“I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.”
The statement that the speaker will call upon God who is worthy of praise and will be saved invokes the divine name as worthy object of worship. The worthiness of praise establishes that God deserves reverence independent of what He does for the speaker. The promise of salvation suggests that calling on God effects deliverance. This verse establishes that praise and petition are inseparable and that calling on God yields salvation.
Church Fathers on Psalms 18:3
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…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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