Psalm 39 I ask myself today, have I really thought about the brevity of Jesus' life? David is talking about a short life even as James, the brother of Jesus, speaks about life being as a vapour (James 4:14). But by all standards and times, Jesus had a brief life and a short ministry here on earth. David lived about 70 years long and he was made King over Judah when he was 30 years old (2 Samuel 5:4). David was king over Israel and Judah for about 33 years. There are many parallels between David the King and Jesus, the Son of David. Brevity of life and ministry/reign isn't one of them. Jesus lived 33 years before His death on the cross and reigns eternally. But both the second king of Judah (Israel) and Eternal King of God's Kingdom suffered. Suffering seems to go with reigning. And kingly aspirations seem to always reveal not enough time to get everything accomplished that a king would like to do for his kingdom. David planned to build a temple for God (2 Samuel 7:1-1, 1 ...
Viewing all the Psalms as Messianic, I will read the Psalms consecutively for 150 days and try to write a outline for teaching with thoughts about the day's Psalm's unique contribution to the revelation of Jesus Christ our Messiah the Word of God and King of kings, the eternal Son of David.