This beautiful Psalm is about the Lord Jesus their Messiah who would not come to earth for yet a thousand years! He would be preserved by the “Almighty God” (v. 1).
V.3-8 Shows us how God would preserve His beloved Son Who would become a Man. It seems to be a remarkable contrast to the story of Adam. Adam wanted to be like God and so tried to make himself wise and important. But the Lord Jesus, equal with God, speaks in this Psalm as a dependent Man. He trusted in God in all things, and this is an example for us. Yesterday we were reminded of how very weak and frail man is. Here we have an account of that blessed One who was without sin or failure of any kind. And yet, as a Man, He trusted perfectly in God.
V.11-12 The devil quoted these words to the Lord in the temptation in the wilderness (Matt. 4:66And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. (Matthew 4:6)). The devil knew these verses were about the Lord, and so he tried to tempt the Lord to act apart from the will of God His Father. But the Lord would not do so. Let us then, learn the lesson of dependence from this Psalm.