Emphasis Preaching Journal

Many authorities date this song of victory as one of the most ancient portions of the Bible. Without a doubt it is a most militant and seemingly warlike psalm. And there is that in most of us which would like to see decisive victories over evil. The tales of the wild west often culminate in menacing evil at one end of a dusty street facing goodness-personified as a sheriff or marshal at the other. Tension mounts as the two advance on each other, witnessed by the nervous and quite-interested townsfolk who line the boardwalks in front of the stores.