He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
David came to the throne through almost insurmountable trials, and foreign enemies harassed him even into old age. Rather than boast of his own victories, he exalts God as the true author of them, showing that his reign prefigures Christ's kingdom, one that will triumph over all resistance by the Father's incomprehensible power.
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Commenting on Psalm 18:1-50
Poetry itself has no jewel brighter than these verses that follow: sorrow, the cry, God's descent, the rescue of the afflicted set to music worthy of heaven's harps. Christ our Saviour is the chief subject here, and every line finds its deepest meaning in Him.
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Commenting on Psalm 18:4
The cherubim are God's chariot, and angels His guards and ministers in every rescue. Nature itself, the very winds, becomes His servant when mercy is His errand. He soars with the majesty of an eagle, effortless and sovereign, not in violent haste but in the easy grandeur of omnipotence.
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