Psalm 18
This is a song that King David sang when God had delivered him from all his enemies and the hand of Saul.
If you recall the story of David, he spent a long time being hated and persecuted by king Saul after he had been anointed as king.
One of the first things David did was compose a hymn of praise to God.
The psalm starts "I love you, LORD, my strength"
The imagery of this Psalm are quite good
God is a rock in whom David takes refuge, his shield and the strength of his salvation.
I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise and he saved him from his enemies.
When David was entangled in the cords of death. overwhelmed by torrents of destruction and at the gates of death, David called on the LORD who heard him from his temple,
The rest of the psalm goes on at legnth about God and his dealings with people and David -
It can be summed up perhaps in verses 25-30
To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless.
To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.
You save the humble, but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.
The Psalm ends with the following
"The LORD lives, Praise to my rock.
Exalted be God my saviour.
I think there is a good moral to this psalm - when a plan comes together give praise to God - after all in reality it is his plan
This is a song that King David sang when God had delivered him from all his enemies and the hand of Saul.
If you recall the story of David, he spent a long time being hated and persecuted by king Saul after he had been anointed as king.
One of the first things David did was compose a hymn of praise to God.
The psalm starts "I love you, LORD, my strength"
The imagery of this Psalm are quite good
God is a rock in whom David takes refuge, his shield and the strength of his salvation.
I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise and he saved him from his enemies.
When David was entangled in the cords of death. overwhelmed by torrents of destruction and at the gates of death, David called on the LORD who heard him from his temple,
The rest of the psalm goes on at legnth about God and his dealings with people and David -
It can be summed up perhaps in verses 25-30
To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless.
To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.
You save the humble, but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.
The Psalm ends with the following
"The LORD lives, Praise to my rock.
Exalted be God my saviour.
I think there is a good moral to this psalm - when a plan comes together give praise to God - after all in reality it is his plan
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