2 Samuel 5:24

the sound of a going The sound of marching. The cognate verb is used of Jehovah "marching" (so to speak) before His people in Judges 5:4; Psalms 68:7; Habakkuk 3:12. A rustling in the tops of the trees like the marching of an army was to be the signal that Jehovah Himself would lead David's army to victory. Cp. 2 Kings 7:6.

bestir thyself In Chron. less forcibly "go out to battle."

then shall theLord go out before thee The use of the perfect tense in the original gives an emphasis to the assurance. "Then hath Jehovah gone forth before thee." The E. V. renders it rightly in Chron.