“And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.”
Ongoing triumph: "I will crush his foes before him, and strike down those who hate him." God's active intervention against enemies becomes the basis for David's military success. The action is explicitly attributed to God.
Church Fathers on Psalms 89:23
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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