
Text -- Psalms 18:22 (NET)




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Wesley -> Psa 18:22
I diligently studied and considered them.
JFB -> Psa 18:20-24
JFB: Psa 18:20-24 - -- The statements of innocence, righteousness, &c., refer, doubtless, to his personal and official conduct and his purposes, during all the trials to whi...
The statements of innocence, righteousness, &c., refer, doubtless, to his personal and official conduct and his purposes, during all the trials to which he was subjected in Saul's persecutions and Absalom's rebellions, as well as the various wars in which he had been engaged as the head and defender of God's Church and people.
Clarke -> Psa 18:22
Clarke: Psa 18:22 - -- All his judgments were before me - I kept his law before my eyes, that I might see my duty and know how to walk and please God.
All his judgments were before me - I kept his law before my eyes, that I might see my duty and know how to walk and please God.
Calvin -> Psa 18:22
Calvin: Psa 18:22 - -- 22.For all his judgments were before me He now shows how he came to possess that unbending rectitude of character, by which he was enabled to act upr...
22.For all his judgments were before me He now shows how he came to possess that unbending rectitude of character, by which he was enabled to act uprightly amidst so many and so grievous temptations, namely, because he always applied his mind to the study of the law of God. As Satan is daily making new assaults upon us, it is necessary for us to have recourse to arms, and it is meditation upon the Divine Law which furnishes us with armor to resist. Whoever, therefore, would desire to persevere in uprightness and integrity of life, let them learn to exercise themselves daily in the study of the word of God; for, whenever a man despises or neglects instruction, he easily falls into carelessness and stupidity, and all fear of God vanishes from his mind. I do not intend here to make any subtle distinction between these two words, judgments and ordinances. If, however, any person is inclined to make a distinction between them, the best distinction is to refer judgments to the second table of the law, and ordinances, or statutes, which in Hebrew are called
TSK -> Psa 18:22
For all : Psa 119:13, Psa 119:128; Joh 5:14
I did : Psa 119:112, Psa 119:117

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Barnes -> Psa 18:22
Barnes: Psa 18:22 - -- For all his judgments - All his statutes, ordinances, laws. The word judgment is commonly used in this sense in the Scriptures, as referring to...
For all his judgments - All his statutes, ordinances, laws. The word judgment is commonly used in this sense in the Scriptures, as referring to that which God has judged or determined to be right.
Were before me - That is, I acted in view of them, or as having them to guide me. They were constantly before my eyes, and I regulated my conduct in accordance with their requirements.
And I did not put away his statutes from me - I did not reject them as the guide of my conduct.
Poole -> Psa 18:22
Poole: Psa 18:22 - -- Before me i.e. before the eyes of my mind; I diligently studied and considered them, that I might govern my whole life by them.
From me i.e. out of...
Before me i.e. before the eyes of my mind; I diligently studied and considered them, that I might govern my whole life by them.
From me i.e. out of my view, as ungodly men do; who like not to retain God nor his word in their hearts or thoughts.
Gill -> Psa 18:22
Gill: Psa 18:22 - -- For all his judgments were before me,.... That is, the precepts of the law of God, which David had a respect unto, loved, took delight and pleasure i...
For all his judgments were before me,.... That is, the precepts of the law of God, which David had a respect unto, loved, took delight and pleasure in, and so had them all in his sight, and made them the rule of his actions; and the law of God is delighted in by regenerate persons, after the inward man; and though it is abolished as a covenant of works, it is a rule of walk and conversation to the saints; and as such they keep it in view, and regard it impartially, not only some of its precepts, but all. This in the highest and fullest sense was done by Christ, who was made under the law, in whose heart it was, and who came to fulfil it, and has completely fulfilled it;
and I did not put away his statutes from me; in 2Sa 22:23; it is read, "and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them"; the sense is the same; this may have respect to the ceremonial law, and the ordinances of it, which David abode by, very strictly observed, renewed, and put in order; and which Christ, his antitype, never departed from, but conformed unto throughout the whole of his life; witness his circumcision, keeping of the passover, attendance on the synagogue and temple worship; nor did he put them away until they had their full accomplishment in him; when there was a disannulling of them because of their weakness and unprofitableness.

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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...
Geneva Bible -> Psa 18:22
Geneva Bible: Psa 18:22 For all his judgments [were] before me, and I did not put away his ( r ) statutes from me.
( r ) For all his dangers he exercised himself in the law ...

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TSK Synopsis -> Psa 18:1-50
MHCC -> Psa 18:20-28
MHCC: Psa 18:20-28 - --Those that forsake the ways of the Lord, depart from their God. But though conscious to ourselves of many a false step, let there not be a wicked depa...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 18:20-28
Matthew Henry: Psa 18:20-28 - -- Here, I. David reflects with comfort upon his own integrity, and rejoices in the testimony of his conscience that he had had his conversation in god...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 18:20-23
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 18:20-23 - --
(Heb.: 18:21-24) On גּמל (like שׁלּם with the accusative not merely of the thing, but also of the person, e.g., 1Sa 24:18), εὐ or κ...
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...
