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Text -- Psalms 18:18-50 (NET)
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18:18 They confronted me in my day of calamity , but the Lord helped me.
18:19 He brought me out into a wide open place ; he delivered me because he was pleased with me.
18:20 The Lord repaid me for my godly deeds ; he rewarded my blameless behavior .
18:21 For I have obeyed the Lord’s commands ; I have not rebelled against my God .
18:22 For I am aware of all his regulations , and I do not reject his rules .
18:23 I was innocent before him, and kept myself from sinning .
18:24 The Lord rewarded me for my godly deeds ; he took notice of my blameless behavior .
18:25 You prove to be loyal to one who is faithful ; you prove to be trustworthy to one who is innocent .
18:26 You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless , but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse .
18:27 For you deliver oppressed people , but you bring down those who have a proud look .
18:28 Indeed , you are my lamp , Lord . My God illuminates the darkness around me.
18:29 Indeed , with your help I can charge against an army ; by my God’s power I can jump over a wall .
18:30 The one true God acts in a faithful manner ; the Lord’s promise is reliable ; he is a shield to all who take shelter in him.
18:31 Indeed , who is God besides the Lord ? Who is a protector besides our God ?
18:32 The one true God gives me strength ; he removes the obstacles in my way .
18:33 He gives me the agility of a deer ; he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain .
18:34 He trains my hands for battle ; my arms can bend even the strongest bow .
18:35 You give me your protective shield ; your right hand supports me; your willingness to help enables me to prevail .
18:36 You widen my path ; my feet do not slip .
18:37 I chase my enemies and catch them; I do not turn back until I wipe them out .
18:38 I beat them to death ; they fall at my feet .
18:39 You give me strength for battle ; you make my foes kneel before me.
18:40 You make my enemies retreat ; I destroy those who hate me.
18:41 They cry out , but there is no one to help them; they cry out to the Lord , but he does not answer them.
18:42 I grind them as fine windblown dust ; I beat them underfoot like clay in the streets .
18:43 You rescue me from a hostile army ; you make me a leader of nations ; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects .
18:44 When they hear of my exploits, they submit to me. Foreigners are powerless before me;
18:45 foreigners lose their courage ; they shake with fear as they leave their strongholds .
18:46 The Lord is alive ! My protector is praiseworthy ! The God who delivers me is exalted as king!
18:47 The one true God completely vindicates me; he makes nations submit to me .
18:48 He delivers me from my enemies ; you snatch me away from those who attack me; you rescue me from violent men .
18:49 So I will give you thanks before the nations , O Lord ! I will sing praises to you !
18:50 He gives his chosen king magnificent victories ; he is faithful to his chosen ruler , to David and his descendants forever .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
David |
Praise |
PSALMS, BOOK OF |
TEMPLE, B |
God |
CHERUBIM (1) |
POETRY, HEBREW |
BIBLE, THE, IV CANONICITY |
FORTIFICATION; FORT; FORTIFIED CITIES; FORTRESS |
Faith |
Blessing |
Steel |
Testimony |
Wicked |
Jesus, The Christ |
Readings, Select |
HIND |
Providence |
Bow |
Gentleness |
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expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes -> Psa 18:18; Psa 18:18; Psa 18:19; Psa 18:20; Psa 18:20; Psa 18:20; Psa 18:20; Psa 18:21; Psa 18:21; Psa 18:22; Psa 18:22; Psa 18:23; Psa 18:23; Psa 18:24; Psa 18:24; Psa 18:25; Psa 18:25; Psa 18:25; Psa 18:25; Psa 18:26; Psa 18:26; Psa 18:26; Psa 18:26; Psa 18:27; Psa 18:27; Psa 18:28; Psa 18:28; Psa 18:28; Psa 18:28; Psa 18:29; Psa 18:29; Psa 18:29; Psa 18:29; Psa 18:29; Psa 18:29; Psa 18:29; Psa 18:30; Psa 18:30; Psa 18:30; Psa 18:30; Psa 18:31; Psa 18:31; Psa 18:31; Psa 18:32; Psa 18:32; Psa 18:32; Psa 18:32; Psa 18:32; Psa 18:32; Psa 18:33; Psa 18:33; Psa 18:33; Psa 18:34; Psa 18:34; Psa 18:34; Psa 18:35; Psa 18:35; Psa 18:35; Psa 18:35; Psa 18:35; Psa 18:36; Psa 18:36; Psa 18:37; Psa 18:38; Psa 18:38; Psa 18:38; Psa 18:39; Psa 18:39; Psa 18:39; Psa 18:40; Psa 18:40; Psa 18:41; Psa 18:41; Psa 18:41; Psa 18:42; Psa 18:42; Psa 18:42; Psa 18:43; Psa 18:43; Psa 18:43; Psa 18:44; Psa 18:44; Psa 18:45; Psa 18:45; Psa 18:45; Psa 18:45; Psa 18:46; Psa 18:46; Psa 18:46; Psa 18:46; Psa 18:46; Psa 18:47; Psa 18:47; Psa 18:47; Psa 18:47; Psa 18:48; Psa 18:48; Psa 18:48; Psa 18:49; Psa 18:49; Psa 18:50; Psa 18:50; Psa 18:50; Psa 18:50; Psa 18:50; Psa 18:50
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NET Notes: Psa 18:20 Heb “according to the purity of my hands he repaid to me.” “Hands” suggest activity and behavior.
