Psalm 18:1-3 I will love you, O LORD, my strength.… I. BACKWARD, UPON THE MERCIES AND DELIVERANCES OF GOD. These are expressed in the titles used — strength, rock, fortress, etc. These are synonymous phrases, signifying one and the same thing. There is not here merely the exuberance of a poetical style. The apparent exaggeration in David's hymn flows from the abundance of a devout and grateful heart labouring to empty and discharge its fulness. How well such a full acknowledgment would become us! II. FORWARD, IN THE RETURNS OF DUTY, to which he engageth himself. 1. Of love (ver. 1). 2. Of trust (ver. 1). 3. Of praise and prayer (ver. 3).We are to love God for His own excellencies, because He requires it, and in response to His love. Trust is an act of friendship, and the greatest fruit it yields, mutual confidence, springing naturally from mutual affection. (J. Dolben, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: {To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto 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 will love thee, O LORD, my strength. |
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