Psalms 18:12

2 Samuel 22:13-15; Exodus 9:23; Exodus 9:24; Habakkuk 3:4; Habakkuk 3:5; Joshua 10:11; Matthew 17:2; Matthew 17:5; Psalms 97:3; Psalms 97:4; Revelation 16:21

Related Commentaries of Psalms 18:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

At the brightness that was before him - From the flash - the play of the lightnings that seemed to go before him. His thick clouds passed - o...
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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. At the brightness, etc. The Psalmist again returns to the lightnings which, by dividing and as it were cleaving the clouds, lay open the...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire. At the brightness that was before him his thick clo...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Then the earth shook, &c.— In this, and the eight following verses, David describes, by the sublimest expressions and grandest terms, the majes...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

At the brightness that was before him— At his lightning his clouds swelled, and burst out into hailstones and coals of fire. Schultens, Chandler,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire. At the brightness that was before him his thick...
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

Read, 'From the brightness before him there passed through his thick cloud hailstones and coals of fire.' Coals of fire ] lightning.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

At the brightness. — This is obscure. Literally, From the brightness before him his clouds passed through (Heb., avar — LXX., διῆλθον; Vulg.,...
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

a Wonderful Deliverance Psalms 18:1-26 There is another edition of this psalm in 2 Samuel 22:1-51 . Psalms 18:2 ; Psalms 18:2 and Psalms 18...
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

Is here not (for I do not presume to decide) an allusion to the descent of the Holy Ghost, after the return of Jesus to glory? And may we not without...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

At the brightness [that was] before him , The lightning that came out of the thick clouds; which may denote, either the coming of Christ to take ven...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

At the brightness [that was] before him his thick clouds passed, hail [stones] and coals of fire. Ver. 12. At the brightness that was before him,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

At the brightness that was before him , &c. Schultens, Waterland, and some others, translate this verse, At his lightning, his clouds swelled a...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David's Triumphs in God; Devout Confidence. To the chief musician, A psalm...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

At his glorious and powerful appearance his thick clouds passed away, i.e. vanished, (as this word is oft taken, as Psalms 90:5,6 Isa 29:5 Haba...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God Had Intervened On His Behalf ( Psalms 18:7-19 ). David's description of God's intervention portrays the situation from Heaven's point of view....
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. «I do love thee, and I will love thee yet more and more. I bind myself to thee for the futur...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 18:1 . To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the...
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 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

At the brightness that was before Him, out from the brightness which surrounded His throne, His thick clouds passed hailstones and coals of fire, f...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

At — His glorious and powerful appearance. Passed — Or, passed away, vanished, being dissolved into showers.

¹² At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 18:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy 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

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 18:12