“It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.”
The assertion that God girds the speaker with strength and makes the way blameless establishes divine empowerment and moral guidance. The girding suggests arming the speaker for the challenges ahead. The making of the way blameless suggests divine guidance toward right conduct. This verse depicts God as both physical strength and moral guide.
Church Fathers on Psalms 18:32
To the end, for the servant of the Lord, David himself. 1. That is, for the strong of hand, Christ in His Manhood. “The words of this song which he spoke to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him out of the hands of his enemies, and of the hand of Saul; and he said, On the day when the Lord delivered him out of the hands of his enemies and of the hand of Saul:” namely, the king of the Jews, whom they had demanded for themselves. 1 Samuel 8:5 For as “David” is said…
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