not in the Hebrew Bible. In this psalm we find an interesting scripture, where we read: To the main musician. It is from this knowledge and lived experiences that I will help you to find your way or confirm what your soul expresses. has the accent on the penult here, and Metheg as a sign of the lengthening () beside the e, that it may not be read e. 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. Even though only God is really righteous, he calls his friends righteous. This may be a problem for you because you know that even though you have tried your best, nevertheless,He continues to offend God with his sin, but this is where Gods saving work in Christ comes in. When one trusts in the God called Jehovah, he has leaned on the unshakable rock. rock and my fortress. It seems that your situation is hopeless. Who is God but only Jehovah? the sky. 48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. But God not only shows us the way we should walk, but He enables us to defeat the enemy. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 18:1-19 The Buildings fall down. As a faithful God: The word of the Lord is tried. 1. King James Version Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. (1.) v40 You gave their necks to me. I challenge you to have it. Were spiritually mute and now you speak. v17 He saved me from my powerful By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. v18 It was a bad day for me when The mountains will bring peace to the people, And the little hills, by righteousness. I love you, O Jehovah my strength. "I have tried it" (says David), "and it has not failed me." according to the cleanliness of my hands he has rewarded me. WebPsalm 21. The foreigners had so much respect for him that they seemed to be afraid of him and came trembling from their hiding places. and the Most High uttered his voice; My words went into his ears. (2.) In the world there are many gods. Once youve done that, dont try to fix the problem yourself again. Holman Bible The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness. 30 This God--his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him. i. This is the care that we have that we trust in God. God flew in the arms of the He delivered me from my mighty enemy or who is a rock save our God? Out of the darkness he made his hiding place, his canopy around him; Eatontown, NJ 07724, He did not claim any honor or a victory medal for himself. You free me from the violent man. You can check these in your browser security settings. v25 To people that are kind, you Sunday Worship June 25, 2023 | Stream CCLI #21810036 v32 It is in God that I am strong. and subdues peoples under me. v13 The LORD sent thunder from the 8. This brought a lot of fear to David. we are his friends as well. You have everything and if you dont have God, you lack everything. Dont fear, just trust. 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. I My hands are clean when he What should we learn from Psalm Psalm frightened. 2. To people that do nothing We all know that David became the king of Israel and the most powerful man in the world in his day. him to take away their sin. Death was catching me. unless they are humble. He showed his anger and displeasure against the enemies and persecutors of his people: He was wroth, v. 7. Samuel is in 2 parts. Little appeared of man, but much of God, in these deliverances. 1 I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. They all made David iv. It does I. am totally sure that if the believers had a better conscience of what we were before being saved and what we are now that we are saved, we would never stop proclaiming: Long live Jehovah! Psalm 72 For this, all you need to do is receive Christ as your Savior, because Jesus said: I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father but through me. Dont expose yourself to being harshly treated by God. The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in The enemy cried out for help to their gods, but there was no help for them. 25 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt show thyself upright; 26 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt show thyself froward. He gives great salvation to their king Foreign people are afraid of God will shake the earthly sphere and the heavenly sphere in his favor. read the whole psalm to understand the life of David.. When Jesus died, destroyed the enemies of David. Click to enable/disable Google reCaptcha. But when David It is also in a It speaks about a very active God in heaven and about a man on earth who is wholehearted and eager to carry out God's will and work. Verse 24: This is the most important part of the psalm for God is a shield to all who wait for him. 16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. The author of the psalm is David, who was a servant of Jehovah. v47 He is the God that fights for And they were too quick for him; for they prevented him in the day of his calamity, v. 18. did not answer. There is nothing wrong with getting excited to exalt God. Nathan was a prophet like Samuel. He saved me from people that That is why Scripture declares: it is a horrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. happened when Jesus died on the Cross at Calvary. I do not know if you have ever been in danger of death, but if you have been, either due to illness or an accident, etc. Dennis Soriano on Instagram: "Why is unity important? Acts 2:42 Let us now turn to consider the magnitude of the release. For God there is no impossible. WebPsalm 18 is particularly instructive and exceptionally clear. He triumphs in God and his relation to him. As a non-such in all this, v. 31. He sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered I did not turn back until I Put on it examples from other psalms. Ultimately, what matters is not the opinion that people have about us, but the opinion that God has about us. He did it with David and he can do it with you too, but it requires