He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
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
Now comes the rescue, and it is all divine: He sent from above, He drew me out of many waters. David was like another Moses drawn from the water; so are all believers like their Lord, whose baptism in torrents of agony has redeemed us from wrath to come.
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