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You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, Therefore God has blessed you forever.
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Christ's Unmatched Beauty
Scholars note the Hebrew for "fairer" is an intensified term, meaning "beautiful-beautiful." This points to Christ's unique and superlative beauty, which isn't merely physical but reflects his perfect character and sinless human nature. Commentators agree this sets him apart from all humanity, making him uniquely worthy of adoration.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
You are fairer than the children of men—That is, You are more fair and comely than men; your comeliness is greater than that which is found …
19th Century
Anglican
You are fairer. — Better, You are fair; indeed, fairer than, etc. We may thus reproduce the Hebrew expression, which, how…
Baptist
My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Thou art fairer than the children of men:
The psalmist writes as if he had been actually lo…
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16th Century
Protestant
Thou art fairer than the sons of men. The Psalmist begins his subject with the commendation of the king's beauty, and then he also proceed…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You are fairer than the children of men Here begins the psalm, and this is an address to the King Messiah, the subje…
The psalmist's tongue was guided by the Spirit of God, just as the pen is by the hand of a ready writer. This psalm is touching the King Jesus, His…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. You are beautiful above the sons of men. The opening could refer to Christ’s divinity in one sense, but here the praise of …
