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You are my King, God. Command victories for Jacob!
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A Personal Declaration of Faith
Commentators note the psalmist's shift to a personal declaration: "You are my King." This isn't just a historical fact but a present-tense statement of allegiance and trust. Scholars like Albert Barnes and John Calvin explain this affirms that the same God who saved their ancestors is their King today, a continuous and unchanging source of help.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
You are my King, O God - literally, “You are He, my King, O God”; that is, You are the same: the same King, and the same God, who intervened…
19th Century
Anglican
You are my King. —Literally, You, He, my king, an idiomatic way of making a strong assertion, You, even you, are my k…
Baptist
See how the lesson from ancient history was applied in the psalmist's own experience: As our forefathers were delivered, not by their own bow o…
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16th Century
Protestant
Thou, even thou, art my King, O God! In this verse the faithful express still more plainly what I have already alluded to a little earlier…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You are my King, O God. Besides the favours God had done for his people in time past, the church takes notice of her inte…
Former experiences of God's power and goodness are strong supports to faith and powerful pleas in prayer under present calamities. The many victori…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Previously, the psalmist demonstrated his desire for God; here he proceeds to pray against the affliction of the entire people.
The…
