Ob and In:
1. Again David was despised (after he was despised by his father, his brother, and Saul)
He was despised by Goliath for he was a boy and he was ruddy and have good appearance. Therefore, I think, in 16:7, God did not look at appearance means appearance of a warrior/champion, not good looking handsome appearance. People despised him because he did not look like a warrior/champion.
2. v.48 continues the action of v.41. Goliath was coming towards David and had conversation with him in v.42-47. David was facing the possibly the last moments of his life. He knew very well who would win and Whom was behind that fight.
A. (EBC) The contrast would then be between dead idols—like the Philistine god Dagon—and the living God...
All who hear will know that the God of Israel is the only true God.
the Philistine, who—like the idol of his god Dagon in an earlier episode—toppled to the ground facedown (v.49; cf. 5:4)
B. (EBC) In addition, they will know that the Lord, not weapons of war (cf. also Ps 44:3, 6–7) or a human instrument...“You” (Goliath; v.45, emphatic pronoun) and “I” (David; emphatic pronoun) possess weapons that belong to totally different realms (cf. 2 Chronicles 32:7–8; 2 Cor 10:3–4). David fights Goliath “in the name of” the Lord—that is, “as his representative”
C. (EBC) Undeterred, Goliath moved closer to “attack” (v.48) David, who in turn wasted no time in running (cf. also vv.22, 51) forward to “meet” him (same Heb. verb).
Reflection: Is God the living God to me? If yes, do I have the confident that David had when he relied on Him in the life-and-death moment?
Do I know that I do not fight alone, but I am God's representative?
With courage and confident in God David did not waste any more time to argue with Goliath. He dashed through the valley to Goliath. Do I have what David had?
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