Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 18:48
He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the (l) violent man.
(l) That is, Saul who out of malice persecuted him.
He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the (l) violent man.
(l) That is, Saul who out of malice persecuted him.
Verse Psalms 18:48. _HE DELIVERETH ME_] That is, he _hath delivered_ me, and continues to deliver me, from all that rise up against me. _THE VIOLENT MAN._] Saul; this applies particularly to him....
HE DELIVERETH ME FROM MINE ENEMIES - From all my foes. YEA, THOU LIFTEST ME UP ABOVE THOSE THAT RISE UP AGAINST ME - So that I triumph over them. Instead of being subdued by them, and trampled under...
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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...
MAN. Hebrew. _ish_. App-14....
Concluding thanksgiving and doxology....
My deliverer from mine enemies; Yea, thou didst set me on high from them that rose up against me, From the man of violence didst thou rescue me. My deliverer, as in Psalms 18:2; Psalms 18:2 Sam. ha...
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(46-50) The psalm concludes with a burst of joyous praise, in which the previous figures are recalled in brief touches....
_[Psalms 18:49]_ מְפַלְּטִ֗י מֵ אֹ֫יְבָ֥י אַ֣ף מִן...
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 delightfully the Psalm ends! By the spirit of prophecy, Christ is described as declaring his love to Jehovah, for all his promised strength imparted, and now, having sat down on the seat of the Co...
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HE DELIVERETH ME FROM MINE ENEMIES,.... From Saul and his men, from Ishbosheth and Abner, from Absalom, and the conspirators with him; so all believers are delivered out of the hands of their enemies...
He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. Ver. 48. _He delivereth me from mine enemies_] This David...
_It is God that avengeth me_ That executeth vengeance, both by me, against his malicious enemies, and for me, against Saul, on whom I would not avenge myself. _Thou liftest me up above those_, &c. Abo...
He delivereth me from mine enemies; yea, Thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me, to a position of authority and influence; THOU HAST DELIVERED ME FROM THE VIOLENT MAN, this being said...
GIVING ALL GLORY TO GOD ALONE...
VIOLENT MAN: _ Heb._ man of violence...
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...
ABOVE THOSE THAT RISE UP AGAINST ME; above their malice and power. FROM THE VIOLENT MAN; from Saul, whom for honour's sake he forbears to mention....
Psalms 18:48 delivers H6403 (H8764) enemies H341 (H8802) up H7311 (H8787) rise H6965 (H8801) delivered...
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...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 18:46 David’s expectation that he WILL PRAISE the Lord AMONG THE NATIONS (v. Psalms 18:49; see...
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...
Philippians 2:9; Psalms 140:1; Psalms 140:11; Psalms 140:4; P
Violent man — From Saul: whom for honour's sake he forbears to mention....