“The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.”
The final affirmation that God is living and blessed is God the rock of the speaker's salvation exalted be the God of the speaker's salvation concludes with doxological acknowledgment. The living God suggests vitality and active presence. The blessing invokes the traditional blessing form. The exaltation of God completes the psalm's return to praise. This verse concludes by redirecting focus from the speaker's triumph to God's greatness.
Church Fathers on Psalms 18:46
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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