his laws, as wicked men do; w...
Psalms 18:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David's Gives The Explanation For His Triumph ( Psalms 18:20-24 ). David's explanation for YHWH's intervention on his behalf is simple. His attitude had been right towards God. He had been faithfu...
Psalms 18:21 - 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 18:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 18:1 . I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. What a blessed «I will»: «I will love thee»! He does love the Lord, and he declares that he will continue to do so. He feels that he must do s...
Psalms 18:21 - 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 18:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

The Lord reward me according to my righteousness. Of the justice of David’s behaviour I. David’s righteousness. Righteousness consists in rendering to all their due, and the revealed will of Go...
Psalms 18:21 - 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 18:21 - 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 18:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:19 ; 1 Samuel 15:11 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:10 ; Acts 24:16 ; Psalms 119:10 ; Psalms 119:11 ; Psalms 17:4 ; Psalms 26:1 ; Psalms 119:102

Psalms 18:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 18:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 18:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 18:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 18:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 18:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 18:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 18:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 18:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 18:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 18:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 18:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 18:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 18:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 18:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 18:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 18:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 18:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 18:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 18:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 18:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 18:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 18:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 18:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge