Seeing Jesus in the Psalms

Psalm 149 1 Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song.     Sing his praises in the assembly of the faithful. 2 O Israel, rejoice in your Maker.     O people of Jerusalem, exult in your King. 3 Praise his name with dancing,     accompanied by tambourine and harp. 4 For the Lord delights in his people;     he crowns the humble with victory. 5 Let the faithful rejoice that he honors them.     Let them sing for joy as they lie on their beds. 6 Let the praises of God be in their mouths,     and a sharp sword in their hands— 7 to execute vengeance on the nations     and punishment on the peoples, 8 to bind their kings with shackles     and their leaders with iron chains, 9 to execute the judgment written against them.     This is the glorious privilege of his faithful ones. Praise the Lord! 3 Don’t you realize th...

  Psalm 72 “All kings will bow before him, and all nations will serve him.“ Psalm 72:11 NLT Although Solomon might have been proud of his daddy, King David, he could only have been talking about one King to whom all kings will bow and all nations serve. And although Solomon might not have known that He would be named Jesus, he must have known that He was the promised Messiah. So let’s pick through the royal well-wishing rhetoric and find us a King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Psalm 72 ends the second of five books within the Psalms. The chapters that make up the five books are 1–41, 42–72, 73–89, 90–106, 107–150. And we get two pieces of information that will help us understand the Psalm better, first in the title that attributes the Psalm to Solomon and second at the end in verse 20 that probably refers to this second section or book (chapters 42-72) as being the prayers of David.  “Jesus came and told his disciples, "I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. “ ...