The psalm’s crescendo has reached its climax. The choir reaches its highest chords and exhibits the mastery of a virtuoso. The musicians’ souls pour into their instruments. The limbs of the audience tingle and their torsals swell. Joyous tears moisten checks. Arms reach to the heavens in exultation, “The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior!”
Ancient Hebrew scribes pressed hard on their iron pens to thicken the ink on the scroll to reveal strong emotion. The exclamation points do the same in English. David expresses the three main cases of the psalm.
The Lord is alive and interactive in human society and people. David believed and experienced what only God could have done by what was miraculously accomplished.
The Lord is a rock that deserves praise. He is a sure foundation. He kept David from sinking into his grave. He kept him alive and exalted him.
Though many people sought to kill David, they failed to succeed. God is the Savior who is exalted above any human or spiritual being. God saves from the grave. God saves his people from evil people. God places them on a throne. God humbles his people’s enemies.
God is alive. God is the only Savior. Praise be the Lord God.
