Psalms 18:1

Love — Most affectionately, and with my whole soul; as the Hebrew word signifies.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will love thee, O Lord - This verse is not found in the song in 2 Samuel 22 . It appears to have been added after the first composition of 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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Title. David. Like all Psalms of David, it finds its fulfilment in the true David. See the Structure of this book (p. 721). Compare Psalms 18:4 ;...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1. And he said, etc. I will not stop to examine too minutely the syllables, or the few words, in which this psalm differs from the song whic...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 LORD deliver...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. The time was the close of David's life. ( 2 Samuel 22:1-51 ; 2 Samuel 23:1-39 .) The varied form in 2...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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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

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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

CONTENTS We met with this Psalm in David's history, 2 Samuel 22:1 and had it referred to David only, I see no reason why it should make a part in...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. These words are not in twenty second chapter of Second Samuel: the psalm there begins with Psalms 18:2 . T...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I will love Thee, with the most tender affection, O Lord, my Strength, in protecting and defending him.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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¹ I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 18:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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

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

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