If his children - His posterity; his successors on the throne.

Forsake my law - If they are not regulated by…

An elaboration of 2 Samuel 7:14–15, and evidently made with a purpose. The poet acknowledges the sin of Israel in past times, but also …

He will cry to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.' Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the e…

If his children shall forsake my law. The prophet proceeds even further, declaring that although the posterity of David should fall into s…

If his children forsake my law
The same with the seed before mentioned, the children of the Messiah: it is not said …

The Lord anointed David with the holy oil, not only as an emblem of the graces and gifts he received, but as a type of Christ, the King, Priest, an…