In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
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
Prayer is the postern gate left open when the city is besieged; it is the way up from the pit when floods break forth. Notice how he calls, then cries, prayer grows in vehemence as it proceeds. His faith increases by exercise: the Lord becomes my God. Above the noise of death's billows and hell's barking dogs, the feeblest cry of a true believer pierces heaven.
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