Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.
Salvation belongeth unto the Lord - as its sole Possessor and Dispenser (Jonah 2:9; Proverbs 21:31, end; Jeremiah 3:23). In opposition to the taunt (Psalms 3:2), "There is no help (Hebrew, salvation) for him in God," David comforts himself with the reflection, To Yahweh alone belongeth saving help; Yahweh is "my God" (Psalms 3:7); therefore there is all-saving help for me.
Thy blessing is upon thy people. 'May thy blessing be' (Hengstenberg). Like the Son of David, David's concern is for God's people, committed to him, more than for himself (cf. 2 Samuel 24:17) The "blessing" desired answers to "salvation" in the former clause. The prayer in the latter clause for this "blessing" rests on the assurance in the former clause, that God has such saving help altogether at His disposal. As Christ and the Church are one, so David, who had spoken as representative of Messiah, here speaks for Messiah's people.