For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.
For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed - (cf. Psalms 132:1 above; 2 Chronicles 6:42). "Thine anointed" is David, as the original words of Solomon and the parallelism here prove (cf. Psalms 132:17; Psalms 84:9). Again and again we find that 'for David's sake' the Lord spared Judah's kings, and reserved to them a kingdom (1 Kings 11:12-13; 1 Kings 15:4; 2 Kings 8:19). It was not mealy for the sake of David, but for the sake of God's covenant with him and his seed (especially the Divine Son of David), and for the sake of God's honour involved therein (Psalms 132:11; 1 Kings 8:24-26).