“He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.”
David's filial status: "He shall cry to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation!'" The filial language establishes a father-son relationship between God and David. David's cry acknowledges God as the source of security and salvation.
Church Fathers on Psalms 89:26
1. Understand, beloved, this Psalm, which I am about to explain, by the grace of God, of our hope in the Lord Jesus Christ, and be of good cheer, because He who promised, will fulfil all, as He has fulfilled much: for it is not our own merit, but His mercy, that gives us confidence in Him. He Himself is meant, in my belief, by “the understanding of Æthan the Israelite:” which has given this Psalm its title. You see then, who is meant by Æthan: but the meaning of the word is…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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