And David spake unto the LORD the words of this (a) song in the day
[that] the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies,
and out of the hand of Saul:
(a) In token of the wonderful benefits that he received from God.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said, The LORD [is] my (b) rock, and my fortress, and my
deliverer;
(b) By the diversity of these comfortable means, he shows how his
faith was strengthened in all temptations.... [ Continue Reading ]
When the (c) waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men
made me afraid;
(c) As David (who was the figure of Christ) was by God's power
delivered from all dangers: so Christ and his Church will overcome
most grievous dangers, tyranny and death.... [ Continue Reading ]
There went up a (d) smoke out of his nostrils, and (e) fire out of his
mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
(d) That is, clouds, and vapours.
(e) Lightening and thundering.... [ Continue Reading ]
He (f) bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness [was] under
his feet.
(f) So it seems when the air is dark.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he rode upon a (g) cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the
wings of the wind.
(g) To fly in a moment through the world.... [ Continue Reading ]
Through the brightness before him were (h) coals of fire kindled.
(h) By this description of a tempest he declares the power of God
against his enemies.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the (i) channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world
were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the
breath of his nostrils.
(i) He alludes to the miracle of the Red Sea.... [ Continue Reading ]
They (k) prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my
stay.
(k) I was so beset, that all means seemed to fail.... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD rewarded me according to my (l) righteousness: according to
the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
(l) Toward Saul and my enemies.... [ Continue Reading ]
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not (m) wickedly
departed from my God.
(m) I attempted nothing without his commandment.... [ Continue Reading ]
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the (n) froward
thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
(n) Their wickedness is cause that you seem to forget your usual
mercy.... [ Continue Reading ]
[As for] God, his way [is] (o) perfect; the word of the LORD [is]
tried: he [is] a buckler to all them that trust in him.
(o) The manner that God uses to aid his own, never fails.... [ Continue Reading ]
He maketh my feet like (p) hinds' [feet]: and setteth me upon my high
places.
(p) He uses extraordinary means to make me win most strongholds.... [ Continue Reading ]
For thou hast (q) girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up
against me hast thou subdued under me.
(q) He acknowledges that God was the author of his victories, who gave
him strength.... [ Continue Reading ]
They looked, but [there was] none to save; [even] unto the (r) LORD,
but he answered them not.
(r) The wicked in their time of need are forced to flee to God, but it
is too late.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my (s) people, thou
hast kept me [to be] head of the heathen: a people [which] I knew not
shall serve me.
(s) Meaning, of the Jews, who conspired against me.... [ Continue Reading ]
Strangers (t) shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear,
they shall be obedient unto me.
(t) Not willingly obeying me, but deceitfully.... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD liveth; (u) and blessed [be] my rock; and exalted be the God
of the rock of my salvation.
(u) Let him show his power that he is the governor of all the world.... [ Continue Reading ]