“He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.”
The declaration that God sent from on high and took the speaker and drew him out of many waters establishes divine rescue and deliverance. The sending suggests God reaching down from heaven. The drawing out suggests extracting the speaker from overwhelming danger. This verse depicts divine rescue as personal and direct intervention.
Church Fathers on Psalms 18:17
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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