Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 18:1

"I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength." — Psalms 18:1 (ASV)

I will love thee.—Better, Dearly do I love thee. The line is missing in Samuel.

My strength. —This strikes the keynote of the whole poem. The strong, mighty God is the object in David’s thought throughout. It is a warrior’s song, and his conception of Jehovah is a warrior’s conception.