"Of David." If you have heard a few of my sermons on the Psalms, then you know what is coming!
"Of David" might mean "by David" β but at the very least it must mean "about David" "for David" β when you sing this song you should be thinking about David!
And one thing that is very consistent throughout the Davidic psalms is that when you have a first person singular in a Psalm "of David" you should hear the Davidic King β the Son of David β singing that part!
Book 5 of the Psalter does not have a whole lot of "David" Psalms. There's a small collection at the beginning (Psalms 108-110). There are a couple in the Songs of Ascents (Psalms 122, 124, 131, and 133). And then there are a few here at the end of the Book (Psalms 138-145) (so about 1/3 of Book 5 is "of David").
But Psalm 138 opens this final group of "David" Psalms in a way that works beautifully in Advent, because Advent is a time of calling out to God β pleading for the coming of the Messiah β the coming of Christ. And Psalm 138 is a psalm "of David" rfom a time when there was no Son of David sitting on the throne!
And in Psalm 138, the singular voice of David β the voice of the Messiah β calls out with wholehearted thanks to the LORD!
Israel sang this for hundreds of years β waiting for the day when Messiah could sing it for himself!
Why am I thankful to God? "for you have exalted above all things your name and your word..." "for though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly..." "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life..."
And now we sing this song β because Messiah has sung it first!
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