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the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
the rivers of water. Hebrew. palgey mayim = the divisions of water [in a garden], from palag, to divide (Gen_10:25). The name given to the small channels which divide up an Eastern (walled) garden for purposes of irrigation. See note on "rivers", Psa_1:3. There is an Ellipsis in the second clause, and the verb must be supplied thus: The king's heart [is] in the hand of Jehovah, As the palgey mayim [are in the hand of the gardener]. See App-74.
He turneth, &c. i.e. Jehovah directeth [the king's heart] whithersoever He will [as the gardener directeth the water with his foot] (Deu_11:10), not needing or deigning to use a tool; so easily is it done. Illustrations: Ahab (1Ki_18:10. Compare Pro_21:40); Ahasuerus (Est_6:1); Sennacherib (2Ki_19:27, 2Ki_19:28, and Isa_10:5-7); Nebuchadnezzar (Eze_29:16. Jer_43:10-12); the Jews (Jer_32:28. 2Ki_24:3); Cyrus (Ezr_1:1. Isa_45:1); Darius (Ezr_6:22); Augustus (Luk_2:1-7. Compare Mic_5:2).