Psalm 127: The Quivering Warrior

Hebrews 2 gives us a proper context for understanding Psalm 127. Psalm 127 closes with a picture of the blessed man as a man with lots of children. Psalm 127 concludes by showing us the fulfillment of the promise of the Seed.

And Hebrews 2 tells us that this promise is fulfilled in Christ.

God's purpose was to bring “many sons to glory” – but to do that, he had to make “the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.” In order to deliver “the children” from bondage to death the Son had to partake of flesh and blood – in other words, in order for the eternal Son of God to become the eschatological Son of God, he first had to become the incarnate Son of God.

But because the eternal Son became the incarnate Son, because he took upon himself our flesh and blood, therefore he has become the eschatological Son – he has become the Last Adam – who declares, “Behold, I and the children God has given me.”

Jesus is the singer of Psalm 127. We sing Psalm 127 as those who are in Christ. Psalm 127 becomes true of us only because it was first true of Jesus.