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I will beat down his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him.
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God's Power Secures Victory
Commentators emphasize that the victory described is accomplished by God's direct power. Albert Barnes notes that God crushes the foes, showing the power is His, not the king's. This promise reminds believers that the ultimate success of God's anointed one rests on God's sovereign might, not human strength.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And I will beat down his foes before his face - I will crush them, or destroy them, showing that the power of doing this was not hi…
19th Century
Anglican
Beat down. —Probably bray, as in a mortar.
Plague. —Or, smite.
Baptist
The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I will beat down his foes before his face In Judea, and in the Gentile world; more especially in Rome Pagan, and…
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…
