“Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.”
The assertion that God has delivered the speaker from the strivings of the people and made him the head of nations establishes both rescue from opposition and elevation to authority. The mention of peoples suggests that opposition came from organized forces. The making of the speaker head of nations suggests comprehensive elevation and dominion. This verse depicts the speaker's triumph as affecting multiple nations.
Church Fathers on Psalms 18:43
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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