“ Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feetj did not slip. ”
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me - The idea here is, “Thou hast made room for my feet, so that I have been enabled to walk without hindrance or obstruction. So in Psalms 31:8 , “Thou hast se...
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...
By the enlargement of his steps, he intimates that God had opened up to him an even and an accommodating pathway through places to which there was before no means of access; for there is in t...
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. Enlarged my steps - See on Psalms 18:19 (note). From the hand of God he had continual prosperity; and while he walked with God no en...
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me— See the note on Psalms 18:18 . "Thou hast brought me out of my distresses; given me great prosperity:" and my feet do not slip: i.e. my happiness continues...
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...
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...
Thou hast enlarged my steps. — Comp. Psalms 31:8 , which explains the phrase; also Psalms 18:19 above.
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...
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...
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...
These are all glorious triumphs of our risen and exalted Saviour. And He who hath thus conquered for us, can and will conquer sin in us. Like another Joshua, our Almighty Leader and Commander, which...
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me ,.... Which is opposed to those straitened circumstances in which the psalmist was, Psalms 18:4 ; and is expressive of deliverance from his enemies, by whom he...
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. Ver. 36. Thou hast enlarged my steps under me ] Or, Thou hast widened my passage, and made room for me; when the wicked man's stron...
Thou hast enlarged my steps Which before were confined within narrow limits, and entangled with the straitness and difficulty of the way. Thou hast set my feet in a large room, Psalms 31:8 ; Ps...
Grateful Remembrance of Past Deliverances; Confidence in the Divine Goodness. 29 For by thee I have run through a tr...
Thou hast enlarged my steps; which before were straitened and confined to a little compass, and entangled with the narrowness and difficulty of the way. Thou hast set my feet in a large room , P...
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...
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 18:1-3 . I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength in whom I will trust; my buckler, and my horn of my salvation, and...
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...
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. The double blessing of enlargement and safety A smooth pathway leading to spacious possessions and camping grounds had been open...
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...
Giving all Glory to God Alone
2 Samuel 22:37 ; Job 18:7 ; Job 36:16 ; Luke 12:50 ; Luke 24:46-48 ; Proverbs 4:12 ; Psalms 4:1
Slipt — As they are apt to do in narrow and uneven ways.