Psalms 18:19

Psalms 18:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
• New International Version (NIV)He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.

Context of Psalms 18:19

17He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me; for they were mightier than I. 18They encountered me in the day of my calamity, but Jehovah was my stay. And he brought me forth into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. 20Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 21For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

Psalms 18:19 word by word

וַיּוֹצִיאֵ֥נִי לַמֶּרְחָ֑ב יְ֝חַלְּצֵ֗נִי כִּ֘י חָ֥פֵֽץ בִּֽי׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 18:19

• Psalms 18:36Thou didst enlarge my steps under me, and mine ankles have not wavered.
• Psalms 31:8And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large place.
• Psalms 40:2And he brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock; he hath established my goings:
• Psalms 118:5I called upon Jah in distress; Jah answered me [and set me] in a large place.
• Job 36:16Even so would he have allured thee out of the jaws of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and the supply of thy table [would be] full of fatness.
• Psalms 37:23The steps of a man are established by Jehovah, and he delighteth in his way:
• 2 Samuel 22:18He delivered me from my strong enemy, From them that hated me; For they were mightier than I.
• 1 Kings 10:9Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel! Because Jehovah loves Israel for ever, therefore did he make thee king, to do judgment and justice.

Commentaries on Psalms 18:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19He brought me forth also into a large place - He enabled me to clear the country of my foes, who had before cooped me up in holes and corners. This appears to be the allusion.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19He brought me forth also into a large place - Instead of being hemmed in by enemies, and straitened in my troubles, so that I seemed to have no room to move, he brought me into a place where I had ample room, and where I could act freely. Compare the note at Psalm 4:1. He delivered me - He rescued me from my enemies and my troubles. Because he delighted in me - He saw that my cause was just, and he had favor toward me.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19God loves and delights in the psalmist (see Psalm 18:1), so he will save him (37:23; 41:11; 91:14–16).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1916-19. from above--As seated on a throne, directing these terrible scenes, God-- sent--His hand (Psa 144:7), reached down to His humble worshipper, and delivered him. many waters--calamities (Job 30:14; Psa 124:4, 5).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Psalms 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings