Psalms 18:29

run. broken through.

Related Commentaries of 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...
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...
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 can...
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 vict...
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...
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...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This v. may refer to the pursuit of the Amalekites ( 1 Samuel 30 ) and the capture of Jerusalem ( 2 Samuel 5:6-8 ).
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, ho...
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 refe...
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...
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 t...
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 i...
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...
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 li...
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 whi...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Grateful Remembrance of Past Deliverances; Confidence in the Divine Goodness....
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.
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...
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 fig...
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...
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 tr...
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....
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 ha...
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 t...
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 Te...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For by Thee I have run through a troop, rushing upon hostile bands and overthrowing them; and by my God have I leaped over a wall, capturing the fo...
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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

²⁹ For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 18:29

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 18:29