I will extol thee, my God, O King
Or "the King" F1, the King Messiah, who is by way of
eminency called "the King", as in ( Psalms 21:1 ) (
45:1 ) . This
is the foundation of this whole psalm, as Aben Ezra observes; and
shows who is intended and who is the subject of it that is spoken
of throughout, even the Messiah, who is the King of the world,
the King of the kings of it, the King of Zion, of his church and
people, the King of saints, of all believers in him, by the
appointment of God, by the conquest of his grace, over whom he
reigns by his Spirit and grace; for this his kingdom is
spiritual, is in righteousness, and everlasting: and this great
King is not a creature, but God, the mighty God, David's Lord and
God, and the Lord and God of every saint; whom David loved as
such, believed in, looked unto for salvation; from whom he
received grace and expected glory, and knew and claimed his
interest in him, which is the great privilege of believers in
him; see ( John 20:28 ) ; and
therefore they, as David, will extol him above all created
beings, he being God over all; extol him above all men, even the
best and greatest, Moses, Joshua, Aaron, Abraham, or any other,
who are his creatures, his children, and his subjects; and even
as man he is to be extolled above all men; being chosen out from
among the people, fairer than the children of men, and the
chiefest among ten thousand; and above the angels, having a more
excellent name and nature than they; they being his creatures and
servants, and he their Creator and the object of their worship:
Christ is extolled by his people when they ascribe deity to him,
magnify him in his offices, and make use of him in them all;
attribute their whole salvation to him, think and speak highly of
him, and declare him extolled and exalted at the right hand of
God, as he now is, and as the Old Testament saints, as David and
others, had a foresight of and rejoiced in, ( Psalms 110:1
) ( Isaiah
52:13 ) ; the Septuagint, Syriac, Ethiopic, and Arabic
versions, have it, "my King"; see ( Zechariah
9:9 ) ; and I will bless thy name for ever and
ever;
by pronouncing him the Son of the Blessed, God over all blessed
for ever; and by ascribing blessing, honour, glory, and power,
unto him; by adoring and celebrating the perfections of his
nature, which are his name, by which he is known; by expressing a
high value and esteem for every precious name of his, as
Immanuel, God with us; Jesus, a Saviour and a regard to his
everlasting Gospel, which is his name, bore by his ministering
servants throughout the world; see ( Psalms 8:1 ) ( Acts 9:15 ) .