They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
Psalm 18 is David's psalm of thanksgiving for being delivered from the hand of Saul. It is a triumphant song in which David mistrusts his own strength and exalts the power of God. It shows confidence in God's might and goodness and assurance of the ultimate overthrow of all wickedness and the triumph of all good. It strongly resembles the account in 2 Samuel 22.
The song appears again in 2 Samuel 22 with only slight changes. No two chapters in the Bible are exactly alike. The Samuel record gives its historical connection while the Psalm record gives it as part of the collection of David's writings.
The verse means that David's enemies cried out for help and rescue, even unto the Lord. But there was none to save them and they were not delivered or answered. God gave victory to the psalmist. Cries for help may go unanswered when there is no one to save. The Psalms as a whole point to God as able and willing to save and often move from a sense of need to triumph and confidence in him. They give a lesson of trust and confidence in God.
As part of Psalm 18, the verse belongs to a prophetic picture of the struggles Christ endured. It shows something of the experience of Christ, great David's greater Son, beyond the triumphant scenes in the Gospels. In typology, the defeat of David's enemies points to Christ's victory over sin and spiritual foes. The verse is part of God's revelation to a fallen race concerning the plan of redemption and consequent duty. Its moral teaching concerns Christians and not the Jews alone as a nationality. Instructions in morality given to the people of God in that dispensation concern the people of God in this dispensation. The Bible as a whole is to be learned from in every part, and the Ten Commandments proclaimed by God's own voice and written on stone are the rule of life for every child of God.
Psalm 18 is David's psalm of thanksgiving for being delivered from the hand of Saul. It is a triumphant song in which David mistrusts his own strength and exalts the power of God. It shows confidence in God's might and goodness and assurance of the ultimate overthrow of all wickedness and the triumph of all good. It strongly resembles the account in 2 Samuel 22.
The song appears again in 2 Samuel 22 with only slight changes. No two chapters in the Bible are exactly alike. The Samuel record gives its historical connection while the Psalm record gives it as part of the collection of David's writings.
The verse means that David's enemies cried out for help and rescue, even unto the Lord. But there was none to save them and they were not delivered or answered. God gave victory to the psalmist. Cries for help may go unanswered when there is no one to save. The Psalms as a whole point to God as able and willing to save and often move from a sense of need to triumph and confidence in him. They give a lesson of trust and confidence in God.
As part of Psalm 18, the verse belongs to a prophetic picture of the struggles Christ endured. It shows something of the experience of Christ, great David's greater Son, beyond the triumphant scenes in the Gospels. In typology, the defeat of David's enemies points to Christ's victory over sin and spiritual foes. The verse is part of God's revelation to a fallen race concerning the plan of redemption and consequent duty. Its moral teaching concerns Christians and not the Jews alone as a nationality. Instructions in morality given to the people of God in that dispensation concern the people of God in this dispensation. The Bible as a whole is to be learned from in every part, and the Ten Commandments proclaimed by God's own voice and written on stone are the rule of life for every child of God.