“He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.”
The statement that the channels of the sea appeared and the foundations of the world were laid bare portrays cosmic upheaval revealing what is normally hidden. The appearance of sea channels suggests division of waters as in creation accounts. The laying bare of foundations suggests that divine action penetrates to the cosmic level. This verse portrays divine intervention as cosmic event affecting creation's fundamental structures.
Church Fathers on Psalms 18:16
To the end, for the servant of the Lord, David himself. 1. That is, for the strong of hand, Christ in His Manhood. “The words of this song which he spoke to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him out of the hands of his enemies, and of the hand of Saul; and he said, On the day when the Lord delivered him out of the hands of his enemies and of the hand of Saul:” namely, the king of the Jews, whom they had demanded for themselves. 1 Samuel 8:5 For as “David” is said…
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