The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
The angel of the Lord - THE DIVINE WORD, "the angel of God's presence" (Isaiah 63:9). He is the Lord and Captain (Joshua 5:14; 1 Kings 22:19; Revelation 19:11; Revelation 19:14) of the host of angels who encamp round the Lord's people (Psalms 91:11-12; 2 Kings 6:17). So Jacob, (to whom David refers here), when afraid of Esau's violence on his return from Mesopotamia, saw the double encampment of angels (as the name of the place, Mahanaim, means) between which two-fold host his own encampment lay. We may infer that the Divine Angel of Yahweh was at the head of both hosts, from comparing Genesis 28:15, "Behold I am with thee," with 32:2,30, "This is God's host ... Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, because I have seen God face to face."
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