Psalm 9:1-2 "To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. (2) I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High."
I included the introduction to this Psalm for a specific reason. The
word, "Muthlabben", means "to die for the son".
Though David was blessed to prophecy concerning the coming Messiah, I'm not
sure to what degree he understood what the Almighty Father was going to do for
His people. I'm not sure that David understood the fullness of God's love
in that He was going to send His only begotten Son into the world to die for
His people. David understood what it meant to lose a son to death. He
understood what it meant for a son to turn against him and try to overthrow his
throne. But, did he understand that the Messiah was indeed the very Son of God
who would leave the glory of heaven and walk among sinful men and ultimately
lay down His life on a cruel cross?
Further into this Psalm, he writes: "But the LORD shall endure for ever:
he hath prepared his throne for judgment. (8) And he shall judge
the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in
uprightness." (Psalm 9:7-8) When did the Lord judge the world?
I submit that He judged the world even before the foundation of the world in
that He knew what would take place in the Garden of Eden. He knew sin would
enter into the world through Adam's transgression. But when Jesus came into the
world and lived the perfect sinless life, we were all judged to be guilty in
comparison to His perfection. How can I say that? Let me use the very
Word of God. Paul writes in Romans 3:19, "Now we know that what
things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every
mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God." He
goes on to say in verse 20, "Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall
no flesh be justified in his sight.." We all are guilty before the
righteous and holy God. What is the remedy?
He shall judge the world in righteousness. If we are guilty, how shall we be
judged to be righteous? "For all have sinned, and come short of the
glory of God; (24) Being justified freely by his grace through the
redemption that is in Christ Jesus." (Romans 3:23-24) Yes, God has
judged the world in righteousness. In and of ourselves, we stand guilty before
the Holy God. But by His amazing saving grace, God sent His Son to die for OUR
SINS, not His own. He paid that penalty which our sin incurred. He judged us as
being righteous by imputing the purity and righteousness of Jesus Christ unto
us. The only word that can describe this blessed grace of God is AMAZING.
We were unclean and unworthy; yet, Christ died for us to save us from the
penalty of our sin which was death.
What was David's reply to the degree of understanding that He had concerning
the Almighty? "I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I
will shew forth all thy marvellous works. (2) I will be glad and
rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High."
If David could make that declaration through a partial understanding of
grace, should our voices not be louder than his as the Lord reveals this great
love for us?