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Originally Posted by aron
Verse 19 has no footnote at all. It's surrounded by commentary panning David's erroneous concepts. Where else can one's common sense take them, here?
Suppose in Acts 2 Peter stood with the eleven, and said David had a wrong concept about his flesh not seeing corruption, that "his grave is with us today" (v.29), and then dismissed the crowd. Not a very inspiring gospel message. That's essentially what Lee did, here and pretty much everywhere he wasn't forced to acknowledge Christ from the NT reception.
God delighted in His Christ. God raised Him from the dead. Not too complicated, really. The NT re-iterates this theme continually. "He trusted in God; let Him [God] save Him [Christ] now". Why should we not see this also in Psalm 18, and elsewhere? Why couldn't we "see God's Christ, and live"? Why did Lee turn us away? Where's the NT pattern of turning away from scripture thus?? I see nothing but the opposite. "Closely following the apostles' fellowship" - hardly. I see novelty, deviation.
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There's no footnote anywhere in the recovery version that says God did not delight in David. The footnote is for verse 20 where David thinks God recompensed him for the "cleanness of my hands".
Anyone who knows anything about David knows that he did not have "clean hands". David committed murder, adultery, and killed many people. David was not perfect, like Christ. In Psalm 51 he says "Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed". So I think Lee is correct that David talking about the "cleanness of my hands" is not in accordance with the New Testament revelation where we are saved by grace through faith, and not our own merits.