THE BOOK OF PSALMS

Psalms - Chapter 18

{Verses 1 - 26}

 

Psalms 18:1 says, "[[To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,]] I will love thee, O LORD, my strength." "To The Chief Musician {to excel, be bright, be preeminent, be perpetual, be overseer, be enduring}" which speaks of our "Giver of Victory - to He who gives the victory, Father God Almighty through His Beloved Son Christ Jesus." Our "Lord Jesus Christ is our Victor" and all who serve "Father God Almighty" shall be a part of victory with Christ Jesus when He returns to this earth as "King of kings and Lord of lords." Love and exalt our Father God from a pure heart since He is our only "help, the Source of our courage and security {strength}." 

Psalms 18:2 says, "The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, [and] my high tower." Christ Jesus is the "Rock of our salvation, our Living Word", our "protection {fortress}" and "way of escape {deliverer}" from the snares of Father God's enemies. Trusting in our LORD through His Word gives you the strength to prepare to "stand" against satan when he is cast to this earth as the first/false christ.  "Christ Jesus" is our "Shield {buckler}" which protects us from all enemies through the "Power {horn} of Father God Almighty" who is our "refuge {high tower}" from the wicked, and also where His very elect "stand as watchman {high tower}" to observe the coming, going and approach of the enemy as they conspire in their wickedness against the upright ones.  

Psalms 18:3 says, "I will call upon the LORD, [who is worthy] to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies." Seek, cry out, pray to our Father God only, for He and He alone is worthy to be magnified, glorified and exalted since our salvation and victory comes through "Yeshua {YAHOVAH'S Savior} Christ Jesus." 

Psalms 18:4 says, "The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid." The snares of the wicked one [satan] surround you as is taught in Revelation - Chapter 12 wherein a flood of lies shall spew from the mouth of satan when he is cast to this earth to perpetrate the greatest deception ever to be known to mankind. The "ungodly men [kenites - worthless/lawless, belonging to satan]" are only to be feared when you do not know they shall "come suddenly {afraid}" upon you because your spiritual eyes are closed to truth.  

Psalms 18:5 says, "The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me." "The cords or ropes that bind {sorrows}" from the "grave {hell}" are the "traps {snares}" laid by the children of death who is satan, who come before you to "confront {prevented}" you from all directions with their wickedness.  

Psalms 18:6 says, "In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, [even] into his ears." When the enemies of our Father try to oppress you during that time satan sits his vile self in Jerusalem as the first/false christ with his wicked fallen angels and kenite children as angels of deceptive light, pray to Almighty God who is your source of strength and refuge for His veil of protection. Our LORD hears and answers the prayers of His children who are under His will, serving and "standing on the Rock of our Foundation, who is Christ Jesus."  

Psalms 18:7 says, "Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth." "Wroth" means "to be hot, furious, burn, become angry, be kindled." Father God shook the earth once before as is taught in Jeremiah - Chapter 4, and He shall shake it again [Hebrews 12:25 - 29] on the "Day of our LORD" against all of His enemies when Christ Jesus returns to this earth as "King of kings and Lord of lords" and pours out "Father's cup of wrath" upon the wicked [Revelation Chapters 14 - 16]. Father God always takes care of His own and avenges those the enemies have dealt wickedly with since our LORD "told" satan, "touch not mine anointed and do my prophets no harm -and- that they should not hurt the grass {very elect} of the earth [I Chronicles 16 & Revelation - Chapter 9]. 

Psalms 18:8 says, "There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it." Hebrews 12:29 teaches our "LORD is a Consuming Fire" and He shall destroy the souls of satan and all who follow after him when he is loosed for a short season after the Millennial Kingdom teaching. II Thessalonians 1:7 - 10 teaches our Father God takes vengeance against all those who hate Him and hurt His children. 

