The Budding Horn of David's Strength

In Scripture, the horn represents power, authority, and dominion. When the psalmist declares, "There will I make the horn of David to bud," he employs a vivid metaphor drawn from nature itself. Consider the stag in its full glory—a creature whose magnificence resides chiefly in its horns. When those horns are young and tender, budding forth and branching outward in all directions, they signal the animal's vitality and increasing strength.…