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Then you spoke in vision to your saints, And said, "I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.
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Chosen from the People
Commentators explain that God chose David, a man of humble origins, not from a royal line. This was to demonstrate that his exaltation and strength came purely from God's sovereign choice and power, not from human status. This foreshadows Jesus, the 'carpenter's Son,' who was also exalted from a lowly position.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Then you spoke in vision - Or, by a vision. See this word explained in the notes at (Isaiah 1:1). The meaning is, that …
19th Century
Anglican
The mention of the king allows the poet to bring still more into prominence the special promises made to Israel. The piece, which is couched in ora…
Baptist
For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. For the LORD is our defense; and the Holy One of Israel …
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16th Century
Protestant
Then you spoke in vision to your meek ones. The Psalmist now declares at greater length why he said that the king, set over the chosen peo…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then you spoke in vision to your Holy One Samuel the prophet, that holy man of God, to whom the Lord spoke in vision…
The Lord anointed David with the holy oil, not only as an emblem of the graces and gifts he received, but as a type of Christ, the King, Priest, an…
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