Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
hand [and] right hand—power (Psalms 17:7; Psalms 60:5).
sea, and . . . rivers—limits of his empire (Psalms 72:8).
by restraining and conquering his enemies, and performing My gracious purpose of extending his dominion—
Then—when the covenant was established, of whose execution the exalted views of God now given furnish assurance.
thou . . . to thy holy one—or godly saint, object of favor (Psalms 4:3). Nathan is meant (II Samuel 7:17; I Chronicles 17:3-15).
laid help—literally, "given help." David was chosen and then exalted.
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