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It will be established forever like the moon, The faithful witness in the sky." Selah.
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A Symbol of God's Unfailing Promise
Commentators explain that the moon, a permanent and regular feature of the sky, is used as a powerful symbol for the eternal nature of God's covenant. Just as the moon endures through its phases, God's promises to David—which Christians see as ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ—are established forever and will never fail.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
It shall be established forever as the moon - As long as the moon will endure. The heavenly bodies are the most permanent objects t…
19th Century
Anglican
And as a faithful witness in heaven. —Rather, and there is a faithful witness in heaven, which the parallelism s…
Baptist
My covenant I will not break, nor alter the thing that has gone out of My lips. Once I have sworn by My holiness that I will not lie to David. …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
It shall be established for ever as the moon Either Christ's seed, or throne, which comes to much the same sense; fo…
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…
