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Text -- Psalms 18:15 (NET)

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18:15 The depths of the sea were exposed; the inner regions of the world were uncovered by your battle cry, Lord, by the powerful breath from your nose.
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Names, People and Places:
 · sea the Dead Sea, at the southern end of the Jordan River,the Mediterranean Sea,the Persian Gulf south east of Babylon,the Red Sea


Dictionary Themes and Topics: WORLD, COSMOLOGICAL | TEMPLE, B | PSALMS, BOOK OF | POETRY, HEBREW | NOSE; NOSTRILS | Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena | INSPIRATION, 1-7 | God | Geology | Foundation | FORTIFICATION; FORT; FORTIFIED CITIES; FORTRESS | Earthquakes | David | CHERUBIM (1) | CHANNEL | Breath | Blight | BREATH; BREATHE; BREATHING | BLAST | BIBLE, THE, IV CANONICITY | more
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

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 - -- 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 - -- 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 - -- 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 אפיקים , aphikim, which I have rendered sources, properly signifies the channels of rivers; but David, in this passage, evidently means that the very springs or sources of the waters were laid open, and that thus it could be discerned whence proceeds the great and inexhaustible abundance of waters which supply the rivers, and by which they always continue to flow on in their course.

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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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

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"- מים mayim - would denote waters of any kind - seas, lakes, rivers; in the corresponding place in 2 Samuel, the word used - ים yâm - denotes, properly, the sea or the ocean. The word rendered channels means a pipe or tube; then a channel, or bed of a brook or stream, Isa 8:7; Eze 32:6; and then the bottom of the sea or of a river. The allusion is to the effect of a violent wind, driving the waters on heaps, and seeming to leave the bed or channel bare.

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 - -- 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 - -- 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 - -- 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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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

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 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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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Psa 18:1-50 - --1 David praises God for his manifold and marvellous blessings.

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 - -- 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 - -- (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 - --Psalm 18 As the title indicates, David wrote this psalm after he had subdued his political enemies and h...

Constable: Psa 18:3-28 - --2. God's deliverance 18:4-29 In this extended section David reviewed how God had saved him in times of danger. In verses 4-19 he described God's super...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Psalms (Book Introduction) The Hebrew title of this book is Tehilim ("praises" or "hymns"), for a leading feature in its contents is praise, though the word occurs in the title ...

JFB: Psalms (Outline) ALEPH. (Psa 119:1-8). This celebrated Psalm has several peculiarities. It is divided into twenty-two parts or stanzas, denoted by the twenty-two let...

TSK: Psalms (Book Introduction) The Psalms have been the general song of the universal Church; and in their praise, all the Fathers have been unanimously eloquent. Men of all nation...

TSK: Psalms 18 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Psa 18:1, David praises God for his manifold and marvellous blessings. Psa 36:1 *title Psa 116:16; 2Sam. 22:1-51; Act 13:36; Heb 3:5

Poole: Psalms (Book Introduction) OF PSALMS THE ARGUMENT The divine authority of this Book of PSALMS is so certain and evident, that it was never questioned in the church; which b...

Poole: Psalms 18 (Chapter Introduction) THE ARGUMENT This Psalm, with some few and small variations, is written 2Sa 22 . It was composed by David towards the end of his reign and life upo...

MHCC: Psalms (Book Introduction) David was the penman of most of the psalms, but some evidently were composed by other writers, and the writers of some are doubtful. But all were writ...

MHCC: Psalms 18 (Chapter Introduction) (v. 1-19) David rejoices in the deliverances God wrought for him. (Psa 18:20-28) He takes the comfort of his integrity, which God had cleared up. (v...

Matthew Henry: Psalms (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of Psalms We have now before us one of the choicest and most excellent parts of all the Old Te...

Matthew Henry: Psalms 18 (Chapter Introduction) This psalm we met with before, in the history of David's life, 2 Sa. 22. That was the first edition of it; here we have it revived, altered a littl...

Constable: Psalms (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book in the Hebrew Bible is Tehillim, which means...

Constable: Psalms (Outline) Outline I. Book 1: chs. 1-41 II. Book 2: chs. 42-72 III. Book 3: chs. 73...

Constable: Psalms Psalms Bibliography Allen, Ronald B. "Evidence from Psalm 89." In A Case for Premillennialism: A New Consensus,...

Haydock: Psalms (Book Introduction) THE BOOK OF PSALMS. INTRODUCTION. The Psalms are called by the Hebrew, Tehillim; that is, hymns of praise. The author, of a great part of ...

Gill: Psalms (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PSALMS The title of this book may be rendered "the Book of Praises", or "Hymns"; the psalm which our Lord sung at the passover is c...

Gill: Psalms 18 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 18 To the chief Musician, a Psalm of David. This is the same with that in 2Sa 22:1, with some variations, omissions, and alte...

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