The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
The verse belongs to David's triumphant song of thanksgiving for deliverance from the hand of Saul, given as part of the collection of David's writings. With very slight changes in wording in some places, the psalm is also found in 2 Samuel 22, which shows its historical connection, and the wording differs in some places. Like no two chapters in the Bible, the two are not exactly alike.
Foreign enemies and peoples lose strength and fade away and come trembling and fearful from hidden strongholds and hiding places as God gives victory over them. They look fearfully from their strongholds as they submit to the king's power, and foreign peoples fade away and fear even in their hiding places, displaying the wide fame and power of David's kingdom. The verse shows mistrust of human strength and exalting of God's power, with confidence in God's might and goodness and assurance of the ultimate overthrow of all wickedness and triumph of all good. It gives wonderful lessons of trust and confidence in God that are instructive, devout, helpful, elevating, and worshipful.
The psalm contains principles of right conduct first given to the Jews as God's people in that dispensation that also concern Christians as God's people in this dispensation. Its moral teaching is not confined to Jews as a nationality but belongs to the whole Bible as God's revelation to a fallen race concerning the plan of redemption and consequent duty, and stands as a rule of life for every child of God whether called Jew or Christian. The fading away and coming trembling from hiding places supports the teaching that the wicked will be brought to acknowledge God's truth and power before judgment is executed.
David's victories over enemies point to the victory of Christ, great David's greater Son, over sin and spiritual foes, and the verse holds something of the experience of Christ. The verse belongs to prophetic word pictures through which David foresaw and felt Christ's inner experiences, including life-and-death struggles with the enemy. It is included in a group of psalms that reveal Christ's experience beyond the outward events of his life.
The verse belongs to David's triumphant song of thanksgiving for deliverance from the hand of Saul, given as part of the collection of David's writings. With very slight changes in wording in some places, the psalm is also found in 2 Samuel 22, which shows its historical connection, and the wording differs in some places. Like no two chapters in the Bible, the two are not exactly alike.
Foreign enemies and peoples lose strength and fade away and come trembling and fearful from hidden strongholds and hiding places as God gives victory over them. They look fearfully from their strongholds as they submit to the king's power, and foreign peoples fade away and fear even in their hiding places, displaying the wide fame and power of David's kingdom. The verse shows mistrust of human strength and exalting of God's power, with confidence in God's might and goodness and assurance of the ultimate overthrow of all wickedness and triumph of all good. It gives wonderful lessons of trust and confidence in God that are instructive, devout, helpful, elevating, and worshipful.
The psalm contains principles of right conduct first given to the Jews as God's people in that dispensation that also concern Christians as God's people in this dispensation. Its moral teaching is not confined to Jews as a nationality but belongs to the whole Bible as God's revelation to a fallen race concerning the plan of redemption and consequent duty, and stands as a rule of life for every child of God whether called Jew or Christian. The fading away and coming trembling from hiding places supports the teaching that the wicked will be brought to acknowledge God's truth and power before judgment is executed.
David's victories over enemies point to the victory of Christ, great David's greater Son, over sin and spiritual foes, and the verse holds something of the experience of Christ. The verse belongs to prophetic word pictures through which David foresaw and felt Christ's inner experiences, including life-and-death struggles with the enemy. It is included in a group of psalms that reveal Christ's experience beyond the outward events of his life.