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Verse Psalms 18:18. _THEY PREVENTED ME IN THE DAY OF MY CALAMITY_]
They took advantage of the time in which I was least able to make head
against them, and their attack was sudden and powerful. I shou...
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THEY PREVENTED ME - They anticipated me, or went before me. See the
note at Psalms 18:5. The idea here is that his enemies came before
him, or intercepted his way. They were in his path, ready to dest...
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Psalms 18
The Story of God's Power in Behalf of Christ
_ 1. In the jaws of death (Psalms 18:1)_
2. God appearing and delivering (Psalms 18:7)
3. God gave Him glory ...
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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 cannot have written it as it stands, and that additional...
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THEY PREVENTED ME IN THE DAY OF MY CALAMITY— i.e. "came on me
suddenly, unawares, when I was unprovided and helpless; and must have
destroyed me, had not God upheld and supported me when I was in dang...
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PSALMS 18
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
David's Song of Deliverance.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 18:1-6, By many Epithets of Admiration, the Psalmist
proclaims Jehovah as Worthy of Praise, for Delivering him fr...
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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 title is largely taken from 2 Samuel 22:1. It consis...
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Psalms 1:41
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the *
before a word to show an explanation.
The translated Bible tex...
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PREVENTED. — Better, _fell upon me unawares._ See this use of the
verb, generally however used in a good sense, in Psalms 18:5....
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_[Psalms 18:19]_ יְקַדְּמ֥וּנִי בְ יֹום
־אֵידִ֑י וַֽ...
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Psalms 18:1
THE description of the theophany (Psalms 18:7) and that of the
psalmist's God-won victories (Psalms 18:32) appear to refer to the
same facts, transfigured in the former case by devout imag...
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A WONDERFUL DELIVERANCE
Psalms 18:1
There is another edition of this psalm in 2 Samuel 22:1.Psalms 18:2;
Psalms 18:2 and...
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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 the method and might and mercy of God. So clear and...
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Oh! how very precious are these expressions, read with an eye to
Christ. The predictions of the Prophets of the Old Testament
Scripture, from the Spirit of Christ which was in them, were all
directed...
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18._They had prevented me in the day of my calamity. _(409) The
Psalmist here confirms in different words the preceding sentence,
namely, that he had been sustained by the aid of God, when there was
n...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 18 AND 19.
Psalms 18 presents to us the connection of Christ, and particularly of
His (not atoning suffering that is found in Psalms 22, but His)
entering into t...
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THEY PREVENTED ME IN THE DAY OF MY CALAMITY,.... Referring to the
times of his distress in the garden and upon the cross; the time of
his sufferings and death, which was a dark and cloudy day, as the...
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They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
Ver. 18. _They prevented me, &c._] They took me on the sudden, and
unprovided. The children of this world are wiser, &c.
_ But...
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_He sent from above_ This may either denote, in general, that God
assisted him by his divine power to overcome and deliver himself from
his enemies, and thereby extricate himself from his troubles, or...
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A PSALM OF THANKSGIVING FOR DELIVERANCE AND VICTORY.
To the chief musician, for performance in the liturgical service of
the Tabernacle and the Temple, a psalm of David, the servant of the
Lord, His p...
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They prevented me, falling upon him suddenly, IN THE DAY OF MY
CALAMITY; BUT THE LORD WAS MY STAY, supporting him so that all their
wickedness came to naught....
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1-19 The first words, "I will love thee, O Lord, my strength," are
the scope and contents of the psalm. Those that truly love God, may
triumph in him as their Rock and Refuge, and may with confidence...
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They were too cunning for me, and had almost surprised me; but they
could not prevent thee....
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Psalms 18:18 confronted H6923 (H8762) day H3117 calamity H343 LORD
H3068 support H4937
me in -...
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GOD HAD INTERVENED ON HIS BEHALF (PSALMS 18:7).
David's description of God's intervention portrays the situation from
Heaven's point of view. Little was necessarily seen on earth, but
David was aware...
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Psalms 18:1. _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 trust; my buckler, and my horn of my salvation, and my hi...
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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 future as well as the present.»
Psalms 18:2. The LORD is...
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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 Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies,...
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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 will continue to do so. He feels that he
must do so,...
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CONTENTS: Praise for God's marvelous deliverances.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: God not only will deliver His trusting people out of their
difficulties in due time, but will give them grace t...
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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. But as he ever worshipped with the promise at his
c...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 18:1. This royal psalm celebrates the way
God has shown his love to his people by giving them the Davidic
monarchy and by preserving David through many dangers (see v....
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 18:7 God in his heavenly fortress suddenly
takes notice of David’s need and quickly comes to his aid.
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INTRODUCTION
“This magnificent triumphal hymn was composed by David in
celebration of his deliverance from his enemies. But the sublimity of
the figures used in it, and the consent of ancient commenta...
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EXPOSITION
THIS psalm has many characteristics which distinguish it, not only
from all that have preceded it in the collection, but from all those
which are assigned to David by their titles. In the f...
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The eighteenth psalm has a long title to it. It is to chief musician.
It is a psalm of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spake unto Jehovah
the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered hi...
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1 Samuel 30:6; 2 Samuel 22:19; Deuteronomy 32:35; Jeremiah 18:17;...
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Prevented — They had almost surprized me....