Psalms 18:20
\18:19\He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
19\18:18\They came on me in the day of my trouble; but the Lord was my support.
21\18:20\The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:11\24:10\Look! you have seen today how the Lord gave you up into my hands even now in the hollow of the rocks: and some would have had me put you to death, but I had pity on you: for I said, Never will my hand be lifted up against my lord, who has been marked with the holy oil.
1 Samuel 24:19\24:18\And you have made clear to me how good you have been to me today: because, when the Lord gave me up into your hands, you did not put me to death.
Job 36:16...
Psalms 7:8\7:7\The meeting of the nations will be round you; take your seat, then, over them, on high.
Psalms 24:4He who has clean hands and a true heart; whose desire has not gone out to foolish things, who has not taken a false oath.
Psalms 31:9\31:8\And you have not given me into the hand of my hater; you have put my feet in a wide place.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 18:2-20
David's Triumphs in God; Devout Confidence. 1 I will love thee, O Lord , my strength. 2 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. 3 I will call upon the Lord , who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. 6 In my… Read the whole commentary →