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Verse Psalms 18:32. _GOD - GIRDETH ME WITH STRENGTH_] The girdle was
a necessary part of the Eastern dress; it _strengthened_ and
_supported_ the loins; served to _confine_ the _garments_ close to th...
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IT IS GOD THAT GIRDETH ME WITH STRENGTH - Who gives me strength. The
word girdeth contains an allusion to the mode of dress among the
orientals, the long flowing robe, which was girded up when they ra...
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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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STRENGTH. might (for valour). Hebrew. _hil_. Not the same as verses:
Psalms 18:1; Psalms 18:2; Psalms 18:17, Psa 1:17....
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IT IS GOD THAT GIRDETH ME, &C.— The form of speaking here seems to
be taken from the military belt which officers wore as the emblem of
authority and valour; and the meaning is, that God distinguished...
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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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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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The verse should run on closely from the last. The italics spoil it.
GIRDETH. — The importance of the girdle in a country where the dress
was loose and flowing is shown by many passages of Scripture....
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_[Psalms 18:33]_ הָ֭ אֵל הַ מְאַזְּרֵ֣נִי
חָ֑יִל...
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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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[It is] God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my (z) way
perfect.
(z) He gives good success to all my enterprises....
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32._It is God who hath girded. _This is a metaphor taken either from
the belt or girdle of a warrior, or from the reins, in which the
Scripture sometimes places a man’s vigor or strength. It is,
there...
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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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[IT IS] GOD THAT GIRDETH ME WITH STRENGTH,.... For battle, as in
Psalms 18:39; with strength of body and fortitude of mind; both which
are from the Lord, and were in David; and were acknowledged by hi...
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Psalms 18:32 [It is] God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my
way perfect.
Ver. 32. _It is God that girdeth me with strength_] It is a metaphor,
saith Vatablus, either from a soldier's belt,...
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_It is God that girdeth me with strength_ That inspires me with
courage, fortitude, and resolution, and gives me strength both of mind
and body in battle and war. It is a metaphor taken, either from a...
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GIVING ALL GLORY TO GOD ALONE...
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It is God that girdeth me with strength, enabling him to meet all
dangers and all enemies successfully, AND MAKETH MY WAY PERFECT,
giving him success in his rightful undertakings....
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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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THAT GIRDETH ME WITH STRENGTH; that gives me strength both of mind and
body for battle. It is a metaphor taken either from a military girdle,
or from a common girdle, wherewith their loose garments we...
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Psalms 18:32 God H410 arms H247 (H8764) strength H2428 makes H5414
(H8799) way H1870 perfect H8549
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DAVID GIVES A SUMMARY OF WHAT GOD IS AND OF ALL GOD'S BLESSINGS TO HIM
(PSALMS 18:30).
Psalms 18:30
‘As for God, his way is perfect,
The word of YHWH is tried (tested and proved true),
He is a shi...
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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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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 18:31 David’s rescue (vv. Psalms 18:16) came
by way of his military skill, which was itself God’s gift....
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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 Corinthians 3:5; 2 Samuel 22:33; Isaiah 45:5; Psalms 28:7; Psalms
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Perfect — Perfectly plain and smooth, and clear from impediments....