Thy people, etc.] better, 'Thy people offer themselves in the day of thy mustering,' i.e. of the army for battle. In the beauties of holiness] Many scholars, with slight change in Heb., render, 'on the mountains of holiness,' i.e. on the holy mountains. 'From the womb of the morning comes to thee the dew of thy youth,' i.e. thy young men gather to thy standard in the morning like the dew for vigour and freshness. 4. The king is to be priest as well. This might be true of a Davidic prince: cp. 2 Samuel 6:14, or of Simon Maccabæus, cp. 1Ma 10:21. But it is ultimately most certainly Messianic: cp. Zechariah 6:11. 'After the manner (RM) of Melchizedek,' who was king and priest in Salem, i.e. Jerusalem: cp. Genesis 14:18.

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