You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; and you have made me the head of the nations: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Gentiles. Here he begins to predict the glory of the Messias, though what he says may be applied to himself. David's own people began to revolt, under Absalom and Seba; after he had subdued the most powerful nations around, 2 Kings xx. 1. The chosen people rejected Christ, (Calmet) while the nations were converted. The reprobation of the former was prefigured by those rebels. (Worthington)