Psa. 3 title

In Psa. 22 Christ is the Redeemer and the Regenerator, in Psa. 23 He is the Shepherd, and in this psalm He is the King who will regain the entire earth through the church, His Body, the people whom He has redeemed and regenerated and is shepherding today. At His second coming Christ will take possession of the earth (Rev. 10:1-2), which has been given to Him as His possession (Psa. 2:8), and will establish God’s kingdom on the whole earth (Dan. 2:34-35; Rev. 11:15), thus recovering God’s right over the earth, which has been usurped by His enemy, Satan.

Verses 1-2, concerning God’s kingdom, are according to the divine concept. In vv. 3-6 David returned to his natural concept of keeping the law, which has nothing to do with God’s kingdom. This shows again the two kinds of concepts — the human concept and the divine concept — mixed together in the Psalms. See note Psa. 1:1^1a, pars. 2 and 3, and note Psa. 15:2¹.

The mountain here implies the city (see note Psa. 48:1^2b), which signifies the kingdom of God (cf. Psa. 30:7 and note Psa. 30:7¹). Although the Lord has the right, the title, to the earth (v. 1), today the earth is usurped by His enemy. Yet on this usurped earth there is the mountain of Jehovah, Mount Zion (Psa. 2:6), which is absolutely open to the Lord and absolutely possessed by Him (vv. 1, 3, 7-10). The overcomers, who are typified by Zion (see note Psa. 48:2^1b), are the beachhead through which the Lord will return to possess the whole earth (Dan. 2:34-35).

Verses 7-10, unveiling the victorious Christ as the coming King in God’s eternal kingdom, continue the divine concept of vv. 1-2.

The gates are of the cities of the nations; the doors are of the houses of the people.

Indicating waiting and expecting with long endurance (Rom. 8:25; 1 Cor. 1:7; Phil. 3:20). Christ is the desire of all the nations (Hag. 2:7). All the nations, in a general way, are expecting Christ to come, but Christ will not come quickly according to our human concept (2 Pet. 3:8-9). Thus, we need to lift up our heads and await and expect His coming with long endurance.

The King of glory is Jehovah of hosts (that is, of armies), the consummated Triune God embodied in the victorious and coming Christ (vv. 7-10; Luke 21:27; Matt. 25:31). Jehovah is Jesus (Matt. 1:21 and note Matt. 1:21^1b), and Jesus is the incarnated, crucified, and resurrected Triune God, who is strong in fighting and is victorious (Rev. 5:5). He is the One who will come back in His resurrection with His overcomers to possess the entire earth as His kingdom (Dan. 2:34-35; 7:13-14; Joel 3:11; Rev. 11:15; 19:13-14).