THE LORD LIVES
Passage: Psalm 18:31~50  
Key verse: 46
31 For who is God besides the Lord?(A)
And who is the Rock(B) except our God?
32 It is God who arms me with strength(C)
and keeps my way secure.(D)
33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer;(E)
he causes me to stand on the heights.(F)
34 He trains my hands for battle;(G)
my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
35 You make your saving help my shield,
and your right hand sustains(H) me;
your help has made me great.
36 You provide a broad path(I) for my feet,
so that my ankles do not give way.(J)
37 I pursued my enemies(K) and overtook them;
I did not turn back till they were destroyed.
38 I crushed them(L) so that they could not rise;(M)
they fell beneath my feet.(N)
39 You armed me with strength(O) for battle;
you humbled my adversaries(P) before me.
40 You made my enemies turn their backs(Q) in flight,
and I destroyed(R) my foes.
41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them(S)—
to the Lord, but he did not answer.(T)
42 I beat them as fine as windblown dust;(U)
I trampled them[a] like mud in the streets.
43 You have delivered me from the attacks of the people;
you have made me the head of nations.(V)
People I did not know(W) now serve me,
44 foreigners(X) cower before me;
as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.
45 They all lose heart;(Y)
they come trembling(Z) from their strongholds.(AA)
46 The Lord lives!(AB) Praise be to my Rock!(AC)
Exalted be God(AD) my Savior!(AE)
47 He is the God who avenges(AF) me,
who subdues nations(AG) under me,
48 who saves(AH) me from my enemies.(AI)
You exalted me above my foes;
from a violent man(AJ) you rescued me.
49 Therefore I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;(AK)
I will sing(AL) the praises of your name.(AM)
Footnotes
- Psalm 18:42 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac and Targum (see also 2 Samuel 22:43); Masoretic Text I poured them out
Cross references
- Psalm 18:31 : S Dt 4:35; 32:39; Ps 35:10; 86:8; 89:6; Isa 44:6, 8; 45:5, 6, 14, 18, 21; 46:9
- Psalm 18:31 : S Ge 49:24
- Psalm 18:32 : S ver 29; 1Pe 5:10
- Psalm 18:32 : S Ps 15:2; 19:13; Heb 10:14; Jas 3:2
- Psalm 18:33 : Ps 42:1; Pr 5:19; Isa 35:6; Hab 3:19
- Psalm 18:33 : S Dt 32:13
- Psalm 18:34 : Ps 144:1
- Psalm 18:35 : Ps 3:5; 37:5, 17; 41:3; 51:12; 54:4; 55:22; 119:116; Isa 41:4, 10, 13; 43:2; 46:4
- Psalm 18:36 : Ps 31:8
- Psalm 18:36 : S Job 18:7; Ps 66:9
- Psalm 18:37 : S Lev 26:7
- Psalm 18:38 : Ps 68:21; 110:6
- Psalm 18:38 : Ps 36:12; 140:10; Isa 26:14
- Psalm 18:38 : Ps 47:3
- Psalm 18:39 : ver 32; Isa 45:5, 24
- Psalm 18:39 : ver 47; Ps 47:3; 144:2
- Psalm 18:40 : S Jos 7:12
- Psalm 18:40 : ver 37
- Psalm 18:41 : S 2Ki 14:26; Ps 50:22
- Psalm 18:41 : S 1Sa 8:18; S 14:37; Jer 11:11
- Psalm 18:42 : S Dt 9:21; S Isa 2:22
- Psalm 18:43 : 2Sa 8:1-14
- Psalm 18:43 : Isa 55:5
- Psalm 18:44 : Ps 54:3; 144:7, 11; Isa 25:5
- Psalm 18:45 : S 1Sa 17:32; 2Co 4:1; Heb 12:3
- Psalm 18:45 : Isa 66:2; Hos 3:5; 11:10
- Psalm 18:45 : Ps 9:9; Mic 7:17
- Psalm 18:46 : S Jos 3:10; S 1Sa 14:39; 2Co 13:4
- Psalm 18:46 : ver 31; Ex 33:22
- Psalm 18:46 : Ps 21:13; 35:27; 40:16; 108:5
- Psalm 18:46 : S 1Ch 16:35; S Lk 1:47
- Psalm 18:47 : S Ge 4:24
- Psalm 18:47 : S ver 39; S Jdg 4:23
- Psalm 18:48 : Ps 7:10; 37:40; Da 3:17
- Psalm 18:48 : S ver 17
- Psalm 18:48 : Ps 140:1
- Psalm 18:49 : S Ps 9:11
- Psalm 18:49 : Ps 7:17; 9:2; 101:1; 108:1; 146:2
- Psalm 18:49 : Ro 15:9*
- Psalm 18:50 : S 2Sa 23:1
- Psalm 18:50 : Ps 144:10
- Psalm 18:50 : Ps 89:4
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When David took refuge in God, he had personal experiences with God. He armed David with strength and made his feet like the feet of deer. God's saving right hand sustained him and made him great. He enabled David to overtake his enemies and destroy them. He made him the head of nations. God's people who take refuge in Christ have personal experiences with him. They are rescued from Satan and elevated to a royal priesthood and a holy nation. It is God who has done all these things for us.
2. Therefore I will praise you, LORD (46-50)
Remembering God's deliverance from his enemies, David pledges praise to the name of God. He praises the living God who not only saves him but shows his unfailing love to those whom God saves. God's love extends to David's offspring, his descendants. We praise our living God whose unfailing love to his people endures forever.
Prayer: Lord, help me to see your salvation work in my life and praise the living God who takes care of his people with his unfailing love forever.
One Word: God lives