
Text -- Psalms 18:15 (NET)




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Wesley -> Psa 18:15
Wesley: Psa 18:15 - -- By mighty earthquakes, which overturned the earth, and made its lower parts visible.
By mighty earthquakes, which overturned the earth, and made its lower parts visible.
JFB -> Psa 18:15
JFB: Psa 18:15 - -- The tempest of the air is attended by appropriate results on earth. The language, though not expressive of any special physical changes, represents th...
The tempest of the air is attended by appropriate results on earth. The language, though not expressive of any special physical changes, represents the utter subversion of the order of nature. Before such a God none can stand.
Clarke -> Psa 18:15
Clarke: Psa 18:15 - -- The channels of water were seen - This must refer to an earthquake; for in such cases, the ground being rent, water frequently gushes out at the fis...
The channels of water were seen - This must refer to an earthquake; for in such cases, the ground being rent, water frequently gushes out at the fissures, and often rises to a tremendous height. Whole rivers were poured out of the chasms made by the earthquake in Jamaica, A. D. 1694; and new lakes of water were formed, covering a thousand acres of land!
Calvin -> Psa 18:15
Calvin: Psa 18:15 - -- 15.And the sources of the waters were seen In this verse, David doubtless alludes to the miracle which was wrought when the chosen tribes passed thro...
15.And the sources of the waters were seen In this verse, David doubtless alludes to the miracle which was wrought when the chosen tribes passed through the Red Sea. I have before declared the purpose for which he does this. As all the special benefits which God in old time conferred upon any of the children of Abraham as individuals, were so many testimonies by which he recalled to their remembrance the covenant which he had once entered into with the whole people, to assure them that he would always continue his grace towards them, and that one deliverance might be to them a token or pledge of their perpetual safety, and of the protection of God, David fitly conjoins with that ancient deliverance of the Church the assistance which God had sent from heaven to him in particular. As the grace which he declares God had shown towards him was not to be separated from that first deliverance, since it was, so to speak, a part and an appendage of it, he beholds, as it were at a glance, or in an instant, both the ancient miracle of the drying up of the Red Sea, and the assistance which God granted to himself. In short, God, who once opened up for his people a way through the Red Sea, and then showed himself to be their protector upon this condition, that they should assure themselves of being always maintained and preserved under his keeping, now again displayed his wonderful power in the defense and preservation of one man, to renew the remembrance of that ancient history. From this it appears the more evidently, that David, in using these apparently strange and exaggerated hyperboles, does not recite to us the mere creations of romance to please the fancy, after the manner of the heathen poets, 407 but observes the style and manner which God had, as it were, prescribed to his people. At the same time, we ought carefully to mark the reason already adverted to, which constrained him to magnify the grace of God in a style of such splendid imagery, namely, because the greater part of the people never made the grace of God the subject of serious consideration, but, either through wickedness or stupidity, passed over it with shut eyes. The Hebrew word
TSK -> Psa 18:15
TSK: Psa 18:15 - -- channels : Psa 74:15, Psa 106:9; Exo 15:8; Jos 3:13-16; 2Sa 22:16
foundations : Psa 104:5; Job 38:4-6; Jer 31:37; Jon 2:6; Mic 6:2
O Lord : 2Ki 19:7; ...

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Barnes -> Psa 18:15
Barnes: Psa 18:15 - -- Then the channels of waters were seen - In 2Sa 22:16 this is, "And the channels of the sea appeared."The idea is that, by the driving of the st...
Then the channels of waters were seen - In 2Sa 22:16 this is, "And the channels of the sea appeared."The idea is that, by the driving of the storm and tempest, the waters were driven on heaps, leaving the bottom bare. In the place before us the word used, "waters"-
The foundations of the world were discovered - Were laid open; were manifested or revealed. People seemed to be able to look down into the depths, and to see the very foundations on which the earth rests. The world is often represented as resting on a foundation, Psa 102:25; Isa 48:13; Zec 12:1; Pro 8:29; see the note at Job 38:4.
At thy rebuke - At the expression of his anger or displeasure; as if God, in the fury of the tempest, was expressing his indignation and wrath.
At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils - At the breathing forth of anger, as it were, from his nostrils. See the note at Psa 18:8.
Poole -> Psa 18:15
Poole: Psa 18:15 - -- By mighty and terrible earthquakes, which overturned the earth, and made its lower parts uppermost and visible.
By mighty and terrible earthquakes, which overturned the earth, and made its lower parts uppermost and visible.
Haydock -> Psa 18:15
Haydock: Psa 18:15 - -- Always. Hebrew, "to thy regards," such as thou mayst approve. (Haydock) ---
He joins mental with vocal prayer, speaking like an evangelist. (Bert...
Always. Hebrew, "to thy regards," such as thou mayst approve. (Haydock) ---
He joins mental with vocal prayer, speaking like an evangelist. (Berthier) ---
Helper. Hebrew, "rock." (Calmet) ---
St. Jerome and Protestants, "strength." (Haydock) ---
Grace is requisite to persevere, as well as to be converted. (Worthington)
Gill -> Psa 18:15
Gill: Psa 18:15 - -- Then the channels of water were seen,.... Or, "of the sea"; as in 2Sa 22:16. There seems to be an allusion to the drying up of the sea when the Israel...
Then the channels of water were seen,.... Or, "of the sea"; as in 2Sa 22:16. There seems to be an allusion to the drying up of the sea when the Israelites passed through it. Aben Ezra interprets this of the discovery of the secrets of enemies, and of their deep schemes and counsels, which they seek to hide, but are made known by him who sees all things in the dark; and so the following clause;
and the foundations of the world were discovered; but it rather seems to intend the utter extirpation and ruin of the Jewish nation, both in their civil and ecclesiastic state, the foundation of which was rooted up and laid bare; unless with Jerom we understand this of the ministers of the word, in whom the doctrines of grace were channelled, and who were as fountains of water; and of the foundation of the apostles and prophets made known in the Gospel: but the former sense is best; since it follows,
at thy rebuke, O Lord; at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils; for the destruction of the Jews was the effect of divine wrath and vengeance: so ends the account of the wonderful appearance of God in favour of the person the subject of this psalm, and against his enemies; the deliverance wrought for him is next described.

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NET Notes: Psa 18:15 2 Sam 22:16 reads “by the battle cry of the Lord, by the blast of the breath of his nose.” The phrase “blast of the breath” (H...
Geneva Bible -> Psa 18:15
Geneva Bible: Psa 18:15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the ( l ) foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy...

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TSK Synopsis -> Psa 18:1-50
MHCC -> Psa 18:1-19
MHCC: Psa 18:1-19 - --The first words, " I will love thee, O Lord, my strength," are the scope and contents of the psalm. Those that truly love God, may triumph in him as ...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 18:1-19
Matthew Henry: Psa 18:1-19 - -- The title gives us the occasion of penning this psalm; we had it before (2Sa 22:1), only here we are told that the psalm was delivered to the chief...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 18:13-15
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 18:13-15 - --
(Heb.: 18:14-16) Amidst thunder, Jahve hurled lightnings as arrows upon David's enemies, and the breath of His anger laid bare the beds of the floo...
Constable -> Psa 18:1-50; Psa 18:3-28
Constable: Psa 18:1-50 - --Psalm 18
As the title indicates, David wrote this psalm after he had subdued his political enemies and h...
