“Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.”
The vision to the faithful: "Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful one, and said: 'I have exalted one chosen from the people.'" The address to the faithful (understood as referring to the prophet Nathan in 2 Samuel 7) introduces the davidic oracle that will be quoted in full.
Church Fathers on Psalms 89:19
1. Understand, beloved, this Psalm, which I am about to explain, by the grace of God, of our hope in the Lord Jesus Christ, and be of good cheer, because He who promised, will fulfil all, as He has fulfilled much: for it is not our own merit, but His mercy, that gives us confidence in Him. He Himself is meant, in my belief, by “the understanding of Æthan the Israelite:” which has given this Psalm its title. You see then, who is meant by Æthan: but the meaning of the word is…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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