Psalms 149:6

Psalms 149:6 [Let] the high [praises] of God [be] in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;

Ver. 6. Let the high praises (or the exaltations) of God be in their mouth] Heb. in their throat. So Isa. lviil. 1, "Cry aloud"; Heb. cry in the throat, set up thy note.

- Sic clames, ut Stentora vincas.

And a two-edged sword in their hand] Such an invincible power shall the saints have, as whereby they shall subdue all their enemies, corporal and spiritual. See Heb 13:12 Revelation 1:16; Revelation 19:15. There was more than metal and form in Goliath's sword, delivered by the priest to David; whose arm was not so much strengthend by it as his faith: so is every good Christian's by that two-edged sword of the Spirit; he may well write upon it, as that renowned Talbot in the reign of Henry VI did upon his sword, in blunt and boisterous language, Sum Talbotti I am Talbot (this was engraven upon the one side of the blade, and upon the other) pro vincere inimicos meos For to conquer my enemies (Speed). See 2 Corinthians 10:4,5 .