Escolhendo a Davi, seu servo, e o tomando dos apriscos das ovelhas.
Salmos 78:70
Comentário de Albert Barnes
He chose David also his servant – He chose him that he might set him over his people as their king. The idea is, that David was selected when he had no natural pretensions to the office, as he did not pertain to a royal family, and could have no claim to such a distinction. The account of this choice is contained in 1 Samuel 16:11 ; 2 Samuel 7:8 .
Comentário de Joseph Benson
Psalms 78:70-71 . He chose David also his servant — Out of all the thousands of Israel, and put the sceptre into his hand, out of whose loins Christ was to come, and who was to be a type of him. And took him from the sheepfold — As Moses also was taken. For he delights to put honour on the humble and diligent, and to raise the poor out of the dust, and to set them among princes. And he often finds those most fit for public action that have spent the beginning of their time in solitude and contemplation. From following the ewes great with young — By which employment he was inured to that care, and diligence, and self-denial which are necessary qualifications in a king or governor; and instructed to rule his people with all gentleness and tenderness; to feed Jacob his people, &c. — To be king over God’s peculiar people, who were near and dear to him, which was both a great honour put upon David, and a great trust reposed in him, as he was thus charged with the care and conduct of those that were God’s own inheritance. God, we must observe, advanced him to the throne, that he might feed them, not that he might feed himself; that he might do good, not that he might make his family great. It is the charge given to all under- shepherds, both magistrates and ministers, that they feed the flock of God.
Comentário de E.W. Bullinger
escolheu David. Compare 1 Samuel 16:11 , 1 Samuel 16:12 . Este é o clímax do salmo.
Comentário de Adam Clarke
Ele escolheu Davi – Veja o relato 1 Samuel 16:11 ; (nota) etc.
Comentário de John Calvin
70. And he chose David his servant. After having made mention of the temple, the prophet now proceeds to speak of the kingdom; for these two things were the chief signs of God’s choice of his ancient people, and of his favor towards them; and Christ also hath appeared as our king and priest to bring a full and perfect salvation to us. He proves that David was made king by God, who elevated him from the sheepfold, and from the keeping of cattle, to the royal throne. It serves in no small degree to magnify the grace of God, that a peasant was taken from his mean shepherd’s cot, and exalted to the dignity of a king. Nor is this grace limited to the person of David. We are taught that whatever worth there was in the children of Abraham, flowed from the fountain of God’s mercy. The whole glory and felicity of the people consisted in the kingdom and priesthood; and both these are attributed to the pure grace and good pleasure of God. And it was requisite that the commencement of the kingdom of Christ should be lowly and contemptible, that it might correspond with its type, and that God might clearly show that he did not make use of external aids in order to accomplish our salvation.
Referências Cruzadas
Exodo 3:1 – Moisés pastoreava o rebanho de seu sogro Jetro, que era sacerdote de Midiã. Um dia levou o rebanho para o outro lado do deserto e chegou a Horebe, o monte de Deus.
Exodo 3:10 – Vá, pois, agora; eu o envio ao faraó para tirar do Egito o meu povo, os israelitas”.
1 Samuel 16:11 – Então perguntou a Jessé: “Estes são todos os filhos que você tem? ” Jessé respondeu: “Ainda tenho o caçula, mas ele está cuidando das ovelhas”. Samuel disse: “Traga-o aqui; não nos sentaremos para comer até que ele chegue”.
1 Samuel 17:15 – mas Davi ia ao acampamento de Saul e voltava para apascentar as ovelhas de seu pai, em Belém.
2 Samuel 3:18 – Agora é o momento de agir! Porque o Senhor prometeu a Davi: ‘Por meio de Davi, meu servo, livrarei Israel do poder dos filisteus e de todos os seus inimigos’ “.
2 Samuel 6:21 – Mas Davi disse a Mical: “Foi perante o Senhor que eu dancei, perante aquele que me escolheu em lugar de seu pai ou de qualquer outro da família dele, quando me designou soberano sobre o povo do Senhor, sobre Israel; perante o Senhor celebrarei
2 Samuel 7:8 – “Agora, pois, diga ao meu servo Davi: Assim diz o Senhor dos Exércitos: Eu o tirei das pastagens, onde cuidava dos rebanhos, para ser o soberano do meu povo Israel.
1 Reis 19:19 – Então Elias saiu de lá e encontrou Eliseu, filho de Safate. Ele estava arando com doze parelhas de bois, e estava conduzindo a décima-segunda parelha. Elias o alcançou e lançou a sua capa sobre ele.
Salmos 89:19 – Numa visão falaste um dia, e aos teus fiéis disseste: “Cobri de forças um guerreiro, exaltei um homem escolhido dentre o povo.
Amós 7:14 – Amós respondeu a Amazias: “Eu não sou profeta nem pertenço a nenhum grupo de profetasc, apenas cuido do gado e faço colheita de figos silvestres.
Mateus 4:18 – Andando à beira do mar da Galiléia, Jesus viu dois irmãos: Simão, chamado Pedro, e seu irmão André. Eles estavam lançando redes ao mar, pois eram pescadores.
Atos dos Apóstolos 13:22 – Depois de rejeitar Saul, levantou-lhes Davi como rei, sobre quem testemunhou: ‘Encontrei Davi, filho de Jessé, homem segundo o meu coração; ele fará tudo o que for da minha vontade’.
