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6Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
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The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: …
Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-9)Here is, I. Holy David himself triumphing in the interest he had in the prayers of good people (Ps. 20:6): “ Now know I (I that pen the psalm know it) that the Lord saveth his anointed , because he hath stirred up the hearts of the seed of Jacob to pray for him.” Note, It bodes well to any prince and people, and may justly be taken as a happy presage, when God pours upon them a spirit of prayer. I…
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