Psalms 18:30 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried:h he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. ”

• Psalms 18:30 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  As for God - The declaration in this verse is suggested by the facts narrated in the previous verses. The contemplation of those facts leads the thoughts of the author of the psalm up to the Grea...

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• Psalms 18:30 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  [As for] God, his way [is] perfect: the (y) word of the LORD is tried: he [is] a buckler to all those that trust in him. (y) No matter how great or many the dangers may be, yet God's promise must ta...

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• Psalms 18:30 - 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...

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• Psalms 18:30 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  GOD. Hebrew. the El. App-4. word . sayings, as in Psalms 12:6 (feminine plural); Psalms 19:14 (masculine plural) (not Psalms 18:4 ); Psalms 119:11 (see note there), &c. tried . refin...

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• Psalms 18:30 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  30. The way of God is perfect. The phrase, The way of God, is not here taken for his revealed will, but for his method of dealing towards his people. The meaning, therefore, is, that God...

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• Psalms 18:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. God, his way is perfect - His conduct is like his nature, absolutely pure. The wo...

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• Psalms 18:30 - 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...

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• Psalms 18:30 - 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...

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• Psalms 18:30 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Tried. — “Sterling gold,” not dross. (Comp. Psalms 12:6 ; and for “shield,” Psalms 5:12 .) Proverbs 30:5 seems to be taken from this verse.

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• Psalms 18:30 - 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...

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• Psalms 18:30 - 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...

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• Psalms 18:30 - 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...

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• Psalms 18:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Reader, while we contemplate the Lord Jesus, as here celebrating the ways and works of Jehovah in redemption, as altogether finished and complete, it will be a sweet note in this song, if you and I c...

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• Psalms 18:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  [As for] God, his way [is] perfect ,.... Or "without spot" m, as the Septuagint render the word; without any just charge of inequality, or unrighteousness; such is God's way of providence, though so...

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• Psalms 18:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Psalms 18:30 [As for] God, his way [is] perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he [is] a buckler to all those that trust in him. Ver. 30. As for God, his way is perfect ] All his dispensations...

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• Psalms 18:30 - 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 ,...

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• Psalms 18:30 - 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...

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• Psalms 18:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  His way is perfect; his counsel and providence, though it may sometimes be dark and hard to be understood, yet is always wise and just, and every way perfect or unbeareable. The word of the Lord i...

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• Psalms 18:30 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  David Gives A Summary of What God Is And Of All God's Blessings to Him ( Psalms 18:30-36 ). Psalms 18:30 ‘As for God, his way is perfect, The word of YHWH is tried (tested and proved true), H...

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• Psalms 18:30 - 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...

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• Psalms 18:30 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Psalms 18:30 I. Consider this great and deep utterance in application to God's material works. Let us look at the various phenomena that are around us, and we shall see that the light, and air, an...

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• Psalms 18:30 - 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...

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• Psalms 18:30 - 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...

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• Psalms 18:30 - The Biblical Illustrator

  As for God, His way is perfect. God’s ministries Many mythologies have told how the gods arm their champions, but the Psalmist reaches a loftier height than these. He ventures to think of God a...

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• Psalms 18:30 - 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...

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• Psalms 18:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  As for God, His way is perfect, always faultless and unblamable; the Word of the Lord is tried, refined and found, not drossy ore, but pure gold. He is a Buckler, a reliable Protection, to all t...

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• Psalms 18:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Samuel 22:31 ; Daniel 4:37 ; Deuteronomy 32:4 ; Proverbs 30:5 ; Psalms 119:140 ; Psalms 12:6 ; Psalms 19:7 ; Psalms 19:8-10 ; Psalms 25:10 ; Psalms 17:7 ; Psalms 18:2 ; Psalms 84:11 ;...

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• Psalms 18:30 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Perfect — His providence, though it may sometimes be dark, yet is always wise and just, and unblameable. Tried — The truth of God's promises is approved by innumerable experiences.

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