There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.

There will I make the horn of David to bud. "There" - namely, in Zion I will make David's race to rise from depression to eminence in kingly dignity (cf. ). applies the prophecy to Messiah. A horn is the symbol of strength (, note).

I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed - I will cause the light of prosperity to shine again upon his race, after the darkness that has enveloped them, for the sake of David mine anointed. Compare the same image, . Especially , "Unto his (Solomon's) son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light (Hebrew, lamp) alway before me in Jerusalem" (; ).

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