“Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.”
The affirmation that God heard the speaker's voice from His temple and the cry came before Him establishes that God perceives and responds to prayer. The mention of temple suggests the sanctuary as place where God dwells and where prayers reach divine ears. The movement from earth to heaven suggests prayer ascending to the divine throne. This verse establishes that God attends to prayer and that the speaker's plea reached divine awareness.
Church Fathers on Psalms 18:7
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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