Psalms 18:19
He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
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ASV
He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
KJV
He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
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Psalms 40:2He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
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The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.
Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
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Psalms 118:5In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.
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You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
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In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
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Psalms 31:8You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
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Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.
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COMMENTARY ON PSALMS 18:20-21 (339)
"He will deliver me because he has pleasure in me"; indeed, it was not that I had repented, or had been convicted concerning my sin or had a prophet sent to me, but it was because he took pleasure to deliver me. And I know and I am absolutely persuaded that in the day of his judgment of the righteous no mention will be made of my sin and the crimes that I committed in the day of my misery.
He brought me forth also into a large place,.... Into heaven, a place of the glorious liberty of Christ, after his captivity to death and the grave, whither he ascended leading captivity captive, and of the children of God; and a spacious place, where there is room enough for Christ and all his people; here he now is, and will remain till his second coming, and from hence we expect him; see Joh 14:
"He brought me forth also into a large place." After pining awhile in the prison-house Joseph reached the palace, and from the cave of Adullam David mounted to the throne. Sweet is pleasure after pain. Enlargement is the more delightful after a season of pinching poverty and sorrowful confinement. Besieged souls delight in the broad fields of the promise when God drives off the enemy and sets open the gates of the environed city. The Lord does not leave his work half done, for having routed the foe he leads out the captive into liberty.