Psalms 18:38 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. ”

• Psalms 18:38 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  I have wounded them ... - I have so weakened them - so entirely prostrated them - that they were not able to rally again. This does not refer so much to wounds inflicted on individuals in the hos...

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• Psalms 18:38 - 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 18:38 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  pursued... overtaken... consumed... wounded... fallen. Figure of speech Anabasis. App-6. The tenses may be future, and prophetic.

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• Psalms 18:38 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.

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• Psalms 18:38 - 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 18:38 - 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 18:38 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (37-40) Another retrospective glance of the poet over his past wars. Notice slight variations in Samuel.

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• Psalms 18:38 - 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 18:38 - 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 18:38 - 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 18:38 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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...

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• Psalms 18:38 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  I have wounded them, that they were not able to rise ,.... Which was not only true of the Amalekites, but of all with whom David engaged in war; they are fallen under my feet ; either dead, or bec...

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• Psalms 18:38 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. Ver. 38. I have wounded them that they were not able to rise ] Much less to resist. And herein he was a type o...

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• Psalms 18:38 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  They are fallen under my feet Cast down to the ground, so that I may tread upon their necks, after the manner of conquerors, Deuteronomy 33:29 ; Joshua 10:24 . Thou hast girded me , &c. Thus...

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• Psalms 18:38 - 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 18:38 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  i.e. Cast down to the ground, so as I may tread upon their necks, after the manner of conquerors, Deuteronomy 33:29 Joshua 10:24 .

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• Psalms 18:38 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  He Declares That YHWH Has Given Him Victory Over All His Enemies ( Psalms 18:37-42 ). We should note as we consider this cry of triumph that this is not describing peaceful nations who are being s...

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• Psalms 18:38 - 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 18:38 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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...

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• Psalms 18:38 - 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 18:38 - 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 18:38 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Giving all Glory to God Alone

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• Psalms 18:38 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 17:49-51 ; 1 Samuel 23:5 ; 1 Samuel 30:17 ; 2 Samuel 10:1-19 ; 2 Samuel 18:7 ; 2 Samuel 18:8 ; 2 Samuel 21:15-22 ; 2 Samuel 22:39 ; 2 Samuel 5:1-25 ; 2 Samuel 8:1-18

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