This appears to be another psalm by David. It is about God’s relationship with His children, what He promised them, and how He fulfilled that promise.
In verses 1-8, David explained why his people should praise God. It was because God had been so good to the nation of Israel. In verse 8, he wrote, “He always stands by His covenant – the commitment He made to a thousand generations.” But God’s promise was always conditional. In 2 Sam. 7:16, God did promise David, “Your house and kingdom will endure before Me forever, and your throne will be established forever.”
In 1 Kings 9, after Solomon had completed the construction of the Temple, “the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time just as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.” Beginning in verse 4, God spoke to Solomon and confirmed to him the promise He had made to David; however, this continuation was conditional. Solomon failed to keep the conditions, and God took away the promise from Solomon.
So, why should we believe what David wrote in this psalm? The answer is that God did take the promise away from Solomon. It was fulfilled through David’s son, Nathan, who was a younger brother of Solomon. When we read the accounts of the genealogy of Jesus, Matthew tells us Joseph was a descendent of Solomon, but Mary was a descendent of Nathan according to Luke, and Christ is sitting on the throne forever.
Paul tells us in Galatians 3:7, “The real children of Abraham, then, are those who put their faith in Christ.” In verses 8-9, he wrote, “God proclaimed this good news to Abraham long ago when He said, ‘All nations will be blessed through you!. So all who put their faith in Christ share the same blessings Abraham received because of his faith.”
We are not God’s red-headed stepchildren. We carry on with the same promises given to Israel except for the Land of Israel and even that is for us to enjoy and learn from. But all the other promises in God’s word are for us to claim and enjoy. The church has blessings to receive from God; we should by faith claim those blessings.