Passage Research
Psalm 18 — Sermon Preparation
David's great song of deliverance — God thundered from heaven, reached down and drew him from deep waters, and gave him victory over all his enemies. Below is a research summary for Psalm 18, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 51
- verses
- 397 / 235
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 12
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 18 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֹיֵב | ʼôyêb | H341 | 6 | hating, adversary |
| תָּמִים | tâmîym | H8549 | 4 | entire, integrity |
| גֶּחֶל | gechel | H1513 | 3 | ember |
| אֵל | ʼêl | H410 | 4 | strength, mighty |
| פָּלַט | pâlaṭ | H6403 | 3 | slip, escape |
| יֶשַׁע | yeshaʻ | H3468 | 3 | liberty, deliverance |
| מָגֵן | mâgên | H4043 | 3 | shield, protector |
How preachers through history handled this text
12 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 18, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“When we praise for one mercy, we must observe the many more, with which we have been compassed all our days. Many things had contributed to David's advancement, and he owns the hand of God in them all, to teach us to do likewise. In verse #(32), and the following verses, are the gifts of God to the spiritual warrior, whereby he is prepared for the contest, after the example of his victorious Leader. Learn that we must seek release being made through Christ, shall be rejected. In David the type, we behold out of trouble through Christ. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Psalm 18:29–50 (Public Domain)
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