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Psalms 18:17

Psalms 18:17
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

They prevented me in the day of my calamity,.... Referring to the times of his distress in the garden and upon the cross; the time of his sufferings and death, which was a dark and cloudy day, as the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

He delivered me from my strong enemy - The enemy that had more power than I had, and that was likely to overcome me. It is probable that the allusion here in the mind of the psalmist would be…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 18:1-19

The title gives us the occasion of penning this psalm; we had it before (Sa2 22:1), only here we are told that the psalm was delivered to the chief musician, or precentor, in the temple-songs. Note,…