Psalms 18:14 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁴Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

Psalms 18:14 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 144:6
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
Habakkuk 3:11
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
Numbers 24:8
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
Isaiah 30:30
And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
Deuteronomy 32:23
I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God God Guidance Lightning Lord Majesty Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-19)

The title gives us the occasion of penning this psalm; we had it before (2 Sam. 22:1), only here we are told that the psalm was delivered to the chief musician, or precentor, in the temple-songs. Note, The private compositions of good men, designed by them for their own use, may be serviceable to the public, that others may not only borrow light from their candle, but heat from their fire. Example…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 14)

14. The fiery brightness of lightning, in shape like burning arrows rapidly shot through the air, well represents the most terrible part of an awful storm. Before the terrors of such a scene the enemies are confounded and overthrown in dismay.