1;  David blesses God for his mercy both to him and to man.
  5;  He prays that God would powerfully deliver him from his
     enemies.
  9;  He promises to praise God.
 11;  He prays for the happy state of the kingdom.

 * (Title.)  A Psalm of David.
   Calmet and others think that this Psalm was composed by David
   after the death of Absalom; and from a collation of it with Ps
   18, in which the same ideas and form of expression occur,
   there can be no doubt of both having proceeded from the same
   pen, and that David was the author.

 * my strength.  Heb. my rock.
  18:2,31  71:3  95:1  De 32:30,31  Isa 26:4  *marg: 
  Isa 45:24 
 * teacheth.
  18:34  44:3,4  60:12  2Sa 22:35  2Co 10:4  Eph 6:10,11 
 * to war.  or, to the war, etc.