Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
Men and brethren, let me, х exon (G1832) = estoo (G2077), imperat., as in Vulgate, liceat; or (more probably), indic., esti (G2076) = exesti (G1832), licet, as in 2 Corinthians 12:4]
Freely speak unto you (make a frank appeal to yourselves), of the patriarch David - so called as the founder of the royal line, as Jacob's sons are called "the twelve patriarchs" (Acts 7:8), as the founders of the Israelite race.
That he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day - containing all that remains of his mortal dust. The apostle expresses himself in softened terms (as Bengel says), his only object being to show that he who in this psalm was to see no corruption could not be David himself.