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Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against those who pursue me. Tell my soul, "I am your salvation."
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God as Our Divine Warrior
David asks God to act as a divine warrior, taking up offensive weapons like the spear to fight for him. Commentators explain this isn't just a defensive posture; David is asking God to go on the attack and actively block the path of his persecutors, demonstrating God's power to protect His people.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Draw out also the spear — The word here rendered draw out means properly to pour out, to empty; and it is applied to the a…
19th Century
Anglican
Draw out also the spear — that is, from the sheath, which seems to have been used to guard its point. So δουροδόκη (Homer, Odyssey
16th Century
Protestant
Say to my soul. Some interpret these words in this way: "Declare to me by secret inspiration"; and others, "Make me to feel indeed that my…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Draw out also the spear An offensive weapon; expressive of the vengeance which God sometimes takes of the enemies of…
It is nothing new for the most righteous people, and the most righteous cause, to meet with enemies. This is a fruit of the old enmity in the seed …
13th Century
Catholic
1. In the preceding psalms, the dignity of the just was made manifest; now help is implored against the persecutions of the wicked.
He…
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