Gird thy sword upon [thy] thigh, O [most] mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
Ver. 3. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty (O Heros).] This is one of Christ's titles, Isaiah 9:6, the giant, or the mighty strong God, the valiant champion of his Church. And his sword is the word of his mouth, Rev 1:16 Hebrews 4:12 Isaiah 49:2. All the wars in the conquest of Canaan were types of the spiritual wars under the gospel, whereby the nations were subdued to the obedience of the faith, 2 Corinthians 10:4 Ephesians 6:11. Christ hath his sword then, a two-edged sword; and he is here called upon to gird it to his thigh (after the manner of those easterns, as we do our skins, hangers, wood-knives), that is, to take unto him his authority, and to exercise it for the conversion of his people and confusion of his enemies. Additur ei gladius quem non ostentet velut ειδωλον, sed quem etiam destringat: A sword he hath, not for show, but for service; whence it is added, "with tby glory and thy majesty."