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Selected Verse: Psalms 105:15 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 105:15 |
King James |
Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Touch not--referring to Gen 26:11, where Abimelech says of Isaac, "He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death."
mine anointed--as specially consecrated to Me (Psa 2:2). The patriarch was the prophet, priest, and king of his family.
my prophets--in a similar sense, compare Gen 20:7. The "anointed" are those vessels of God, consecrated to His service, "in whom (as Pharaoh said of Joseph, Gen 41:38) the Spirit of God is" [HENGSTENBERG]. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Saying, Touch not mine anointed - That is, This was the language of his "providence." It was as though God had said this. It is not meant that this was said in so many words, but this is the "poetic" form of representing the dealings of Providence. Compare Gen 26:11. The word "anointed" here means that God had, as it were, set them apart to his service, or that they were to him as kings, and priests, and prophets, sacred people, belonging to God. The "language" is not found in the Old Testament as applied to the patriarchs, but the "idea" is fairly implied there, that they belonged to God as sacred and holy men.
And do my prophets no harm - As if God had thus spoken to them, and called them prophets. That is, they belonged to God as a sacred order: they were separate from other men, and God regarded them as his own. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Anointed - My prophets, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; who are called God's anointed, because they were consecrated to be his peculiar people, and to be kings and princes in their families. And they are called prophets, because God familiarly conversed with them and revealed his will to them, and by them to others. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Touch not mine anointed - It is supposed that the patriarchs are here intended; but the whole people of Israel may be meant. They were a kingdom of priests and kings unto God; and prophets, priests, and kings were always anointed. |
38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.