The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
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
David hid in mountain clefts from Saul's fury, and so believers hide in the clefts of the Rock of Ages when strife and trouble rage. God is rock for concealment, rock for immovable strength, shield against the enemy's blow, and horn of triumph. He who truly calls God his own has found his heaven and his all.
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David's private devotions, composed for himself alone, became food for the whole church; examples teach better than rules. Love to God is the spring of all acceptable praise and obedience, and we are ungrateful indeed if we grudge Him so small a return for His mercies.
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Commenting on Psalm 18:1-19