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NET Notes: Psa 18:21 Heb “I have not acted wickedly from my God.” The statement is elliptical; the idea is, “I have not acted wickedly and, in so doing, ...
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NET Notes: Psa 18:22 Heb “and his rules I do not turn aside from me.” 2 Sam 22:23 reads, “and his rules, I do not turn aside from it.” The prefixed...
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NET Notes: Psa 18:23 Kept myself from sinning. Leading a blameless life meant that the king would be loyal to God’s covenant, purge the government and society of evi...
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NET Notes: Psa 18:24 Heb “according to the purity of my hands before his eyes.” 2 Sam 22:25 reads “according to my purity before his eyes.” The ver...
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NET Notes: Psa 18:26 Verses 25-26 affirm God’s justice. He responds to people in accordance with their moral character. His response mirrors their actions. The faith...
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NET Notes: Psa 18:27 Heb “but proud eyes you bring low.” 2 Sam 22:28 reads, “your eyes [are] upon the proud, [whom] you bring low.”
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NET Notes: Psa 18:29 I can jump over a wall. The psalmist uses hyperbole to emphasize his God-given military superiority.
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NET Notes: Psa 18:31 The rhetorical questions anticipate the answer, “No one.” In this way the psalmist indicates that the Lord is the only true God and reliab...
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NET Notes: Psa 18:32 Heb “he made my path smooth.” The Hebrew term תָּמִים (tamim, “smooth”) usually carr...
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NET Notes: Psa 18:33 Habakkuk uses similar language to describe his faith during difficult times. See Hab 3:19.
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NET Notes: Psa 18:34 The strongest bow (Heb “bow of bronze”) probably refers to a bow laminated with bronze strips, or to a purely ceremonial or decorative bow...
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NET Notes: Psa 18:36 Heb “lower legs.” On the meaning of the Hebrew noun, which occurs only here, see H. R. Cohen, Biblical Hapax Legomena (SBLDS), 112. A cogn...
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NET Notes: Psa 18:38 They fall at my feet. For ancient Near Eastern parallels, see O. Keel, The Symbolism of the Biblical World, 294-97.
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NET Notes: Psa 18:39 My foes kneel before me. For ancient Near Eastern parallels, see R. B. Chisholm, “An Exegetical and Theological Study of Psalm 18/2 Samuel 22...
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NET Notes: Psa 18:40 Those who hate me. See v. 17, where it is the Lord who delivered the psalmist from those who hated him.
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NET Notes: Psa 18:41 They cry out. This reference to the psalmist’s enemies crying out for help to the Lord suggests that the psalmist refers here to enemies within ...
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NET Notes: Psa 18:43 Heb “a people whom I did not know serve me.” In this context “know” (יָדַע, yada’) probabl...
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NET Notes: Psa 18:44 For the meaning “be weak, powerless” for כָּחַשׁ (kakhash), see Ps 109:24. The next line (see v....
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NET Notes: Psa 18:45 Heb “their prisons.” The besieged cities of the foreigners are compared to prisons.
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NET Notes: Psa 18:46 The words “as king” are supplied in the translation for clarification. Elsewhere in the psalms the verb רוּם (rum,...
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NET Notes: Psa 18:47 Heb “he subdues nations beneath me.” On the meaning of the verb דָּבַר (davar, “subdue,” a...
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NET Notes: Psa 18:49 Heb “to your name.” God’s “name” refers metonymically to his divine characteristics as suggested by his name, in this ca...
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