I Love You, Oh Lord

As we continue walking through the Psalms, I want to turn to Psalm 18, it is one of the longer Psalms in the Bible and the importance of the Psalm must be recognized because it is recorded for us in two places—here and in 2 Samuel 22. Many believe that this is one of the last Psalms of David’s life and in it we have a description of God’s deliverance.

I think it would be best to try to show you how the Psalm is outlined and then to focus on just the first two stanzas. It’s a hymn of thanksgiving—showing us the greatness of God and His ability to deliver us in the midst of great turmoil. There are six stanzas in these 50 verses.

First, we find David’s statement of love for God in verses 1-2, second, we find David’s description of God’s deliverance in verses 3-19, third, a statement of why God delivered him in verses 20-24, fourth, a basic principle about how God relates to us in verses 25-27, fifth, we find David retelling the story of God’s deliverance in verses 28-45, and finally a concluding note of praise in verses 46-50.

Now, that’s a lot, but let’s look at the first stanza. David’s statement of love for God. “I love you, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.” What a statement, but it all starts with this line, “I love you, O LORD.”

I want to pick up here tomorrow, but can you say those words from your heart? I love you, O LORD! The Robbie Seay band sings this psalm here. I love to hear my wife, my children, and my grandchildren say, “I love you,” and I think it would be safe to say our Father loves to hear that from us!

On a side note, I offer all of these for free and plan to keep doing so, but last week I got a message that someone wanted to contribute to the page. I am not asking, I will keep offering these for free, but I did want them to be able to obey the prompting of the Lord.