“ I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. ”
I was also upright before him - Margin, with. The meaning is that he was upright in his sight. The word rendered upright is the same which in Job 1:1 is rendered perfect. See the note at that p...
I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine (f) iniquity. (f) I neither gave place to their wicked temptations nor to my own desires.
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...
before . with. mine iniquity. Some codices read "the wicked". Hebrew " avah . App-44.
23. I was also upright with him. All the verbs in this verse are put by David in the future tense, I will be upright, etc. because he does not boast of one act only, or of a good work per...
DISCOURSE: 517 BESETTING SINS Psalms 18:23 . I kept myself from mine iniquity. NOTHING is a richer source of comfort to any man than the testimony of his own conscience that he has acted right...
I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. I was also upright - The times in which David was most afflicted were the times of his greatest uprightness. Adversity was always...
I kept myself from mine iniquity— The affix י jod, my to the noun עון avon may probably be merely supplemental, and not point out any particular sin to which David was especially inclined. The...
I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. I was also upright before him - literally, with Him ( Genesis 17:1 ; Deuteronomy 18:13 ). See God's own testimony to Davi...
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...
(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 18:1-50 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...
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...
I was also upright before him ,.... In heart and conversation, being sincere and faithful; so David was in the sight of God; but this is much more true of Christ, in whom there was no unrighteousnes...
I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. Ver. 23. I was also upright before him ] This he had because he kept God's commandments, as Psalms 18:22 , had respect to them...
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...
Devout Thanksgivings; Devout Confidence 20 The L ORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the clean...
I did not pretend religion before men for my own ends, but did approve my heart and ways to the all-seeing God. And I kept myself from mine iniquity, i e. from that sin which I was most inclined or...
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...
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. 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...
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...
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...
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 Chronicles 29:17 ; 1 Samuel 26:23 ; Matthew 18:8 ; Matthew 18:9 ; Matthew 5:29 ; Matthew 5:30 ; Psalms 7:1-8