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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 - or, vanished. They seemed to pass away. The
light, the flash...
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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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Forthwith David's prayer is answered by the Advent of Jehovah for the
discomfiture of his enemies. He manifests Himself in earthquake and
storm. The majestic though terrible phenomena of nature are th...
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The best rendering of this obscure verse seems to be:
From the brightness before him there passed through his thick clouds
hailstones and coals of fire.
The flashes of lightning, accompanied by hail...
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AT THE BRIGHTNESS THAT WAS BEFORE HIM— _At his lightning his clouds
swelled, and burst out into hailstones and coals of fire._ Schultens,
Chandler, &c. The meaning is, that at the brightness or lightn...
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THEN THE EARTH SHOOK, &C.— In this, and the eight following verses,
David describes, by the sublimest expressions and grandest terms, the
majesty of God, and the awful manner in which he came to his
a...
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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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_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 clouds passed - i:e.,
these were dissipated on every si...
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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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Read, 'From the brightness before him there passed through his thick
cloud hailstones and coals of fire.' COALS OF FIRE] lightning....
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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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AT THE BRIGHTNESS. — This is obscure. Literally, _From the
brightness before him his clouds passed through_ (Heb., _avar_ —
LXX., διῆλθον; Vulg., _transierunt_)_ hail and fiery coals._
In Samuel it is...
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_[Psalms 18:13]_ מִ נֹּ֗גַהּ נֶ֫גְדֹּ֥ו
עָבָ֥יו עָבְר֑וּ...
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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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For. I speak from experience. (Calmet) --- If I had no other
inducement, I would observe this law for the consolation, (Haydock)
and repeated advantages which I have derived from it. (Theodoret) ---
T...
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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 violence to the several expressions here set forth...
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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 heaven; and, therefore, he says, that the clouds of God (t...
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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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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 vengeance on the Jewish nation, which was swift and sudd...
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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, &c._] _i.e._ At his
bright presence, his thick cloud...
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_At the brightness that was before him_, &c. Schultens, Waterland, and
some others, translate this verse, _At his lightning, his clouds
swelled and burst out into hail-stones and balls of fire._ The m...
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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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At the brightness that was before Him, out from the brightness which
surrounded His throne, HIS THICK CLOUDS PASSED HAILSTONES AND COALS OF
FIRE, for Jehovah discharged through the clouds that veiled...
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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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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
HABAKKUK 3:10) being dissolved into showers of hail-stones, &...
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Psalms 18:12 brightness H5051 clouds H5645 passed H5674 (H8804)
hailstones H1259 coals H1513 fire H784
At the -...
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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._
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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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._
«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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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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2 Samuel 22:13; Exodus 9:23; Exodus 9:24; Habakkuk 3:4; Habakkuk 3:5;...
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At — His glorious and powerful appearance. Passed — Or, passed
away, vanished, being dissolved into showers....