The verse should run on closely from the last. The italics spoil it.
Girdeth. — The importance of the girdle in a country where the dress was loose and flowing is shown by many passages of Scripture. It is essential to the warrior as here (comp. Ephesians 6:14, and the Greek expression, “to be girt” = to be armed), but also for all active exertion.
Way. — Here, not of conduct, but the military path, the march. Notice the variation in Samuel.