David praiseth God for executing of judgment: he inciteth others to praise him: he prayeth that he may have cause to praise him.
To the chief musician upon Muth-labben.
A Psalm of David.
Title. Upon Muth-labben.— לבן מות על al muth labben.
Upon the death of the champion. Thus also the Chaldee renders it: "To be sung on occasion of the death of the man who went forth from the camp." And accordingly many have supposed that the Psalm relates to that history of Goliath, which we have in 1 Samuel 17. However, all that we have certain about it is, that it was occasioned by some great distress, from which it pleased God to deliver David. Fenwick renders the title, "To him that giveth the victory, concerning things secret, to the Son:" and some of the versions are favourable to this interpretation. The LXX, Ethiopic, and Vulgate, read, "For the secret things, or mysteries of the Son." The Arabic intitles it, "Concerning the mysteries of the Son;" and then adds, "in relation to the glory of Christ, and his resurrection and kingdom, and the destruction of all the disobedient." St. Jerome says, that this Psalm points at the overthrow and final destruction of Antichrist.