King James Version
Psalms 18:19 in the King James Version says “He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.”
Psalms 18:19 · KJV
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which 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.
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“He brought me forth”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“also into a large place”
H4800enlargement, either literally (an open space, usually in a good sense), or figuratively (liberty)
“he delivered”
H2502to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflexive) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“me because he delighted”
H2654properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
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