Psalms 57:9

I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the peoples:

I will make melody unto thee among the nations.

This verse at any rate, it is said, could never have been written by David, and is only really intelligible, if the Psalmist speaks in the name of the nation. But the words are not unsuitable for one who was chosen to be king over a nation which had a special calling in relation to the nations of the world. If the nations were to be brought under the sway of Israel that they might be taught to know Jehovah, it was fitting that they should hear of Jehovah's faithfulness exhibited in the deliverance of His servant. Cp. Psalms 18:49 (with the context); Psalms 9:11.