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Great deliverance gives he to his king, Shows lovingkindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, forevermore.
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A Promise Pointing to Christ
Commentators agree that this final verse looks beyond David to his ultimate 'seed,' Jesus Christ. The promise of God's lovingkindness 'for evermore' points to the perpetual kingdom of the Messiah. As Matthew Henry notes, all of David's hopes, like ours, should ultimately conclude in the 'great Redeemer.'
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2 Samuel
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19th Century
Anglican
He is the tower of salvation. —This translation follows the margin of the Hebrew. The text is found in the ancient versions and in…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[He is] the tower of salvation for his king: and shows mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his see…
Presbyterian
This chapter is a psalm of praise; we find it afterwards very similar to Psalm 18. Those who trust God in the way of duty will find him a present h…
