“GITTITH" in the title of this Psalm, is not understood; it may, very likely refer to the instruments of music used in Solomon's reign. This Psalm, the last of the group of six giving a general introduction to what follows, expresses the delight of the believing Jews, over the answer to their prayers (Psalms 3 to 7), when their once rejected and crucified, but now looked for Messiah, the Lord Jesus, shall have descended from heaven to take the authority long appointed for Him.
This Psalm is referred to, or quoted from, in John 15, Luke 9:2626For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels. (Luke 9:26); Ephesians 1:20, 21; 120Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 21Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: (Ephesians 1:20‑21). Corinthians 15:27, and Hebrews 2:11-8
Here the Lord Jesus is shown to be over everything as Man. It is in considerable degree the answer to Psalm 2 That is-here, but God will not only set His Son upon Zion, the hill of His holiness, but give Him the heathen for His inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for His possession; Ile has put all things under His feet.
When the Lord was rejected by the Jews, He told His disciples that they should not any longer tell any that He was the Christ or Messiah (Matthew 16:2020Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ. (Matthew 16:20); Mark 9:30, 3130And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it. 31For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. (Mark 9:30‑31); Luke 9:21, 2221And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing; 22Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day. (Luke 9:21‑22)). If He was refused as the Christ, the greater glory was His, as Son of man, and this is what is brought out here, the Lord Jesus is both LORD (Jehovah) (verse 1), and Son of Man (verses 4-6).
And the believing Jews, are "babes and sucklings," (see Matthew 11:2525At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. (Matthew 11:25)); they are weak, and little thought of by the world, but out of such He has ordained, or established, praise.
To consider the mighty works of His hand (verse 3), and then think of puny man (verse 4), makes one think how insignificant we really are; but the Holy Spirit then brings in Jesus as the Son of Man, made a little lower than the angels (for the suffering of death as we learn from Hebrews 2:99But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. (Hebrews 2:9)), and crowned with glory and splendor.
How excellent His name will be then, in all the earth! He is worthy of all that shall be His,—
"Worthy of homage and of praise; Worthy by all to be adored," and the Christian exalts Him now in the time of His rejection.
May He be the one desire of every heart, as now He will so quickly come for His own.