Prayer for the House of God and the House of David
For Thy servant David’s sake, who was the servant of the Lord, to whom the Lord had pledged the Messianic promise, 2 Sam. 7, 12-16, turn not away the face of Thine anointed, by continuing the house and throne of David till the coming of the great Son of David.
V. 11. The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David, in that same great Messianic prophecy; He will not turn from it, since faithfulness and truth are His attributes: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. V. 12. If thy children will keep My covenant and My testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne forevermore, the culmination of his dynasty coming in Jesus, the Messiah, David’s Son and David’s Lord. Compare 2 Sam. 7, 12-16; Ps. 89, 3-5; Acts 2, 30. With this Messianic promise is connected the special mercy whereby the Lord had selected Jerusalem as His Sanctuary.
V. 13. For the Lord hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for His habitation, for the prosperity of the kingdom was closely connected with that of the Church, the capital and the Sanctuary therefore being in the same city.
V. 14. This is My rest forever, Jerusalem the Lord’s permanent Sanctuary, not like Shiloh, which He had rejected; here will I dwell, for I have desired it. From this Sanctuary the Lord dispenses His blessings, V. 15. I will abundantly bless her provision, by supplying her temporal needs in rich measure; I will satisfy her poor with bread.
This may refer also to spiritual blessings, as the next verse does with express words, v. 16. I will also clothe her priests with salvation, not only imputing it to them, but also making them instruments and bearers of the message of redemption, and her saints, to whom the same message of salvation would be communicated, shall shout aloud for joy, in being assured of their redemption.
V. 17. There will I make the horn of David, symbol of aggressive power, to bud, thus enlarging his power; I have ordained a lamp for Mine anointed, David himself being the light of Israel, 2 Sam, 21, 17.
V. 18. His enemies will I clothe with shame, heap disgrace upon them; but upon himself shall his crown flourish, for the Son of David, the Messiah, will have an eternal kingdom, Luke 1, 32. 33.
This is truly also a New Testament psalm, and faith may now freely take the righteousness; and salvation obtained through the work of the Messiah, Rom. 10, 10-13, for the King of Grace is ever mindful of His own.