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Themes in Psalm 18

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Themes in Psalm 18

Psalm 18:1 (show verse)

For the choir director. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said,
“I love You, O Lord, my strength.”

God » Love to » Examples of
Love » The test » To God
Protection » Exemplified » David
Select readings » Mankind in extremity
Rocks » Illustrative of » God as the strength of his people
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Examples of love to God

Psalm 18:2 (show verse)

The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Battle of Life » God » Represented as » A fortress
Deliverance » The lord being your deliverer
Fort » Figurative » Of God's care
Fortresses » Illustrative of » God's protection
God » Christ's » Fortress, a
Horns » Illustrative » Of power of God
Privileges of saints » Having God for their » Salvation
Privileges of saints » Having God for their » Strength
Privileges of saints » Having God for their » deliverer
Protection » Saints » Acknowledge God as their
Protection » Exemplified » David
divine Protector » A fortress
Select readings » Mankind in extremity
Rock » Figurative
Salvation » Illustrated by » A horn
Shield » Figurative » Of God's protection
Tower » Figurative » Of divine protection

Psalm 18:3 (show verse)

I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,
And I am saved from my enemies.

Select readings » Mankind in extremity

Psalm 18:4 (show verse)

The cords of death encompassed me,
And the torrents of ungodliness terrified me.

Select readings » Mankind in extremity

Psalm 18:5 (show verse)

The cords of Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.

Hell » In the rv the word "sheol" itself occurs in the following scriptures
Select readings » Mankind in extremity

Psalm 18:6 (show verse)

In my distress I called upon the Lord,
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice out of His temple,
And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.

Prayer » Causes of failure in » True prayer heard
Prayer » Heard » True prayer heard
Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Call upon God under affliction
Prayer, answers to » David
Select readings » Mankind in extremity

Psalm 18:7 (show verse)

Then the earth shook and quaked;
And the foundations of the mountains were trembling
And were shaken, because He was angry.

Earthquakes » Are visible tokens of » God's anger
Select readings » Mankind in extremity

Psalm 18:8 (show verse)

Smoke went up out of His nostrils,
And fire from His mouth devoured;
Coals were kindled by it.

Select readings » Mankind in extremity

Psalm 18:9 (show verse)

He bowed the heavens also, and came down
With thick darkness under His feet.

Select readings » Mankind in extremity

Psalm 18:10 (show verse)

He rode upon a cherub and flew;
And He sped upon the wings of the wind.

Cherubim » Riding on, illustrative of majesty and power of God
Select readings » Mankind in extremity

Psalm 18:11 (show verse)

He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him,
Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Darkness » Figurative » See also the following scriptures
Select readings » Mankind in extremity
Symbols and similitudes » Darkness, of God's inscrutability

Psalm 18:12 (show verse)

From the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds,
Hailstones and coals of fire.

Select readings » Mankind in extremity

Psalm 18:13 (show verse)

The Lord also thundered in the heavens,
And the Most High uttered His voice,
Hailstones and coals of fire.

Meteorology » Storms » Hail-storms
Select readings » Mankind in extremity
Storms » Hail-storms

Psalm 18:14 (show verse)

He sent out His arrows, and scattered them,
And lightning flashes in abundance, and routed them.

Arrows » God's
God » Ability of » Arrows of
Meteorology » Thunder and lightning » Lightning
Select readings » Mankind in extremity

Psalm 18:15 (show verse)

Then the channels of water appeared,
And the foundations of the world were laid bare
At Your rebuke, O Lord,
At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

Blasting » Figurative
Breath » Of God
Earthquakes » As judgments
Foundation » Figuratively applied to » The world
Select readings » Mankind in extremity

Psalm 18:16 (show verse)

He sent from on high, He took me;
He drew me out of many waters.

Select readings » Mankind in extremity

Psalm 18:17 (show verse)

He delivered me from my strong enemy,
And from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

Select readings » Mankind in extremity

Psalm 18:18 (show verse)

They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
But the Lord was my stay.

Select readings » Mankind in extremity

Psalm 18:19 (show verse)

He brought me forth also into a broad place;
He rescued me, because He delighted in me.

Select readings » Mankind in extremity

Psalm 18:20 (show verse)

The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.

Uprightness » The reward for being upright

Psalm 18:21 (show verse)

For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.

Steadfastness » Exemplified » David
Uprightness » The reward for being upright

Psalm 18:22 (show verse)

For all His ordinances were before me,
And I did not put away His statutes from me.

Steadfastness » Exemplified » David
Uprightness » The reward for being upright

Psalm 18:23 (show verse)

I was also

blameless with Him,

And I kept myself from my iniquity.

Uprightness » The reward for being upright
Uprightness » They who walk in » Recompensed by God

Psalm 18:24 (show verse)

Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.

Frowardness » The froward
Frowardness » Who the lord shows himself froward toward
Mercy » The merciful
Purity » The pure
Purity » Who the lord shows himself pure toward
Uprightness » Who the lord shows himself upright toward
Uprightness » The reward for being upright
Uprightness » They who walk in » Recompensed by God

Psalm 18:25 (show verse)

With the kind You show Yourself kind;
With the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

Psalm 18:26 (show verse)

With the pure You show Yourself pure,
And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.

Frowardness » The froward
Frowardness » Who the lord shows himself froward toward
Purity » The pure
Purity » Who the lord shows himself pure toward

Psalm 18:27 (show verse)

For You save an afflicted people,
But haughty eyes You abase.

Pride » They who are guilty of, shall be » Brought low

Psalm 18:28 (show verse)

For You light my lamp;
The Lord my God illumines my darkness.

Enlightenment » Spiritual
Enlightenment » The lord enlightening
Lamps » Illustrative » Of God's guidance
Light » The lord lighting darkness
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Enlightenment, spiritual
Spiritual » Enlargement » Enlightenment

Psalm 18:29 (show verse)

For by You I can

run upon a troop;

And by my God I can leap over a wall.

Deeds » What can be done by and through the lord

Psalm 18:30 (show verse)

As for God, His way is

blameless;

The word of the Lord is tried;
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

Deeds » What can be done by and through the lord
Defense » Who the lord defends
God » Voice of select readings » Ways of
God » People of general references to » Perfection of
Perfection » Some essential elements of » Perfection divine, of God
Purity » Of the scripture
Refining » Figurative » Of the purity of the word of God
The bible » Purpose » Purity of
Trial » What is tried
Ways » Divine
Ways » God's » Perfect
Word » Preached » Purity of

Psalm 18:31 (show verse)

For who is God, but the Lord?
And who is a rock, except our God,

Deeds » What can be done by and through the lord
Spiritual foundation » God as
God » Remember » Rock, a
Greatness » What makes you great
Rock » God a
Salvation » The lord giving salvation
Stumbling/slipping » The lord preventing you from slipping
Upholdment » The lord holding people up
War/weapons » The lord teaching you how to war

Psalm 18:32 (show verse)

The God who girds me with strength
And makes my way

blameless?

Deeds » What can be done by and through the lord
Greatness » What makes you great
Perfection » Is of God
Salvation » The lord giving salvation
Stumbling/slipping » The lord preventing you from slipping
Upholdment » The lord holding people up
War/weapons » The lord teaching you how to war

Psalm 18:33 (show verse)

He makes my feet like hinds’ feet,
And sets me upon my high places.

Deeds » What can be done by and through the lord
Greatness » What makes you great
The Heart » Illustrative » (sure-footedness of,) of experienced saints
Salvation » The lord giving salvation
Stumbling/slipping » The lord preventing you from slipping
Upholdment » The lord holding people up
War/weapons » The lord teaching you how to war

Psalm 18:34 (show verse)

He trains my hands for battle,
So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

Bow » A weapon » Made of brass (rv)
Greatness » What makes you great
Salvation » The lord giving salvation
Steel » Bows of
Stumbling/slipping » The lord preventing you from slipping
Upholdment » The lord holding people up
War/weapons » The lord teaching you how to war

Psalm 18:35 (show verse)

You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,
And Your right hand upholds me;
And Your gentleness makes me great.

Gentleness » Divine
Gentleness » Of God
God » Sustaining providence » Supports the weak
God » Supplies of » Supporter of the weak
God » Christ's » Gentleness of
Greatness » What makes you great
divine Providence » Sustaining » Supports the weak
Salvation » The lord giving salvation
Shield » Figurative » Of God's protection
Shields » Illustrative of » Salvation of God
Stumbling/slipping » The lord preventing you from slipping
Upholdment » The lord holding people up

Psalm 18:36 (show verse)

You enlarge my steps under me,
And my

feet have not slipped.

Feet » Of saints » At liberty
The righteous » Saints » Steps of
Saints » God's knowledge of the saints » Steps of
Saints » Steps
Stumbling/slipping » The lord preventing you from slipping
Upholdment » The lord holding people up

Psalm 18:37 (show verse)

I pursued my enemies and overtook them,
And I did not turn back until they were consumed.

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Psalm 18:38 (show verse)

I shattered them, so that they were not able to rise;
They fell under my feet.

No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 18:39 (show verse)

For You have girded me with strength for battle;
You have

subdued under me those who rose up against me.

Girdles » Illustrative of » Strength

Psalm 18:40 (show verse)

You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me,
And I

destroyed those who hated me.

Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are the enemies of saints

Psalm 18:41 (show verse)

They cried for help, but there was none to save,
Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.

Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are the enemies of saints

Psalm 18:42 (show verse)

Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind;
I emptied them out as the mire of the streets.

No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 18:43 (show verse)

You have delivered me from the contentions of the people;
You have placed me as head of the nations;
A people whom I have not known serve me.

David » King of israel » Type of Christ
Strife » Saints should » Praise God for protection from

Psalm 18:44 (show verse)

As soon as they hear, they obey me;
Foreigners

submit to me.

Obedience to God » Should be » With willingness

Psalm 18:45 (show verse)

Foreigners fade away,
And come trembling out of their fortresses.

No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 18:46 (show verse)

The Lord

lives, and blessed be my rock;

And exalted be the God of my salvation,

Exaltation » The lord being exalted
Praise » Is due to God on account of » His salvation

And shows lovingkindness to His anointed,
To David and his descendants forever.

Anointing » God preserves those who receive
Anointing of the holy ghost » God preserves those who receive