Psalms 18:44

As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
hear	לְשֵׁ֣מַֽע le.She.ma'	H8088	something heard · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
obey	יִשָּׁ֣מְעוּ yi.Sha.me.'u	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
strangers	בְּנֵֽי be.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
submit	יְכַחֲשׁוּ ye.kha.cha.shu-	H3584	to be untrue · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Psalms 66:3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
Psalms 81:15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
Deuteronomy 33:29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency!…
2 Samuel 22:44-46 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall se…
2 Samuel 1:13 And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
Psalms 68:30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silv…
Isaiah 62:8 The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and…
Ezekiel 44:7 In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute i…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 18:29–end

In these verses, I. David looks back, with thankfulness, upon the great things which God had done for him. He had not only wrought deliverance for him, but had given him victory and success, and made him triumph over those who thought to triumph over him. When we set ourselves to praise God for one mercy we must be led by that to observe the many more with which we have been compassed about, and followed, all our days. Many things had contributed to David's advancement, and he owns the hand of God in them all, to teach us to do likewise, in reviewing the several steps by which we have risen to our prosperity. 1. God had given him all his skill and understanding in military affairs, which he…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 18:44

submit, &c.--(compare Margin)--that is, show a forced subjection.

John Gill on Psalms 18:44

As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me,.... That is, as soon as they should hear of Christ, through the preaching of the word, by which faith would come, they should readily and at once receive, embrace, and profess the Gospel, and yield a cheerful submission to the ordinances of it; and which has had its accomplishment among the Gentiles, Acts 28:28; the strangers shall submit themselves unto me; meaning either the same persons as before; the Gentiles, who were aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenant of promise, who should submit to Christ, to his Gospel, to his righteousness, and to the sceptre of his kingdom; though some interpret it of the degenerate…

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John Calvin on Psalms 18:41-45

Psalm 18:41-45 41. They shall cry, but there shall be no savior for them; even unto Jehovah, but he shall not answer them. 42. And I will beat [or grind] them small as the dust which is driven by the wind; [432] as the mire of the streets I will tread them under foot. 43. Thou shalt deliver me from the contentions of the people; thou shalt make me the head of the nations; a people whom I have not known shall serve me. 44. At the hearing of the ear, [433] they shall obey me; the children of strangers [434] shall lie to me. [435] 45. The children of strangers shall lose their courage, and tremble out of their places of concealment. 41. They shall cry, etc. The change of the tense in the verb…

The Church Fathers

"You shall make Me the head of the Gentiles. A people whom I have not known have served Me." The people of the Gentiles, whom in bodily presence I have not visited, have served Me. "At the hearing of the ear they have obeyed Me" [Psalm 18:44]. They have not seen Me with the eye: but, receiving my preachers, at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed Me.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 18

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Dictionary and topics

Psalms, Book Of — The present Hebrew name of the book is Tehill’im, “Praises;” but in the actual superscriptions of the psalms the word Tehillah is applied only to one, (Psalms 145:1) ... which is indeed emphatically…
Obedience · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Obedience To God · Should be: With willingness — Should be: With willingness

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 18:44

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 18:29–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 18:44

John Gill on Psalms 18:44

John Calvin on Psalms 18:41-45

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 18:44

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 18:29–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 18:44

John Gill on Psalms 18:44

John Calvin on Psalms 18:41-45

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 18:43-45

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 18:43-45

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 18:44