Psalms 18:42

wind. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.

cast them out: or scatter them. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "crush". Compare 2 Samuel 22:43.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 18:42

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind - As the fine dust is driven by the wind, so they fled before me. There could be no more s...
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

Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets. Then did I beat them - God was with him, and...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets— As the mire in the streets I trampled them down. Chandler. I beat them flat. Mudge.
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Before the wind. — In Samuel, the weaker “of the earth.” Cast them out — i.e., sweep them before me. In Samuel “stamp and tread them out.” So...
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

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then did I beat them small, as the dust before the wind ,.... They being given up by God, and he not answering to their cries; the phrase denotes th...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets. Ver. 42. Then did I beat them as small a...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou hast given me the necks , &c. That I might put my yoke upon their necks, or bring them into subjection. But Houbigant and some others rende...
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

Or, rid them away , as dirt is usually swept or carried out of houses or streets. Or, tread them down , or bruise them , as men do dirt when they...
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...
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 18:1-3 . 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 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

Giving all Glory to God Alone
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind, driven in hopeless confusion; I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets, the dust that...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 13:7 ; Isaiah 10:6 ; Isaiah 25:10 ; Isaiah 41:15 ; Isaiah 41:16 ; Isaiah 41:2 ; Malachi 4:3 ; Psalms 50:22 ; Zechariah 10:5

⁴² Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 18:42

Albert Barnes' Notes on the 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

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

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 18:42