Our Lord, our King, came to bring God’s presence to earth. For this purpose, he labored tirelessly, even sweating and bleeding. His work did not create a building or a temple, but the Church, where God dwells eternally.
Verse 11 is quoted in Acts 2:30; verse 5 in Stephen’s speech (cf. Acts 7:45-47). The psalm encourages us to accept the present reality while remembering we are heirs to a holy history. We pray this psalm in union with the Anointed One, who is also the Priest of the new Temple, built on the Lord’s body.
The psalmist in verse 17 prophesied, ‘From here a savior shall come forth, a son of David.’ These words came true in Luke 2:10 when the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid: I am here to give you good news, great joy for all the people. Today, a Savior has been born to you in the town of David; he is the Messiah and the Lord. Let this be a sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.’ The rest is history and, for all of us, the most incredible story on earth, from which we have the promise of eternal salvation.