Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 18:45
The strangers shall (k) fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
(k) Fear will cause them to be afraid and come forth from their secret holes and holds to seek pardon.
The strangers shall (k) fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
(k) Fear will cause them to be afraid and come forth from their secret holes and holds to seek pardon.
Verse Psalms 18:45. _THE STRANGERS SHALL FADE AWAY_] בני נכר _beney nechar_, the same persons mentioned above. They shall not be able to effect any thing against me; יבלו _yibbolu_, "they shall fall a...
THE STRANGERS SHALL FADE AWAY - Hebrew, “The sons of the stranger.” That is, foreigners. The word rendered fade away - נבל _nâbêl_ - means properly to wilt, wither, fall away, as applicable to flowe...
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 ...
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...
BE AFRAID. come trembling....
The establishment of David's dominion at home and abroad....
The strangers faded away, And came trembling out of their fastnesses. Their strength and courage failed like a withering leaf or a fading flower (Isaiah 28:1; Isaiah 28:4), and they surrendered at d...
THE STRANGERS SHALL FADE AWAY, &C.— "They shall either lose their courage, and all power to resist, and their prosperity shall decay, and come to an utter end; or they themselves shall fall and gradua...
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...
_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...
18:45 close (d-12) Or 'fortified.' see Micah 7:17 ....
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...
BE AFRAID] RV 'come trembling.'...
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...
FADE AWAY — _i.e._, wither like vegetation before a scorching blast. BE AFRAID OUT OF THEIR CLOSE PLACES. — Better, _come trembling out of their castles._ LXX. and Vulgate have “grow old and came lim...
_[Psalms 18:46]_ בְּנֵי ־נֵכָ֥ר יִבֹּ֑לוּ וְ֝ יַחְרְג֗וּ...
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...
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...
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...
How beautiful are these verses, in reference to the conversion of the Gentiles. Here surely, as before, David's history falls far short of celebrating such victories. But seen with an eye to Christ, h...
What is added immediately after, (verse 45,) the _children of strangers shall fade away; they shall tremble _(438) _from within their places of concealment, _serves to place, in a still more striking...
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...
THE STRANGERS SHALL FADE AWAY,.... Like the leaves of trees in autumn, when they fall and perish; to which hypocrites and nominal professors are compared, Judges 1:12; AND BE AFRAID OUT OF THEIR CLOS...
The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places. Ver. 45. _The strangers shall fade away_] As do the dry leaves of trees; their vigour and confidence shall perish in a moment....
_The strangers shall fade away_ Shall wither and decay in their hopes end strength; _and be afraid_ That is, shall come trembling, one verb being put for two; _out of their close places_ Out of their...
The strangers shall fade away, like flowers or grasses withering away before a fiery wind, AND BE AFRAID OUT OF THEIR CLOSE PLACES, coming out with trembling from their strongholds. The song of David,...
GIVING ALL GLORY TO GOD ALONE...
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...
SHALL FADE AWAY, i.e. shall wither and decay in their hopes and strength. BE AFRAID, i.e. shall come trembling; one verb being put for two, as PSALMS 22:21, _thou hast heard me_, i.e. having delivered...
Psalms 18:45 foreigners H1121 H5236 away H5034 (H8799) frightened H2727 (H8799) hideouts H4526 strangers -...
DAVID DESCRIBES HIS WIDESPREAD VICTORIES WHICH ARE ALL DUE TO GOD (PSALMS 18:43). Psalms 18:43 ‘You have delivered me from the strivings of the people, You have made me the head of the nations, A...
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...
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...
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...
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....
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 18:31 David’s rescue (vv. Psalms 18:16) came by way of his military skill, which was itself God’s gift....
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...
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...
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...
Isaiah 24:4; James 1:11; Micah 7:17; Revelation 6:16...
Close places — Out of their strong holds, where they shall lurk for fear of me....