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Verse Psalms 18:29. _I HAVE RUN THROUGH A TROOP_] This may relate to
some remarkable victory, and the taking of some fortified place,
possibly _Zion_, from the Jebusites. See the account 2 Samuel 5:6....
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FOR BY THEE I HAVE RUN THROUGH A TROOP - Margin, broken. The word
troop here refers to bands of soldiers, or hosts of enemies. The word
rendered run through means properly to run; and then, as here, t...
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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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RUN. broken through....
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FOR BY THEE I HAVE RUN THROUGH A TROOP, &C.— David mentions this as
one instance of God's _lighting up his lamp;_ or his purpose to
advance him to the greatest splendours of royal majesty: his beating...
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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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_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
given the Psalmist against foreign enemies, after he ha...
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This v. may refer to the pursuit of the Amalekites (1 Samuel 30) and
the capture of Jerusalem (2 Samuel 5:6)....
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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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Better with the verbs in the present —
“For by thee I scatter a troop,
By thee I scale walls.”
A graphic reminiscence of warlike exploits. Some, however, read from
Samuel “break down,” instead of “l...
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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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GIRDED WITH STRENGTH FOR SERVICE
Psalms 18:27
God's way is perfect, and if only we will walk with Him He will make
ours perfect also. Walls and troops cannot stop a man when God leads
him through the...
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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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For by thee I have (x) run through a troop; and by my God have I
leaped over a wall.
(x) He attributes it to God that he both got the victory in the field
and also destroyed the cities of his enemies...
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All these verses become doubly precious and blessed to the people of
Christ, from their personal concern in all that is his. The promise of
Jehovah is to the seed of Christ, in Christ as well as to Ch...
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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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FOR BY THEE I HAVE RUN THROUGH A TROOP,.... Or, "I have run to a
troop": to meet one f with courage and intrepidity, as some interpret
it g; or, as others h, "I have run after a troop": that is, pursu...
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For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped
over a wall.
Ver. 29. _For by thee have I run through a troop_] Though but a
little man, yet by God's help he achieved great matter...
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_Thou wilt light_, or, _thou dost light_, or, _hast lighted, my
candle_ That is, given me safety, and comfort, and glory, and
posterity also: all which particulars are often signified by a
_candle_, o...
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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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For by Thee I have run through a troop, rushing upon hostile bands and
overthrowing them; AND BY MY GOD HAVE I LEAPED OVER A WALL, capturing
the fortified towns of the enemies with ease. In the same m...
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RUN THROUGH:
Or, broken...
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29-50 When we praise for one mercy, we must observe the many more,
with which we have been compassed all our days. Many things had
contributed to David's advancement, and he owns the hand of God in
t...
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BY THEE I have broken through the armed troops of mine enemies. I have
sealed the walls of their strongest cities and castles, and so taken
them....
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Psalms 18:29 against H7323 (H8799) troop H1416 God H430 over H1801
(H8762) wall H7791
by thee -...
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INDEED IT IS THROUGH GOD THAT WE WILL TRIUMPH (PSALMS 18:28).
‘For you will light my lamp,
YHWH my God will lighten my darkness.
For by you I run on a troop,
And by my God do I leap over a wall.
H...
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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._
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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_By Thee have I run through a troop._
SURMOUNTING IMPOSSIBLE DIFFICULTIES
This is a poetical way of representing the fact that impossibilities
have often been made possible in our own experience. Loo...
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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 18:20 David claims that he has faithfully KEPT
THE WAYS OF THE LORD (v. Psalms 18:21), and thus God has...
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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 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Samuel 17:49; 1 Samuel 23:2; 1 Samuel 30:8;...
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Troop — Broken through the armed troops of mine enemies. Wall — I
have scaled the walls of their strongest cites....