Psalms 18:9 says, "He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness [was] under his feet." Psalms 18:10 says, "And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind." "Bowed" means "stretch, opened." After the one thousand year teaching {Millennial Kingdom} of Christ Jesus comes to an end and satan is loosed for a short season, "Father God shall open the Heavens" and "sitting upon His Throne" surrounded by "His cherubim's {living beings}" shall return to this earth which shall be a "New Heaven and a New Jerusalem, in vehicles" as is taught in Ezekiel - Chapters 1 & 10. Our LORD shall be riding on the "wings of His Holy Spirit as the Full Godhead shall now be upon the Earth; Father, Son and Holy Spirit." Our Father God will now take vengeance upon all of His "enemies [darkness - satan and all who follow him when he is loosed for that short season]" as is taught in Romans 12:19. 

Psalms 18:11 says, "He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him [were] dark waters [and] thick clouds of the skies." It shall be a "dark day" for the enemies of our "Father God {He}" when His cup of wrath is poured out by Christ Jesus when He returns to this earth as "King of kings and Lord of lords." 

Psalms 18:12 says, "At the brightness [that was] before him his thick clouds passed, hail [stones] and coals of fire." Psalms 18:13 says, "The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail [stones] and coals of fire."  "Christ Jesus shall be revealed through the brightness of His coming {the LORD'S Day}" as the teachings of Revelation - Chapter 16 unfold against the enemies of our Father God Almighty. This is that time when Father’s wrath is poured out upon satan and his entourage at "the temple, the altar and upon those that worship within, in Jerusalem." This is the destruction of the religious beast system of satan as the first/false christ and the fallen angels, which is the battle of Armageddon. “Armageddon {Har {the hill}-Magedon}” means “the hill or city of Megiddo {the gathering place of the crowd, which are the evil ones}, a place of great slaughter, the scene of a terrible retribution upon the wicked.” All of these things shall happen by the authority of "the Highest {elyown}, who is YAHOVAH, Father God Almighty" when He speaks through "Christ Jesus [Revelation 1:16]"; this justice accomplished against all of His enemies.  

Psalms 18:14 says, "Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them." There will be no place for the enemies of our Father God to hide at this time as He "destroys or consumes {discomfited}" them. The vile one satan and the fallen angels have already been judged to death. The kenites [children of satan], those calling themselves christians who are not and all who do not know and understand the events that shall bring about the end of this Flesh or Second Earth Age, will be under the "cup of Father's wrath." When you bow down and worship satan because of Biblical ignorance, our Father is surely not happy since He created humankind for and to be "pleasing to Him." This is why shame shall cause many to pray for rocks and mountains to fall upon them [Revelation 6:15 - 17] when Christ Jesus returns, and why our Lord shall say to many who claimed christianity, yet worshipped the beast, "get away from Me, I never knew you [Matthew 7:23]. 

Psalms 18:15 says, "Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils." Revelation 17:15 teachers that the "waters" are "peoples, multitudes, nations and tongues {languages}", all encompassing, being all of mankind who shall come to the understanding of the "foundations of the world" when Christ Jesus teaches during "His Millennial Kingdom reign." "World" means the "Ages, the First/Spiritual, the Second/Flesh, the Third/Spiritual." "The blast of the breath of thy nostrils" means "the breath of our LORD of correction" since He is "not pleased {tempest}" with His enemies and all who bow down and worship satan because they never bothered to study and rightly divide His Precious Truths for understanding. 

Psalms 18:16 says, "He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters." The very elect are chosen and separated from the people of this earth because they were chosen before the foundation of this Flesh or Second Earth Age [Ephesians - Chapter 1] for taking a "stand" with our Father when Lucifer rebelled in the "First or Spiritual Earth Age." 

Psalms 18:17 says, "He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me." When satan comes against Father's chosen children, they know there is no battle to be won on their own and this is why you call upon our LORD for His love, spiritual guidance and protection, which is through "His Holy Word." Christ Jesus taught in Luke 10:17 - 19 that you have power over all of your enemies "if" you stand on the "Rock of our Foundation who is Christ Jesus, our Living Word", which places you under the will of our Father God and in His faithful service. 

Psalms 18:18 says, "They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay." The enemies of our Father God will "confront (prevented}" you, however when you are under the will of our Father, studying His Word with understanding by His Holy Spirit, being led by our Living Word who is Christ Jesus, trusting in our LORD, He will be your "support and strength to stand {stay}" against satan and his entourage. 

