1_Jehovah said to my Lord _(320) What is here stated might to some extent be applied to the person of David, inasmuch as he neither ascended the royal throne illegally, nor did he find his way to it by nefarious artifices, nor was he raised to it by the fickle suffrages of the people, but it was by... [ Continue Reading ]
2_Jehovah shall send out of Zion the scepter of thy power. _The Psalmist not only confirms, in different terms, what he stated above, but also adds, that Christ’s kingdom shall be vastly extended, because God would make his scepter stretch far and wide. David did indeed render not a few of the surro... [ Continue Reading ]
3_Thy people shall come _(324) In this verse the Psalmist sets forth the honors of Christ’s kingdom in relation to the number of his subjects, and their prompt and cheerful obedience to his commands. The Hebrew term, which he employs, frequently denotes _voluntary oblations; _but, in the present cas... [ Continue Reading ]
4_Jehovah hath sworn _This verse is a satisfactory proof that the person here spoken of is none other than Christ. When the Jews, with the view of mystifying this prediction, render the term כוהן, _chohen, a prince, _their translation is at once feeble and frivolous. I acknowledge, indeed, that thos... [ Continue Reading ]
5._The Lord at thy right hand _In these words David celebrates the dreadful nature of that power which Christ possesses for the dispersion and destruction of his enemies; and by this means he affirms, that though encompassed by bands of deadly foes, yet their malignant attempts would not prevent God... [ Continue Reading ]
7_He shall drink _Not a few interpreters, in my opinion, expound this verse in a very harsh manner: that the carnage would be so great, as to cause the blood of the slain to flow in torrents, out of which Christ, the Conqueror, might drink till he was satiated. (332) Akin to this is the exposition o... [ Continue Reading ]