Psalms 18 Footnotes

18:34 David credited God with giving him the ability to be successful in battle. Warfare was, and is, an unfortunate reality of human life. David, as military leader of the nation, had to secure the land and protect the people. God prepared him for that task in a special way, both physically as a warrior and spiritually as a believer (see 1Sm 17:34-37). Today Christians find themselves in a spiritual warfare, all the more difficult because the enemy is not visually apparent (Eph 6:12). But God still trains his people for the battle by providing the armor and the weapons we are to use (Eph 6:13-18) to champion righteousness and truth in a fallen world.