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No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.
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Protected from Subjugation
Commentators explain that the word 'exact' refers to the oppressive power of a creditor demanding payment. The promise is that God's anointed king will not be subjugated or forced into servitude by his enemies. It's a powerful image of God protecting His chosen leader from being controlled or dominated by evil forces.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The enemy shall not exact upon him - The literal meaning here is derived from the force sometimes used in extorting or demanding a …
19th Century
Anglican
Exact. —This meaning is possible, and is supported by the Septuagint and Vulgate, shall not get profit. There may be an a…
Baptist
The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
"The son of wickedness" did afflict David for a while, b…
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16th Century
Protestant
The enemy shall not exact upon him. Here it is declared in explicit terms that although David may have enemies, the power of God will alwa…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The enemy shall not exact upon him The enemy is the devil, as in the interpretation of the parable of the tares, ([Refere…
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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