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John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 58:5
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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The Lord at thy right hand, etc.] These words are either directed to Christ, at whose right hand the Lord was to help and assist him, (<191608>Psalm 16:8) or to the church, consisting of the Lord’s willing people, at whose right hand he is to save them; is ready to help them, and is a present help to them in time of need, (<19A931>Psalm 109:31) or rather to Jehovah the Father, at whose right hand the “Adonai”, or Lord, even David’s Lord, and every believer’s Lord, is, as in (<19B001>Psalm 110:1), and who is spoken of in all the following clauses; and to whom the things mentioned are ascribed, and so what immediately follows: shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath; not only strike at them, and strike them; but strike them through, utterly destroy them. This is to be understood of the kings and princes that stood up and set themselves against him, (<190202>Psalm 2:2), which is interpreted of Herod and Pontius Pilate, (<440426>Acts 4:26,27), who both died shameful deaths; as did another Herod, that set himself against the apostles and church of Christ, (<441201>Acts 12:1,2,23), and also of Heathens, kings and emperors, who persecuted the Christians; as Diocletian, Maximilian, and others; who are represented as fleeing to rocks and mountains, to hide them from the Lamb, the great day of his wrath being come, (<660615>Revelation 6:15-17), and also of the antichristian kings, that shall be gathered together to the battle of the Lord God Almighty, and shall be overcome and slain by Christ, (<661614>Revelation 16:14,16 17:14 19:20,21) which will be a time of wrath, when the vials of God’s wrath shall be poured out upon the antichristian kings and states; (see <661601>Revelation 16:1,19 11:18). And may also reach the last and general judgment; when kings, as well as others, shall stand before him, and receive their awful doom from him; and shall perish when his wrath is kindled against them, (<190211>Psalm 2:11,12).
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