Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
The verse is a prayer asking God to lay His hand upon the man of His right hand, the son of man whom He made strong for Himself, to uphold and strengthen him for His purpose. In that prayer Israel is pictured as a vine planted and strengthened by God. The plea is made when God's people are wasted, broken down, and oppressed by enemies. It belongs to Israel's cry to be turned again, quickened, restored, and saved amid their enemies. The request for upholding is joined to a plea for God's face and favor to shine upon them in deliverance.
Being thus upheld and quickened, they will not go back from God but will call upon His name. The prayer seeks deliverance for Judah and for the honor of God as Supreme Ruler, so that all kingdoms of the earth may know that the Lord is God and there is none else. Such pleading is in harmony with God's mind, for He shows favor when in times of war or oppression by an enemy the chief men of Israel enter the house of prayer and plead for deliverance. The prayer is used to ask God to let Christ's power rest upon His people and to hear, pity, and strengthen them for His name's sake. Its words should express the hearers' own desire to return to the Lord.
The verse is a prayer asking God to lay His hand upon the man of His right hand, the son of man whom He made strong for Himself, to uphold and strengthen him for His purpose. In that prayer Israel is pictured as a vine planted and strengthened by God. The plea is made when God's people are wasted, broken down, and oppressed by enemies. It belongs to Israel's cry to be turned again, quickened, restored, and saved amid their enemies. The request for upholding is joined to a plea for God's face and favor to shine upon them in deliverance.
Being thus upheld and quickened, they will not go back from God but will call upon His name. The prayer seeks deliverance for Judah and for the honor of God as Supreme Ruler, so that all kingdoms of the earth may know that the Lord is God and there is none else. Such pleading is in harmony with God's mind, for He shows favor when in times of war or oppression by an enemy the chief men of Israel enter the house of prayer and plead for deliverance. The prayer is used to ask God to let Christ's power rest upon His people and to hear, pity, and strengthen them for His name's sake. Its words should express the hearers' own desire to return to the Lord.