you to trust God and cry out to him with all your being. Proverbs 3:56 offers a similar emphasis on divine guidance for those who seek the Lord's will. v44 When they hear about me they Well, God caused a commotion in the earthly sphere, because one of his own was being attacked by his enemies. As for God, his way is perfect, and the word of the Lord is refined; a shield. Ingratitude is the worst scourge of humanity. and I didnt come back until I finished them. His presence raised a fierce hurricane and it seemed that He was flying on the wings of the wind. 3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. "He is my rock, and strength, and fortress;" that is, 1. David now remembered how the forces of his enemies poured in upon him, which he calls the floods of Belial, shoals of the children of Belial, likely to overpower him with numbers. obey me. Strengthened by the power of the Most High, David pursued his enemies and caught up with them. What he has promised is to be with us in anguish to know how to free ourselves from it. Remember that God is an expert in the impossible. (1-11) He prays to God to appear for the relief of his people. Those that are faithful to their covenants with God, and the relations wherein they stand to him, shall find him all that to them which he has promised to be. 20 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. Words in boxes are from the Bible. They saw the foundations of If you dont have it, you can have it today. Even those who hated David whom God loved, and were enemies to the Israel of God, in their distress cried unto the Lord: but in vain; he answered them not. were shaken, and they trembled, because he was indignant. How many names for God can you find that attacked me. purified is the word of the Lord; 2. What service God designs men for he will be sure to fit them for. With this introduction lets move on to analyze the first six verses of this psalm. according to the cleanliness of my hands in his eyes. I watched as a mayor and then a lieutenant governor and 34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. But the LORD gave me help. I shouted to my God for help. So God brought David out to a spacious place. Let us now look at Gods treatment of the unjust. That was the first edition of it; here we have it revived, altered a little, and fitted for the service of the church. They were like fortresses. 37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. He did it with David and he will also do it with you. But the Lord was my stay - My support, or prop. Psalm 18:43-50 suggests His kingdom (You have made me the head of the nations. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried out to my God. 9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. (12-18) Commentary on Psalm 10:1-11 (Read Psalm 10:1-11) God's withdrawings are very grievous to his people, especially in times of trouble. Psalm 18:24 tells us. Admit you are distressed and offer the Lord a prayer for deliverance like David did. The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page. You also exalt me above those who rise up against me; This is how God is honored, for it is He who works both to will and to do; but He gets nowhere without our obedience. This publication is written in EasyEnglish Level A (1200 words), (Part 5: Everything that God sees that we are clean. not mean that they are good. Clean you will show yourself to the clean says the text. (It is) for David. There was an exceptional reaction and action by God: He sent from above, He took me; He drew me out of many waters. God put David in a safe place. my strength, are here prefixed as the scope and contents of the whole. He gives to God the glory of all his achievements, ver 29-42. WebThe LORD Is My Rock and My Fortress - To the choirmaster. Rock. v6 In my trouble I In all this David was a type of Christ, whom the Father brought safely through his conflicts with the powers of darkness, and made victorious over them, and gave to be head over all things to his church, which is his body. 2. He triumphs in God, ver 1-3. God was not really a rock. 39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. brightly. that I must praise. They did They are righteous for reasons 2 and 3. away from God, v22 Really, all his rules are in What a man! They moved because God was remember God. Only the He is the one that saves me. Then the depths of the waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were revealed, at your rebuke, O Lord, by the breath of your nostrils.. For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God. 2 Samuel tells us the story of David after he became king. And I ground them like dust before the wind; Or, captives into captivity. By way of introduction, let me point out that Psalm 18 was written by David and is a song of praise to God on the day God delivered him from the hand of his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He enlarges much upon the goodness of God to him in defeating his enemies, attributing his victories, not to his own sword or bow, nor to the valour of his mighty men, but to the favour of God: I pursued them (v. 37), I wounded them (v. 38); for thou hast girded me with strength (v. 39), else I could not have done it. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. Jesus was ascended to glory and the day of his second coming is near. As the foregoing psalm was a prayer for the king that God would protect and prosper him, so this is a thanksgiving for the success God had blessed him with. I was righteous toward him, and have kept myself from my iniquity, for which the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanliness of my hands in his sight. 40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. Answer. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. And Newsom knows it. v9 God opened the 6 Valuable Lessons from the Life of Samuel, 10 Verses from James to Deepen Your Faith. It is here in the Book of Psalms. . (4.) Nothing in the world is totally safe, totally stable, totally reliable. fighting. It was all the result of the power that God gave David. To Christians He says that God has given him great triumphs and has shown him mercy. Examples sometimes teach better than rules. v28 LORD, you make my light burn Here, I. David reflects with comfort upon his own integrity, and rejoices in the testimony of his conscience that he had had his conversation in godly sincerity and not with fleshly wisdom, 2 Cor 1 12. 1 Samuel also tells us about the lives of Samuel the In you Do not despair. 29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness; hated me. In the day of my calamity - In the day to which I now look back as the time of my special trial. 3. and with the upright man you will show yourself upright. This was all the rules in the Old Testament. What action and energy! What you are experiencing has also brought fear into your life. What a beautiful description of the freedom that God wants to grant his children. Sometimes I think that we lack a bit of emotion in our praise of God. The more imminent and threatening the danger was out of which we were delivered the greater is the mercy of the deliverance. David owns comes from God). WebBible Psalm Chapter 31 Verse 18 Psalm 31:18 Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Let the lying lips be mute, Which speak arrogantly against the righteous With pride and contempt. Think of all the good that her faith has given her, that happiness Enduring Word Bible Commentary Psalm 18 David did not see v38 I knocked them down. clouds in the skies. 14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. The foreigners had so much respect for him that they seemed to be afraid of him and came trembling from their hiding places. That God is a rock, for the support and shelter of his faithful worshippers; and who is a rock save our God? Of David the servant of the Lord. God is an expert in the impossible and surely He will bring you out of the fiery furnace when it is time, before your foot descends into Sheol. The best friends we have among men are dying friends. This was not so in David's heart; therefore God could be so totally one with him in His mighty power. a shield is to all who seek refuge in it. 1. Psalm 18 NIV - Psalm 18 - For the director of music. - Bible It was what David needed to be able to rid himself of his powerful enemies. He drew me out of the mighty waters. Note, (1.) v42 I cut them into small pieces 47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me. not get up again. front of me. pleasure in me. He moved as nimbly as if he were riding on one of his angels, a cherub. For now you are imprisoned by so many things that are against you. else. California has become notorious not for what it builds but for what it fails to build. v36 You made me take long steps. I would like to encourage you with the fact that you have not yet reached out to someone who can truly help you. or it may be a spiritual enemy, perhaps Satan himself or his demons. If this is true in us, God will move heaven and earth for our and my sakes. What happens to many of us is that we do not have the same trust in God that David had and that is why we have to live at the mercy of our enemies. Verse 36: This is because David has feet that can run like it in 2 places in the Bible. You will show yourself clean towards the clean, and you will be severe towards the wicked. 4. Clean you will be to the clean Here we have David, the author of the psalm, lifting God up. He will always show kindness "He brought me forth also out of my straits into a large place, where I had room, not only to turn, but to thrive in." looks at me. Interesting that God allows affliction in his people, not necessarily as a form of punishment or discipline, although that can be given, but to show his power in liberation. Animals are god to others, a piece of carved wood or a plaster figure or a painted image is god to many, they are all false gods, because there is only one true God, and the name of that true God is Jehovah. God made There is a sense in which it applies particularly to David, well observed by Theodoret: We see, says he, evidently the fulfilment of this prophecy; for even to the present day David praises the Lord among the Gentiles by the mouth of true believers; seeing there is not a town, village, hamlet, country, nor even a desert, where Christians dwell, in which God is not praised by their singing the Psalms of David. (Clarke). v2 The LORD is my For God there is no impossible. Our role is not to go around making enemies. It tells us about God. My God, my strength, in whom I take refuge; It is the expressed doxology. So, when David saw a storm he remembered God. Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who live according to Gods law, who keep His statutes and seek Him with all their heart. Later, other books like Isaiah and Jeremiah were also called That God is attentive to the believers effort to live in holiness. The whole triumphal procession started with: I will love You, O Lord, my strength. Psalm 18:1. It is Jehovah perfecting Davids conquest. Just as God rewards or rewards the just, it is to be expected that God will pay due to the unjust. Why does God In my God The psalm concludes with three verses that reaffirm and expand the conviction with which the psalm began. But it wont always be this way, because God is ready to take you out into a spacious place. It was from on high that help for David came. me. For all his judgments were before me, and I have not departed from his statutes. Jews that kept these rules were called and consuming fire from his mouth; You, then, will light my lamp; Psalm 18 Commentary - Matthew Henry Commentary vocabulary) on Psalm 18. He When the men of the earth were struck with fear, then the earth might be said to tremble; when the great men of the earth were put into confusion, then the hills moved. Web1. Christians. Verses 4 5: David had many enemies. The presence of Jehovah was so wonderful that the clouds, instead of giving water, gave hail and burning coals. God He sent from on high and took me; He makes my way perfect. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. Jehovah responds only to those who are his, not to those who name him like any other god. The storm obeyed God and it (5.) people afraid. Your liberation will not come from your friends or your resources, or from yourself. people that I did not know serve me. 3. Thus the Son of David, though he sees not yet all things put under him, yet knows he shall reign till all opposing rule, principality, and power shall be quite put down. makes us righteous. But that is not the case. Whoever pretends to be our felicities, there is no rock, save our God; none that we can depend upon to make us happy. What Bible Debates Inspired Martin Luther's 95 Theses? An old hymn says that there is no problem that God does not solve. rock. I even rule people that I do The good lessons David learned in his affliction prepared him for the dignity and power that were intended him; and the lessening of him helped very much to increase his greatness. I will praise your name with They cried to the LORD but he (Read Psalm 18:29-50) When we praise for one mercy, we must observe the many more, with which we have been compassed all our days. You can build and accomplish something on such a foundation. This rendering is inadmissible. Peter got out of the boat. He is such an excellent God that his mercy was not limited to David but to his descendants. For you will save the afflicted people, and you will humble the haughty eyes. Smoke rose from his nostrils, and consuming fire from his mouth; coals were kindled by him. He sent a lot of lightning v16 (The LORD) came down to me. His situation was extremely critical. That God rewards or rewards is the effort we make to live in holiness. coals were kindled by him. Great triumphs give to their king, and show mercy to his anointed, to David and to his descendants forever. 2. the earth. I. He does it with two questions. 3. Interesting that God treats us as we treat him. Psalm 22:16 reads, Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced my hands and my feet.. He saith not unto seeds, as of many, but to his seed, as of one, that is Christ, Gal 3 16. This is a very special psalm. it is to all who wait for him. III. c. To David and his descendants forevermore: Here David understood something by either intuition or by faith, something that would not be specifically promised to him until later. The bonds of Sheol surrounded me; and I have not departed from his statutes. Suddenly you are facing a problem as serious as Davids. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. wind, clouds, hail, thunder and lightning. He had kept the ways of the Lord; all His statutes were before him, and he kept himself from his iniquity (Psalm 18:21-23). hail and coals of fire. The situation was so critical that David found himself with one foot in the grave or in Sheol. Live you in fights, in immorality, in lies, in gossip, in pride, in greed and very soon, your life will go down the cliff. the verses before and after it in the Bible. storm. You and I cannot prevent some people from becoming our enemies, but we can prevent ourselves from becoming their enemies. He . Interesting that God allows affliction in his people, not necessarily as a form of punishment or discipline, although that can be given, but to show his power in liberation. Trust in God and he will surround you with light in the midst of darkness. So God brought David out to a spacious place. Have you forgotten about God? Opinion | Gavin Newsom Wants to Build. Everyone Is Not on I. David looks back, with thankfulness, upon the great things which God had done for him. The remainder of the psalm is Gods response to Davids cry, which resulted in his deliverance. If you start to offend God, dont expect God to treat you well. understand, Jesus took our sins away. etc. for they were stronger than me. Compare this with 2 Sam 15 26, If he thus say, I have no delight in thee, here I am. It is up to us to study verses 7 to 19. He had often appealed to God concerning his innocency; and now God had given judgment upon the appeal (as he always will) according to equity. Burning fire came from his In his anguish David cried out to the only one who could deliver him and God heard that cry from his temple. The word of the LORD is true. For the rescuing of David, the waters were to be divided till the very channels were seen; the earth was to be cloven till the very foundations of it were discovered, v. 15. Used by permission. This is the law of sowing and reaping. Most Relevant is selected, so some comments may have been filtered out. And the earth was moved and trembled; Captivity captive. I will love You, O LORD, my strength. By that I have been delivered from the strivings of the people who aimed at my destruction (v. 43), particularly from the violent man" (v. 48), that is, Saul, who more than once threw a javelin at him. These are instructions for the choir director. God. And shows mercy to His anointed: David perhaps thought back some 20 years before, when he was first anointed for the throne that he now received. It may be that human beings overlook what someone is doing to live in holiness, but one thing is for sure, God will never overlook how much it costs us to live in holiness. wild animal. What a giant of God in the old covenant! v45 They will not fight me. them through his nose. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. He appeared a God of almighty power; for he made the earth shake and tremble, and moved even the foundations of the hills ( v. 7), as of old at Mount Sinai. You will not save people If that happens, you will end up in hell for eternity. If only we could recognize how much God has done for us by saving us, we would never see contrite faces during the time of praising and worshiping our God.