broken. bent.
He teacheth my hands to war - Compare Psalms 144:1 . The skill which David had in the use of the bow, the sword, or the spear - all of which dep...
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...
He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. He teacheth my hands to war - The success which I have had in my military...
A bow of steel is broken by mine arms— My arms have bent the bow of steel. Chandler. He makes my arms to be like a brazen bow. Houbigant and Mu...
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...
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...
A bow of steel, etc.] RV 'mine arms do bend a bow of brass' (i.e. copper or bronze), a harder task than to bend a wooden bow.
So that a bow. — Better, and mine arms bend a bow of copper. For the copper bow comp. Job 20:24 . Nechushah, χαλκὸς, is certainly not steel...
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...
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...
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...
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...
He teacheth my hands to war ,.... From whence it appears, that war, in some cases, is lawful; and that all the skilfulness and art in training men f...
He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. Ver. 34. He teacheth mine hands to war ] David ascribeth all his milit...
He teacheth my hands to war To him I owe all the military skill, or strength, or courage which I have. A bow of steel is broken by mine arm Chand...
Grateful Remembrance of Past Deliverances; Confidence in the Divine Goodness....
To him I owe all that military skill, or strength, or cou rage which I have. My strength is sufficient, not only to bend a bow of steel, but to bre...
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...
INTRODUCTION “This magnificent triumphal hymn was composed by David in celebration of his deliverance from his enemies. But the sublimity of the fig...
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...
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...
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....
By Thee have I run through a troop. Surmounting impossible difficulties This is a poetical way of representing the fact that impossibilities ha...
He teacheth my hands to war. Divine endowment for service God raises up men specially qualified to meet the exigencies of human society--the so...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm has many characteristics which distinguish it, not only from all that have preceded it in the collection, but from all t...
Giving all Glory to God Alone
He teacheth my hands to war, his skill in battle being a gift of the Lord, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms, rather, his arms bending...
2 Samuel 22:36 ; Hosea 1:5 ; Isaiah 28:6 ; Isaiah 45:1 ; Jeremiah 49:35 ; Psalms 46:9 ; Psalms 144:1
34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.