Comment: This was a song of king David, the sweet psalmist of Israel by which he magnified the LORD’s power. He was a man who knew what greatness was and also suffered vicissitudes of various magnitudes. In all, he humbled himself under the mighty hand of God.
As a young man, king Saul sought to kill him, when he killed Goliath. God protected David and arrested his enemies (1 Samuel 19:1-3,8-24); twice he almost lost God’s favor (2 Samuel 11:12; 24:); and his son Absalom dethroned him and sought to take his life. Israel had a civil war that claimed Absalom’s life and put down the insurrection (2 Samuel chapters 15 -18). The life of king David inspires humility, devotion, total repentance and implicit faith in God, all of which will be described as total “submission” to the will of the Almighty God. No wonder the LORD referred to him as “a man after mine own heart” (Acts 13:22) and established His covenant with him, even the “sure mercies of David”.
The prophet Joel spoke of the protection that comes from invoking the name of God thus: “And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.” – Joel 2:32; Isaiah 46:13; Micah 4:7; etc.