For you will put them to flight; you will aim at their faces with your bows.
David could have given thanks to God in private, but he testified publicly that whatever blessings God conferred upon him redounded to the common good of all His people. Yet above all, the Holy Spirit directs our minds here to Christ, who was the end and perfection of this kingdom, teaching us we cannot be saved except under the Head God Himself appointed.
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Commenting on Psalm 21:1-13
"Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them." For a time the foes of God may make bold advances, and threaten to overthrow everything, but a few ticks of the clock will alter the face of their affairs.
Christ our King trusts in God and shall not be moved; His joy and confidence are the ground of ours. The mercy of the Most High secures His happiness and ours, and silences all our fears. He will utterly overthrow all impenitent enemies who refuse His reign.
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Commenting on Psalm 21:7-13