New King James Version
Psalms 18:19
19He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.
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 Living Translation (NLT)He led me to a place of safety; he rescued me because he delights in me.
Context of Psalms 18:19
17He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me, For they were too strong for me. 18They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the Lord was my support. He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me. 20The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me. 21For I have kept the ways of the Lord, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
Read all of Psalms 18Psalms 18:19 word by word
וַיּוֹצִיאֵ֥נִי לַמֶּרְחָ֑ב יְ֝חַלְּצֵ֗נִי כִּ֘י חָ֥פֵֽץ בִּֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 18:19
- Psalms 18:36You enlarged my path under me, So my feet did not slip.
- Psalms 31:8And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a wide place.
- Psalms 40:2He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, Out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, And established my steps.
- Psalms 118:5I called on the Lord in distress; The Lord answered me and set me in a broad place.
- Job 36:16“Indeed He would have brought you out of dire distress, Into a broad place where there is no restraint; And what is set on your table would be full of richness.
- Psalms 37:23The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, And He delights in his way.
- 2 Samuel 22:18He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me; For they were too strong for me.
- 1 Kings 10:9Blessed be the Lord your God, who delighted in you, setting you on the throne of Israel! Because the Lord has loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, to do justice and righteousness.”
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
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