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"Let us break their bonds apart, And cast away their cords from us."
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The Nature of the "Bonds"
Commentators explain that the "bands" and "cords" are not literal chains but metaphors for God's laws and Christ's authority. The rebels view God's righteous rule as a restrictive yoke, a shameful burden to be thrown off. This reveals a heart that sees submission to God not as a source of peace and order, but as an intolerable infringement on its own desires.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let us break their bands asunder—the bands of Yahweh and of His Anointed. Those who are engaged in this combination or conspiracy r…
19th Century
Anglican
Let us break. —The whispered purpose now breaks out into loud menace, and we hear their defiance pass along the ranks of …
Baptist
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? (Psalms 2:1)
The kings of the earth set themselves, a…
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16th Century
Protestant
We know how many conspired against David and tried to prevent his coming to the throne. From their hostile attempts, if he had judged according to …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let us break their bands asunder These are not the words of the apostles, nor of the saints in Gospel times, encoura…
Here we are told who would appear as adversaries to Christ. Since this world is the kingdom of Satan, unconverted people, of every rank, party, and…
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13th Century
Catholic
Having finished the psalm in which he described the state and progress of the human race in general, the psalmist now moves on to a speci…