Psalms 18:19 says, "He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me." The very elect are the apple of our Father God's eye and "woe" to the enemies of our LORD who shall be so stupid as to stick their finger into His eye as they receive their just retribution when they stand before "His Judgment Seat." When satan sits his vile self in Jerusalem in his disguise of our True Christ, the very elect shall be handed up before his "great {large place}" synagogues and the "Spirit of our Father God shall give a testimony through their lips" which shall surely "please {delighted}" our LORD.  

Psalms 18:20 says, "The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me." Judgment for the very elect shall be an excellent time as they receive their rewards for their "righteous acts {cleanness of my hands}" while walking within their flesh body, notably "standing" against satan when he is cast to this earth as the anti-christ. Revelation 14:13 teaches that your righteous acts are the only thing you take to Heaven with you since anything of or pertaining to the flesh cannot be in the presence of our LORD. For those who passed away before satan is cast to this earth, they took with them their righteous and unrighteous acts {spiritually speaking}. However, for those who have righteous acts as they live and bow down and worship satan believing he is our True Christ, and do not realize who he truly is "before" seeing our Lord Jesus Christ as "King of kings and Lord of lords", all of their righteous acts shall disintegrate into nothingness, gone and never to be remembered. Your unrighteous acts shall still follow you. 

Psalms 18:21 says, "For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God." The only way to stay on the path of righteousness is to study Father's Word Chapter by Chapter, Verse by Verse, Precept upon Precept, rightly dividing our LORD'S Truths, praying for the increase of understanding only He can give. Christ Jesus is our Living Word and our path to Eternal Life. 

Psalms 18:22 says, "For all his judgments [were] before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me." The very elect understand the justice of Father God towards them shall be an eternal inheritance since they remain faithful to "His Commandments, Laws and Teachings" by continuing in faithful study of "His Holy Bible" until our Lord Jesus Christ returns. That "Magnificent Book" can then be closed since our "Living Word" shall be right here with humankind. However, until that time, the very elect shall do their best to dwell in the ways of our LORD. 

Psalms 18:23 says, "I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity." Flesh will surely sin and that is why our Father God has given His children the "greatest love of all, Messiah Christ Jesus who brought salvation and repentance to all." The duty of a true christian who loves our LORD, knowing and being a part of "His Perfect Plan", understand it is necessary to cleanse from your own sin daily from a pure heart, repenting before the "Throne of Almighty God in the Name of Christ Jesus, receiving a healing and forgiveness." With that, you do the very best you can to not continuously repeat those same sins, striving to have a change of heart and "watchful {kept}" to do right so that you pleasing to our Father. 

Psalms 18:24 says, "Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight." All shall receive from our Father God exactly what is deserved, and you can rest assured in knowing that there is nothing any of Father's children can think, feel or do that He is not totally and completely aware of; the good and the bad. Please our Father that you may be a part of "the Inheritance." 

Psalms 18:25 says, "With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;" Galatians - Chapter 6 teaches that you reap what you sew. If you love and are faithful to Father God, He will surely extend His loving kindness towards you. If you do your best to live your life according to the will of Father God, you will feel the gladness our LORD places within your heart and mind, your spiritual self feeling complete by His blessings. 

Psalms 18:26 says, "With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward." If you love our Father and "repent {pure}" of your sins through Christ Jesus from a true heart, Our LORD will forgive you and "cleanse and purify {pure}" you of your sins. "Froward" means "twisted, distorted, crooked, perverse, perverted - wrestle, contend." The enemies of our Father God have a "perverse heart" towards Him and "He will wrestle, contend and win" over them one way or the other, either through their repentance, or, if they continue in their wickedness, the death of their souls.  Our LORD does not wish for any of His enemies to lose their souls to death and this is why our Father does not simply destroy them. Our Father is "fair and just" and always gives His children the opportunity to come out of "darkness [satan]" into the "Light {Christ Jesus}."