40For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 2-51)Let us observe, in this song of praise, I. How David adores God, and gives him the glory of his infinite perfections. There is none like him, nor any to be compared with him (2 Sam. 22:32): Who is God, save the Lord ? All others that are adored as deities are counterfeits and pretenders. None is to be relied on but he. Who is a rock, save our God ? They are dead, but the Lord liveth , 2 Sam. 22:47…
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