gather together, etc. - that is, If it should happen that enemies “gather together” against thee (Psa 2:2), they will not have been sent by Me (compare Hos 8:4) as instruments of My wrath (nay, it will be with My disapproval); for “whosoever shall gather together,” etc. (Psa 59:3).
fall for thy sake - rather, “shall come over to thy side” [Lowth]. Literally, “fall to thee” (Jer 21:9; Jer 39:9). To be fully fulfilled to Jerusalem hereafter (Zec 14:16).