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they who trust in him,"—leaving the context carefully
out of sight. I therefore deem is proper to cite the
preceding verses here, that the public may judge whether
the verse referred to by the Editor be directly applicable
to Jesus or to David. David thus relates the circum-
stance of the hostile dispostion of the heathen kings
against God and against his anointed David himself, in
verses I—3, and the despite of God at their vain boast,
in verses 4—6. He then mentions, in verses 7—9, how
God afforded him consolation : "I will declare the
decree : The Lord hath said unto me, thou art my son ;
THIS DAV HAVE I BEGOTTEN THEE. Ask of me, and I
shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and
the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou
shalt break them with a rod oj iron; thou shalt dash
thcm in pieces like a potter's vessel. David lastly men-
tions what God recommended those heathen kings to do
for their safety, verses 10—12 : "Beware now, therefore,
O ye kings ; be instructed, ye judges of the earth ! Serve
the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss
the son, lest he be angry," &c. Here Jehovah, in verse
7, calls David, " My son, this day have I begotten thee,'1
corresponding with Psalm lxxxix. 27, " Also, I will make
him (David) my first-born, higher than the kings of the
earth." I must again say, that nothing except the
violent force of early-acquired prejudice can lead any
one to the direct application of the term "son" (found
again in verse 12 of the same Psalm, relating to the
same subject) to another than David. God again assures
David, in verses 8, 9, that he would have the heathen for
his possession, and that he would break the heathens
and dash them to pieces. So we find in 1 Chron. xiv. 8 :
out of sight. I therefore deem is proper to cite the
preceding verses here, that the public may judge whether
the verse referred to by the Editor be directly applicable
to Jesus or to David. David thus relates the circum-
stance of the hostile dispostion of the heathen kings
against God and against his anointed David himself, in
verses I—3, and the despite of God at their vain boast,
in verses 4—6. He then mentions, in verses 7—9, how
God afforded him consolation : "I will declare the
decree : The Lord hath said unto me, thou art my son ;
THIS DAV HAVE I BEGOTTEN THEE. Ask of me, and I
shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and
the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou
shalt break them with a rod oj iron; thou shalt dash
thcm in pieces like a potter's vessel. David lastly men-
tions what God recommended those heathen kings to do
for their safety, verses 10—12 : "Beware now, therefore,
O ye kings ; be instructed, ye judges of the earth ! Serve
the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss
the son, lest he be angry," &c. Here Jehovah, in verse
7, calls David, " My son, this day have I begotten thee,'1
corresponding with Psalm lxxxix. 27, " Also, I will make
him (David) my first-born, higher than the kings of the
earth." I must again say, that nothing except the
violent force of early-acquired prejudice can lead any
one to the direct application of the term "son" (found
again in verse 12 of the same Psalm, relating to the
same subject) to another than David. God again assures
David, in verses 8, 9, that he would have the heathen for
his possession, and that he would break the heathens
and dash them to pieces. So we find in 1 Chron. xiv. 8 :