Psalms 18
1 David praises God for his manifold and marvellous blessings.
servant <05650> [A.M. 2986. B.C. 1018. (Title.) the servant.]
when <03117> [in the day.]
I love <07355> [I will.]
source <02391> [my.]
Lord <03068> [Lord.]
stronghold <04686> [fortress.]
rocky <06697> [strength. Heb. rock. whom.]
shield <04043> [buckler.]
horn <07161> [horn.]
refuge <04869> [high.]
called <07121> [I will.]
praise <01984> [who.]
delivered <03467> [so shall.]
waves <02256> [sorrows.]
currents <05158> [floods.]
chaos <01100> [ungodly men. Heb. Belial.]
[The sorrows, or, cords.]
snares <04170> [snares.]
distress <06862> [distress.]
heard <08085> [heard.]
cry <07775> [my cry.]
earth <0776> [earth.]
roots <04146> [foundations.]
ascended <05927> [went.]
nose ......... mouth <0639 06310> [out of his. Heb. by his. fire.]
made .... sink <05186> [He bowed.]
Jehovah is here represented as a mighty warrior going forth to fight the battles of David. When He descended to the engagement, the very heavens bowed to render his descent more awful: His military tent was substantial darkness; the voice of His thunder was the warlike alarm which sounded to battle; the chariot in which He rode was the thick clouds of heaven, conducted by cherubs, and carried on by the irresistible force and rapid wings of an impetuous tempest; and the darts and weapons He employed were thunder-bolts, lightnings, fiery hail, deluging rains, and stormy winds! No wonder that when God arose all His enemies were scattered, and those that hated Him fled before Him.
thick cloud <06205> [darkness.]
mounted <07392> [rode.]
glided <01675> [he did fly.]
<05643> [secret.]
thick ... clouds <05645> [thick.]
brightness <05051> [At the.]
hail <01259> [hail.]
thundered <07481> [thundered.]
sovereign <05945> [Highest.]
<01513> [coals.]
shot <07971> [Yea.]
<07232> [he shot.]
depths <0650> [channels.]
inner regions <04146> [foundations.]
Lord <03068> [O Lord.]
reached down <07971> [He sent.]
pulled <04871> [drew.]
surging water <04325 07227> [many waters. or, great waters.]
strong ............ strong <05794 0553> [strong.]
hate <08130> [them.]
strong <0553> [they were.]
day <03117> [me in.]
Lord <03068> [but.]
brought ... out <03318> [brought.]
pleased <02654> [because.]
repaid <01580> [rewarded.]
blameless <01252> [cleanness.]
obeyed <08104> [For I.]
rebelled <07561> [have not.]
regulations <04941> [For all.]
reject <05493> [I did.]
innocent <08549> [upright.]
kept <08104> [before. Heb. with. I kept.]
Lord rewarded <07725 03068> [the Lord recompensed me.]
<05869> [in his eyesight. Heb. before his eyes.]
one who is faithful <02623> [With the.]
prove to be loyal ........... trustworthy <02616 08552> [thou wilt.]
deceptive ...... perverse <06141 06617> [froward.]
perverse <06617> [shew thyself froward. or, wrestle.]
deliver <03467> [save.]
proud <08213> [bring.]
<0215> [thou wilt.]
lamp <05216> [candle. or, lamp.]
God <0430> [my God.]
charge <07323> [by thee.]
charge <07323> [run. or, broken. by my God.]
manner <01870> [his way.]
reliable <06884> [tried. or, refined.]
shield <04043> [a buckler.]
gives <0247> [girdeth.]
The girdle was a necessary part of the eastern dress: It strengthened and supported the loins; served to confine the garments close to the body; and to tuck them in when journeying. The strength of God was to his soul what the girdle was to his body.
removes <05414> [maketh.]
gives ... the agility <07737> [maketh.]
terrain <01116> [high.]
trains <03925> [teacheth.]
bow <07198> [so that.]
shield <04043> [shield.]
right hand <03225> [right.]
willingness <06037> [gentleness. or, with thy meekness thou hast multiplied me.]
widen <07337> [enlarged.]
feet <07166> [feet. Heb. ancles.]
give <0247> [girded.]
kneel <03766> [subdued. Heb. caused to bow.]
[necks.]
<06965> [that.]
grind <07833> [beat.]
beat ... underfoot <07324> [cast.]
hostile <07379> [from.]
make <07760> [made.]
army ......... people <05971> [a people.]
hear <08088> [As soon, etc. Heb. at the hearing of the ear.]
Foreigners <01121> [strangers. Heb. sons of the stranger.]
powerless <03584> [shall submit. or, yield feigned obedience. Heb. lie.]
foreigners <01121> [strangers.]
shake with fear <02727> [afraid.]
Lord <03068> [Lord.]
praiseworthy <01288> [blessed.]
<0430> [the God.]
exalted <07311> [exalted.]
vindicates <05414> [avengeth. Heb. giveth avengements for me.]
makes <01696> [subdueth. or, destroyeth.]
snatch <07311> [liftest.]
violent men <0376 02555> [violent man. Heb. man of violence.]
give you thanks <03034> [will I give thanks. or, confess.]
praises <02167> [sing.]
<01431> [Great.]
king ......... chosen ruler ...... descendants <04428 04899 02233> [to his.]
