With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

With long life will I satisfy him - literally, 'with length of days.' The promise belongs to Christ and Christ's people in its ulterior sense. . "He (the anointed King) asked life of thee (not only for Himself, as man, but for His people also), and thou gavest it Him, even length of days forever and ever" (; ). The earthly long life granted to many, as Abraham, Job, David, who "died in good old age, and full of years" (), is a type of the future eternal life of body and soul united (; ; cf. ). The temporal Old Testament blessing of a full age typifies the spiritual and heavenly New Testament blessing (; ).

And show him my salvation - ()

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