Psalms 18:29 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. ”

Psalms 18:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For by thee I have run through a troop - Margin, broken. The word troop here refers to bands of soldiers, or hosts of enemies. The word rendered run through means properly to run; and then, as he...
Psalms 18:29 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For by thee I have (x) run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. (x) He attributes it to God that he both got the victory in the field and also destroyed the cities of his enemie...
Psalms 18:29 - 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 18:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

run . broken through.
Psalms 18:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. I have run through a troop - This may relate to some remarkable victory, and the taking of some fortified place, possi...
Psalms 18:29 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For by thee I have run through a troop, &c.— David mentions this as one instance of God's lighting up his lamp; or his purpose to advance him to the greatest splendours of royal majesty: his...
Psalms 18:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. Here follows the fourth section of the psalm. The aid which God had given the Psalmist against foreign enemies, after...
Psalms 18:29 - 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 18:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Better with the verbs in the present — “For by thee I scatter a troop, By thee I scale walls.” A graphic reminiscence of warlike exploits. Some, however, read from Samuel “break down,” instead of “...
Psalms 18:29 - 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 18:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Girded with Strength for Service Psalms 18:27-50 God's way is perfect, and if only we will walk with Him He will make ours perfect also. Walls and troops cannot stop a man when God leads him th...
Psalms 18:29 - 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 18:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

All these verses become doubly precious and blessed to the people of Christ, from their personal concern in all that is his. The promise of Jehovah is to the seed of Christ, in Christ as well as to C...
Psalms 18:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For by thee I have run through a troop ,.... Or, "I have run to a troop": to meet one f with courage and intrepidity, as some interpret it g; or, as others h, "I have run after a troop": that is, pu...
Psalms 18:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. Ver. 29. For by thee have I run through a troop ] Though but a little man, yet by God's help he achieved great matt...
Psalms 18:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou wilt light , or, thou dost light , or, hast lighted, my candle That is, given me safety, and comfort, and glory, and posterity also: all which particulars are often signified by a candle ,...
Psalms 18:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Grateful Remembrance of Past Deliverances; Confidence in the Divine Goodness. 29 For by thee I have run through a tr...
Psalms 18:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

By thee I have broken through the armed troops of mine enemies. I have sealed the walls of their strongest cities and castles, and so taken them.
Psalms 18:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Indeed It Is Through God That We Will Triumph ( Psalms 18:28-29 ). ‘For you will light my lamp, YHWH my God will lighten my darkness. For by you I run on a troop, And by my God do I leap over a...
Psalms 18:29 - 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 18:29 - 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 18:29 - 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 18:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

By Thee have I run through a troop. Surmounting impossible difficulties This is a poetical way of representing the fact that impossibilities have often been made possible in our own experience....
Psalms 18:29 - 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 18:29 - 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 18:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:10 ; 1 Samuel 17:49 ; 1 Samuel 23:2 ; 1 Samuel 30:8 ; 2 Corinthians 12:10 ; 2 Corinthians 12:9 ; 2 Samuel 22:30 ; 2 Samuel 5:19 ; 2 Samuel 5:20 ; 2 Samuel 5:25 ; Colossian...
Psalms 18:29 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Troop — Broken through the armed troops of mine enemies. Wall — I have scaled the walls of their strongest cites.

Psalms 18:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 18:29 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 18:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 18:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 18:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 18:29 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 18:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 18:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 18:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 18:29 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 18:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 18:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 18:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 18:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 18:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 18:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 18:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 18:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 18:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 18:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 18:29 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 18:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 18:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 18:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 18:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 18:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 18:29 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes