Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,
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Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,
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The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
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(18-47) The LORD liveth, and blessed be my Rock; and exalted be the God of my salvation;
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Passages linked to Psalms 18:46 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Samuel 22:47 Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock! Exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
- Psalms 18:2 Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
- Psalms 57:5 Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be above all the earth!
- Revelation 1:18 and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
- Psalms 68:20 God is to us a God of deliverance. To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape from death.
- Psalms 79:9 Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name’s sake.
- Jeremiah 10:10 But Yahweh is the true God. He is the living God, and an everlasting King. At his wrath, the earth trembles. The nations aren’t able to withstand his indignation.
- Luke 1:47 My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,
- John 14:19 Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.
- Psalms 57:11 Be exalted, God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth.
- Psalms 99:9 Exalt Yahweh, our God. Worship at his holy hill, for Yahweh, our God, is holy!
- Exodus 15:2 Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
- Psalms 25:5 Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you are the God of my salvation, I wait for you all day long.
- Psalms 42:9 I will ask God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
- Psalms 51:14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.
- Isaiah 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 46. Let Jehovah live. If it is thought proper…
46. Let Jehovah live. If it is thought proper to adopt this reading, which is in the optative mood expressing a wish that God might live, the manner of expression may seem somewhat strange; but it may be alleged in defense of it, that it is a metaphor borrowed from the custom of men, who not only use this manner of speaking when they wish well to any one, but likewise utter it with loud and applauding acclamation, when they intend to receive their princes with due honor. According to this view, it would be an expression in which praise is ascribed to God, and suitable for a triumphal song. “Ainsi ce seroit un mot tendant a lour Dieu et convenable a un cantique de triomphe.” — Fr.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 18:46 The LORD liveth; and blessed [be] my…
Psa 18:46 The LORD liveth; and blessed [be] my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
Ver. 46. The Lord liveth] Or, Vivat Dominus, Let the Lord live. It is spoken, saith Calvin, after the manner of men, who use such kinds of acclamations to the kings whom they love and honour. The wicked could wish God extinct, that so they might never come to an account before him; but the saints cry out, Let the Lord live, let Christ reign, &c. Blessed be God that he is God, was a learned man’s motto. Luther’s was, Vivit, sc. Christus. Si non viveret, vellem me non unam horam vivere, de., Christ is alive, otherwise I would not wish to live an hour. Another good man saith, Christ liveth and reigneth, alioque totus totus desperassem, otherwise I should be utterly out of hope (Miconius).
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Let the God of my salvation be exalted] Triumphali elogio ab omnibus celebretur, let him be set up in all hearts and houses.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He and he only is the true living God,…
He and he only is the true living God, and he hath manifested himself to be for my comfort, and for the confusion of mine enemies, when other gods are dead and impotent idols. Or, Let the Lord live. So it is a joyful and thankful acclamation, spoken after the manner of earthly princes.
Blessed be my rock; let him have all blessing and praise, for he is worthy of it.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain It is God that avengeth me,.... Or "gives vengeance…
It is God that avengeth me,.... Or "gives vengeance unto me", or "for me" (t): vengeance only belongs to God, and he repays it for and in behalf of his people. Private revenge is not to be exercised by any; public vengeance on delinquents may be exercised by the civil magistrate, to whom God gives power and authority to exercise it, Rom 13:4; as he did to David, as king of Israel; though the phrase rather seems to design the victories which he obtained over his enemies, which were punishments to them, vengeances inflicted on them; and owing to God; so the acceptable year of the Messiah's coming, and the time of his people redeemed by him, is called the day of vengeance of our God, both on his and their enemies, Isa 61:2;
and subdueth the people under me; the Edomites, Moabites, and others, as in Sa2 8:1, or the Gentiles under Christ; See Gill on Psa 18:39;
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(t) "qui dat ultiones mihi", Pagninus, Gejerus; so Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Musculus, Cocceius, Michaelis.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The Lord - He and he only is the…
The Lord - He and he only is the true living God.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 46. The Lord liveth] By him alone I…
Verse 46. The Lord liveth] By him alone I have gained all my victories; and he continueth, and will be my Rock, the Source whence I may at all times derive help and salvation. May his name be blessed! May his kingdom be exalted!
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Psa 18:46. The Lord liveth — Jehovah, and he…
Psa 18:46. The Lord liveth — Jehovah, and he only, is the true and living God, and he hath manifested himself to be such for my comfort, and for the confusion of my enemies, when other gods are dead and impotent idols. Or, Let the Lord live, as חי יהוה, chai Jehovah, may be translated; and so it is a joyful and thankful acclamation, spoken after the manner in which earthly princes are addressed; and blessed be my rock — Let him have all blessing and praise, for he is worthy of it.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The Lord liveth - Yahweh - the name used…
The Lord liveth - Yahweh - the name used here - is often described as the living God in contradistinction to idols, who are represented as without life, Deu 5:26; Jos 3:10; 2Ki 19:4; Psa 42:2; Mat 16:16; 1Th 1:9. Compare Psa 115:5; Psa 135:16. It is probably in allusion to this idea that the phrase “The Lord liveth” is used here. It is a joyful exclamation in view of all that God had done; of all the deliverances which he had performed for the author of the psalm. In the remembrance of all this the psalmist says that God had shown himself to be the living, that is, the true God. These interpositions furnished abundant demonstration that Yahweh existed, and that he was worthy of adoration and praise as the true God. So, in view of mercy and salvation, the heart of the redeemed exultingly exclaims, “The Lord lives - there is a living God.”
And blessed be my Rock - God, who has shown himself to be a refuge and a protector. See the note at Psa 18:2.
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And let the God of my salvation be exalted - The God who has saved me from my enemies. Let him be exalted, be praised, be honored, be adored. Let his name be exalted above all idol gods; above all the creatures that he has made. The wish is, that His name might be made prominent; that all creatures might praise and honor Him.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain The Lord liveth--contrasts Him with idols (Co1 8:4).
The Lord liveth--contrasts Him with idols (Co1 8:4).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 46. The Lord liveth] Life is the essential attribute…
46. The Lord liveth] Life is the essential attribute of Jehovah. He is the Living God in contrast to the dead idols of the heathen. The experience of David’s life is summed up in these words. It had been to him a certain proof that God is the living, active Ruler of the world. Cp. Jos_3:10.
and let &c.] R.V., and exalted be the God of my salvation. Cp. Psa_24:5. 2 Sam. reads, “the God of the rock of my salvation.”
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46–50. Concluding thanksgiving and doxology.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (46-50) The psalm concludes with a burst of joyous…
(46-50) The psalm concludes with a burst of joyous praise, in which the previous figures are recalled in brief touches.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 46-50. This glorious and triumphant psalm concludes with…
Vers. 46-50. This glorious and triumphant psalm concludes with a solemn ascription of praise, blessing, and thanksgiving to Almighty God partly recapitulation of what has preceded (vers. 47, 48), partly additional (vers. 46, 49, 50). Terms of praise are accumulated, and the whole is made to culminate in a Messianic burst, where David is swallowed up in his "Seed;" and the "Anointed King" presented to our view is rather the antitype than the type rather Christ Jesus than the son of Jesse. The Lord liveth. God was known to Israel as "the living God" from the time of Moses. (Deu_5:26) The epithet exalted him above all other so-called gods, who were not living. (comp. 2Ki_19:4 Isa_37:4, 17 Dan_6:26) But it had also a very precious, absolute meaning. God"s life was the source of man"s. It was through God (who had life in himself) breathing into man the breath of life that man became a living soul. (Gen_2:7) Hence "the living God" (Psa_42:2) is "the God of our life". (Psa_42:8) And blessed be my Rock (see vers. 1, 31). In blessing "his Rock," David blesses God for his qualities of firmness, steadfastness, and trustworthiness. And let the God of my salvation be exalted. "The God of my salvation" is a favourite phrase with David. (see Psa_25:5 Psa_27:9 Psa_38:22 Psa_51:14 Psa_88:1) Other writers use it rarely. When David prays that the God of his salvation (i.e. the God who continually saves him and preserves him) may be "exalted," he probably desires that he may be praised and honoured of all men.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain The Lord liveth; and blessed be my Rock; and…
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The Lord liveth; and blessed be my Rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
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The Rock of salvation
True religion has nothing in it cloudy, melancholy, depressing. It is in itself full of fire, love, light, warmth. Our sadness arises from our sin and sorrow, but in God there is that to fill us with joy. Now here we have--
I. A living Lord. It is a living Christ that sheds a glory around Calvary, and around the tomb in which His body was laid. What would be our grief if He were not living?
II. A solid rock. Christ will build His Church thereon. And it is a rock for refuge.
III. Its exaltation. He is exalted by tab Father; and in the Bible; and in the contrite believing heart; and in the life and purpose of all His people. Let us build on this Rock. (George Merrell.)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 may my rock be praised
may my rock be praised
This can be stated in active form. AT: "he is my rock and he should be praised" or "may people praise my rock" (See: Active or Passive)
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my rock
Here the writer speaks of Yahweh's protection as if he were a rock that prevented his enemies from reaching him. See how you translated this in Psalms 18:2. (See: Metaphor)
May the God of my salvation be exalted
This can be stated in active form. AT: "May people exalt the God of my salvation" (See: Active or Passive)
the God of my salvation
The abstract nouns "salvation" can be stated as "saved" or "rescued." AT: "the God who rescued me" (See: Abstract Nouns)
the God who executes vengeance for me
To "execute vengeance" means to punish people for their evil actions. This can be restated to remove the abstract noun "vengeance." AT: "the God who punishes people for the evil things they have done to me" (See: Abstract Nouns)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 18:46-50 The psalmist again reflects on the Lord’s victories.…
18:46-50 The psalmist again reflects on the Lord’s victories. God’s marvelous rescue and the king’s victory are cause for celebration.
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