The other two illustrations in verse 4 fill in the picture a bit. The first is of the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning. The final picture of his reign is as rain. His ‘reign’ – his rule – will be like ‘rain’ that makes the grass sprout. Unlike other rulers who tramp people down, like a heavy boot […]

Who is David talking about in verse 3? Is he just giving general principles for how kings should act? Or is he speaking about a specific king to come? Verses 3 and 4 do give us general principles about kingship. But everything that comes before – in verses 1 and 2 – is preparing us for a prophecy of a […]

If we were to judge the future of Christianity based on how things have been going lately, we could well conclude: the future’s looking grim. But what does God tell us to base our confidence for the future on? On how things are going now? Or on his promises? In these verses, David gives us a glorious vision of the […]