The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted—
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
"The Lord liveth." Possessing underived, essential, independent and eternal life. We serve no inanimate, imaginary, or dying God. He only hath immortality. Like loyal subjects let us cry, Live on, O God. Long live the King of kings. By thine immortality do we dedicate ourselves afresh to thee. As the Lord our God liveth so would we live to him.
David traces all his skill in war, all his strength to break a bow of steel, all his swiftness and boldness back to God's hand. When we review how we rose to our station, we must see God's finger in every step, teaching us to own His work in the same way.
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Commenting on Psalm 18:29-50