For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.
This Psalm is believed to have been written sometime after King David. I suspect that it was written about the time the Jews returned from Babylon. Ezra had drilled in them, through 1 and 2 Chronicles, the importance of David’s kingdom to the plan of God. In this Song of degrees, the Jews were making their way back to the temple, remembering David’s part in it.
It is, in fact, a pronouncement of faith that the Messiah would come of David. It is not for David’s sake that God does anything. It is for Jesus’ sake that He does not turn His face away.
God promised David that Jesus, the Messiah, would come from Him.
Psalms 132:11 (KJV)
The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
The Jews did not hope in David. They hoped in the fruit of his body.
They hoped in Jesus.
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