As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
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Gill's Exposition
The strangers shall fade away,.... Like the leaves of trees in autumn, when they fall and perish; to which hypocrites and nominal professors are compared, Jde 1:12;
and be afraid out of their close…
Barnes' Notes
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me - Margin, as in Hebrew, At the hearing of the ear. That is, their submission will be prompt and immediate. The fame of my victories will be such as to…
In these verses,
I. David looks back, with thankfulness, upon the great things which God had done for him. He had not only wrought deliverance for him, but had given him victory and success, and made…
Cambridge Bible
As soon as they heard of me they offered me obedience,
Strangers came cringing unto me.
At the mere report of David's victories foreign nations offered their allegiance, as for example Toi of…
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