Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
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Gill's Exposition
Draw out also the spear,.... An offensive weapon; expressive of the vengeance which God sometimes takes of the enemies of his people, when he bends his bow, shoots his arrows, whets his glittering…
Barnes' Notes
Draw out also the spear - The word here rendered “draw out” means properly to pour out; to empty; and it is applied to the act of emptying sacks, Gen 42:35; to emptying bottles, Jer 48:12; to drawing…
In these verses we have,
I. David's representation of his case to God, setting forth the restless rage and malice of his persecutors. He was God's servant, expressly appointed by him to be what he…
-Anthropomorphic" language of remarkable boldness, expanding the idea of Jehovah as "a man of war" (Exo 15:3: cp. Deu 32:41 f.).
shield and buckler See note on Psa 5:12. The mention of both together…
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