A Prophetic Psalm (NIV 1984 Edition)
King David was a warrior king and had seen many victories over Israel’s enemies. This psalm came from the Holy Spirit to David “the singer of songs” called “Miktams”. This psalm of course was a song. The tune the lyrics were set to was titled “The Lily of the Covenant” which in its prophetic context of this psalm spoke of the Messiah our Lord Jesus who would bring in the New Covenant over 1,000 years later.
It was also a song for teaching to instruct David’s present and future generations specifically about totally relying upon the LORD and nothing else when facing the enemy.
Underlining the theme of this psalm is also a prophetic theme in that it telescopes to the Second Coming of the Messiah who will rescue Israel and give them the total and complete victory over their enemies arrayed against them at the very end of this present age…
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