So the LORD rewarded my righteousness, the cleanness of my hands in his sight. With you I can rush an armed band, with my God to help I can leap a wall. You girded me with strength for war, subdued adversaries at my feet. You have given great victories to your king, and shown kindness to your anointed, to David and his posterity forever. A royal thanksgiving for a military victory, duplicated in 2 Sam 22.
Thanksgiving psalms are in essence reports of divine rescue.
The first report adapts old mythic language of a cosmic battle between sea and rainstorm in order to depict God's rescue of the Israelite king from his enemies. The horn referred to is the weapon of a bull and the symbol of fertility. In the fall transition period from the rainless summer to the rainy winter such storms regularly precede the rains. All rights reserved. Neither this work nor any part of it may be reproduced, distributed, performed or displayed in any medium, including electronic or digital, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.