Psalms 18 · Verse 19

Psalms 18:19

He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
Psalms 18:19, King James Version

Psalms 18:19 in other translations

BSBHe brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
WEBHe brought me out also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
ASVHe brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
YLTAnd He bringeth me forth to a large place, He draweth me out, because He delighted in me.
DARBYAnd he brought me forth into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
BBEHe took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.
WebsterHe brought me forth also in a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

What does Psalms 18:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 18:16-19

16-19. 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).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 He 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 18:1-19

The first words, "I will love thee, O Lord, my strength," are the scope and contents of the psalm. Those that truly love God, may triumph in him as their Rock and Refuge, and may with confidence call upon him. It is good for us to observe all the circumstances of a mercy which magnify the power of God and his goodness to us in it. David was a praying man, and God was found a prayer-hearing God. If we pray as he did…

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Psalms 18:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיּוֹצִיאֵ֥נִיvai.yo.tzi.'E.niand he brought out meH3318
לַמֶּרְחָ֑בla.mer.Chavto <the> roomy placeH4800
יְ֝חַלְּצֵ֗נִיye.cha.le.Tze.nihe rescued meH2502
כִּ֘יkiforH3588
חָ֥פֵֽץCha.fetzhe delightedH2654
בִּֽי\׃Biin me

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 18:19

  • Psalms 118:5

    I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.

  • Psalms 31:8

    And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

  • Psalms 18:36

    Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

  • Job 36:16

    Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.

  • Psalms 40:2

    He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

  • 2 Samuel 22:18-27

    He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay. He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me. The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. …

  • Psalms 37:23

    The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.

  • 1 Kings 10:9

    Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
brought.
36; 31:8; 40:2; 118:5; Job 36:16
because.
37:23; 2Sa 22:18-27; 1Ki 10:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 18:18

    They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.

  • Psalms 18:19

    He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

  • Psalms 18:20

    The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

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Psalms 18:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y sacóme á anchura: libróme, porque se agradó de mí.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ils m’avaient surpris au jour de ma calamité, mais l’ Éternel fut mon appui.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er führte mich heraus ins Weite, er befreite mich, weil er Lust an mir hatte.